Thomas Hurka

Base

Country

Canada

Institutional affiliation

University of Toronto

Title

Professor

Research interests relevant to game philosophy

My main area of research and teaching is moral and political philosophy, especially normative ethical theory. I’ve probably written most about perfectionist moral theories, in my books Perfectionism and Virtue, Vice, and Value, as well as in numerous articles. But I’ve also discussed the justification of punishment, population ethics, nationalism, friendship, and the morality of war. From 1989-92 I wrote a weekly ethics column for the Globe and Mail newspaper, which was great fun; a selection of my columns was published as Principles: Short Essays on Ethics.

Publications and presentations relevant to game philosophy

Introduction to “The Grasshopper – Games, Life and Utopia” by Bernard Suits, 3rd Edition Broadview Press, 2005

“Games and the Good”, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 80 (2006): 217-35

“Suits, Games, and Computer Games”, presentation at the Philosophy of Computer Games Conference 2014.

Keywords

value, definitions

Name

Thomas Hurka

Background

Philosophy