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The world is very young,
​and has but just begun
to cast off injustice. 

Harriet Taylor Mill 

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​I am a Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at The University of Edinburgh. This spring, I'll also be a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University.

I previously held academic positions at Stanford University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and New York University. I received my PhD in Philosophy at Princeton University, supervised by Gideon Rosen, and a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford. I grew up in Glasgow (pictured). Nowadays, I live in rural East Lothian, with my partner and our two young children. 
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My central research project is the development of an ethical theory based on the principle that we ought to care about one another. This approach aims to integrate standards of justification in the ethics of economics, political philosophy, and moral philosophy. I am also collaborating on two applications of this approach: to a new workforce model for Scottish pharmacy, and to provide further justification for Community Wealth Building.

You are welcome to send questions or comments on anything about my areas of research, teaching, PPE, or public philosophy - especially if you are a student interested in related issues. My email address is bmaguire at ed dot ac dot uk.

A recent C.V. is available here.











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