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Personal profile
Biography
My primary area of research specialisation is metaethics, with a focus on moral disagreement and normative naturalism. My research and teaching interests also include normative ethics, the philosophy of language, and epistemology.
I regularly teach the following units at UWA:
PHIL1001 Ethics for the Digital Age
PHIL2007 Knowledge and the Justification of Belief
HUMR2001 Global and Environmental Justice
PHIL3003 Moral Theory
PHIL4107 Metaethics
I occasionally teach or co-teach the following:
PHIL1003 God, Mind, and Knowledge.
PHIL2001 Bioethics
PHIL4101 Advanced Moral Philosophy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Philosophy, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research expertise keywords
- Meta-ethics
- Normative ethics
- Language, philosophy of
- Natural kinds
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Research output
- 10 Article
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Moral Twin Earth Strikes Back: Against a Neo-Aristotelian Hope
Rubin, M., 30 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Moral Philosophy. 114, 2004, p. 1-25 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-naturalistic moral explanation
Baron, S., Colyvan, M., Miller, K. & Rubin, M., May 2021, In: Synthese. 198, 5, p. 4273-4294 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)205 Downloads (Pure) -
Should Environmental Ethicists Fear Moral Anti-Realism?
Schwenkenbecher, A. & Rubin, M., Aug 2019, In: Environmental Values. 28, 4, p. 405-427 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Normatively Enriched Moral Meta-Semantics
Rubin, M., 2015, In: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 91, 2, p. 386-410Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
The promise and perils of hybrid moral semantics for naturalistic moral realism
Rubin, M., 2015, In: Philosophical Studies. 172, 3, p. 691-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Explanation in Science and Metaphysics: Bridging the Gap
Baron, S. (Chief Investigator), Rubin, M. (Investigator 02), Asay, J. (Investigator 03), Jansson, L. (Investigator 04), Braddon-Mitchell, D. (Investigator 05), Colyvan, M. (Investigator 06), Miller, K. (Investigator 07), Tallant, J. (Investigator 08), Wilson, A. (Investigator 09) & Nolan, D. (Investigator 10)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/15 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Morality and Empirical Explanations
Rubin, M. (Investigator 01)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/13 → 31/12/13
Project: Research