
Dr Alexander Dietz
Lecturer
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth
- dietza4@cardiff.ac.uk
- 1.37, Adeilad John Percival , Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
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Trosolwg
I have been a Lecturer in Philosophy here since 2018.
My main research interests are in moral philosophy. In particular, I am interested in collective obligations, well-being, value, moral psychology, and effective altruism.
One of my main areas of research so far has dealt with whether groups of people might possess their own normative reasons for action, and how these might be related to the reasons possessed by the individual members of the group. For example, if we ought to do something, does that mean that I ought to do my part?
I have also been interested in issues at the intersection between normative ethics and moral psychology. For example, I have been interested in the 'paradox of hedonism' (the idea that desiring pleasure exclusively can make us less happy), and in whether it poses a problem for the idea that pleasure is what is ultimately desirable.
Bywgraffiad
Lecturer in Philosophy, Cardiff University, since 2018
PhD in Philosophy, University of Southern California, 2018
MA in Philosophy, Tufts University, 2013
BA in Political Science and Philosophy, Tufts University, 2010
Cyhoeddiadau
2020
- Dietz, A. 2020. Are my temporal parts agents?. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 100(2), pp. 362-379. (10.1111/phpr.12553)
2019
- Dietz, A. 2019. Explaining the paradox of hedonism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97(3), pp. 497-510. (10.1080/00048402.2018.1483409)
- Dietz, A. 2019. Effective altruism and collective obligations. Utilitas 31(1), pp. 106-115. (10.1017/S0953820818000158)
2016
- Dietz, A. 2016. What we together ought to do. Ethics 126(4), pp. 955-982. (10.1086/686002)
Supervision
I am particularly interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Normative ethics
- Collective obligations
- Well-being and value
- Effective altruism
I am also able to supervise projects in political philosophy, applied ethics, and metaethics.