Dr Jonathan Webber
Reader
Yr Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth
- Email:
- webberj1@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5660
- Location:
- 1.43, Adeilad John Percival , Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
My research work forms part of the School's Philosophy research theme.
Additional publications
Books
Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism. Edited. Routledge, 2011.
The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre. Routledge, 2009.
The Imaginary: a Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination, by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated and edited. Routledge, 2004.
Articles
Automaticity in Virtuous Action (with Clea Rees). In The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness, ed. Nancy Snow and Franco Trivigno. Routledge, 2014.
Liar! Analysis 73 (2013): 651-659.
Character, Attitude and Disposition. European Journal of Philosophy 2013. DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12028
Intentional Side-Effects of Action (with Robin Scaife). Journal of Moral Philosophy 10 (2013): 179-203.
Cultivating Virtue. Phenomenology and Naturalism, ed. Havi Carel and Darian Meacham. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Authenticity. Sartre: Key Concepts, ed. Jack Reynolds and Steven Churchill. Acumen, 2013.
Constancy, Fidelity, and Integrity (with Clea Rees). The Handbook of Virtue Ethics, ed. Stan van Hooft and Nicole Saunders. Acumen, 2013.
Bad Faith and the Unconscious. The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFolette. Wiley, 2013.
A Law Unto Oneself. The Philosophical Quarterly 62 (2012): 170-189.
Climate Change and Public Moral Reasoning. New Waves in Ethics, ed. Thom Brooks. Palgrave, 2011.
Freedom. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology, ed. Sebastian Luft and Søren Overgaard. Routledge, 2011.
Bad Faith and the Other. Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism, ed. Jonathan Webber. Routledge: 2011.
Existentialism. The Routledge Companion to Ethics, ed. John Skorupski. Routledge, 2010.
Sex. Philosophy 84 (2009): 233-250.
Character, Global and Local. Utilitas 19 (2007): 430-434.
Character, Common-Sense, and Expertise. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (2007): 89-104.
Character, Consistency, and Classification. Mind 115 (2006): 651-658.
Virtue, Character and Situation. Journal of Moral Philosophy 3 (2006): 193-213.
Sartre's Theory of Character. European Journal of Philosophy 14 (2006): 94-116.
Doing Without Representation: Coping with Dreyfus. Philosophical Explorations 5 (2002): 82-88.
Motivated Aversion: Bad Faith and Non-Thetic Awareness. Sartre Studies International 8 (2002): 45-57.
Reviews
Where’s Beauvoir? The Boxer and the Goalkeeper: Sartre versus Camus, by Andy Martin. Times Literary Supplement 5724 (14 December 2012): 26.
Reading Sartre, by Joseph S. Catalano. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 9 February 2011.
Other publications
Virtue and Vice in the Hurt Locker. Dialogue 37 (2011): 19-21.
There Is Something About Inez. Think 27 (2011): 45-56.
Character. The Philosophers' Magazine 50 (2010): 112-113.
Reconstructing Alfie. The Philosophers' Magazine 47 (2009): 61-66.
Jonathan studied at Oxford as an undergraduate and UCL as a postgraduate. He held lectureships at Sheffield and Bristol before coming to Cardiff in 2008.
He is currently President of the British Society for Ethical Theory, President of the UK Sartre Society, Member of Council at the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and Visiting Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Bristol.
2019
- Webber, J. 2019. Being and nothingness: An essay in phenomenological ontology, by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Sarah Richmond (Routledge, 2018) [Book Review]. Mind (10.1093/mind/fzz024)
- Webber, J. 2019. Sartre's critique of Husserl. British Journal for the History of Philosophy (10.1080/09608788.2019.1591339)
2018
- Webber, J. 2018. Sartre’s transcendental phenomenology. In: Zahavi, D. ed. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Phenomenology.. Oxford Handbooks Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 286-301.
- Webber, J. 2018. Rethinking existentialism.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Webber, J. 2018. Beauvoir and the meaning of life. In: Leach, S. and Tartaglia, J. eds. The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers.. Abingdon and New York: Routledge
2017
- Webber, J. 2017. Sartre’s transcendental phenomenology. In: Zahavi, D. ed. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Phenomenology.. Oxford: Oxford University Press
2016
- Webber, J. 2016. Habituation and first-person authority. In: Altshuler, R. and Sigrist, M. J. eds. Time and the Philosophy of Action.. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy New York: Routledge, pp. 189-204.
- Masala, A. and Webber, J. eds. 2016. From personality to virtue: essays on the philosophy of character.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Webber, J. 2016. Instilling virtue. In: Masala, A. and Webber, J. eds. From Personality to Virtue: Essays on the Philosophy of Character.. Oxford University Press, pp. 134-154.
- Webber, J. 2016. Knowing one's own desires. In: Dahlstrom, D. O., Elpidorou, A. and Hopp, W. eds. Philosophy of Mind and Phenomenology: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches.. Routledge Research in Phenomenology New York: Routledge, pp. 165-179.
2015
- Webber, J. 2015. Character, attitude and disposition. European Journal of Philosophy 23(4), pp. 1082-1096. (10.1111/ejop.12028)
2014
- Rees, C. F. and Webber, J. 2014. Automaticity in virtuous action. In: Snow, N. and Trivigno, F. eds. The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness.. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory London: Routledge, pp. 75-90.
2013
- Webber, J. 2013. Liar!. Analysis 73(4), pp. 651-659. (10.1093/analys/ant081)
- Webber, J. 2013. Cultivating virtue. In: Carel, H. and Meacham, D. eds. Phenomenology and Naturalism: Examining the Relationship between Human Experience and Nature.. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements Vol. 72. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 239-259.
- Webber, J. 2013. Bad faith and the unconscious. In: LaFolette, H. ed. International Encyclopedia of Ethics.. Wiley, pp. 471-479.
- Webber, J. 2013. Authenticity. In: Churchill, S. and Reynolds, J. eds. Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts.. Acumen, pp. 131-142.
- Scaife, R. and Webber, J. 2013. Intentional side-effects of action. Journal of Moral Philosophy 10(2), pp. 179-203. (10.1163/17455243-4681004)
- Rees, C. F. and Webber, J. 2013. Constancy, fidelity, and integrity. In: van Hooft, S. ed. The Handbook of Virtue Ethics.. Acumen Handbooks Abingdon: Acumen, pp. 399-408.
2012
- Webber, J. 2012. Where's Beauvoir? The boxer and the goalkeeper: Sartre versus Camus, by Andy Martin [Book Review]. Times Literary Supplement 5724, pp. 26.
- Webber, J. 2012. A law unto oneself. The Philosophical Quarterly 62(246), pp. 170-189. (10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.692.x)
2011
- Webber, J. 2011. Catalano, Joseph S. Reading Sartre - 213pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010, Paperback,£25.99, ISBN 9780521152273 [Book Review]. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- Webber, J. 2011. Freedom. In: Luft, S. and Overgaard, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology.. Routledge Philosophy Companions Routledge, pp. 327-335.
- Webber, J. ed. 2011. Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism.. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Webber, J. 2011. Bad faith and the Other. In: Webber, J. ed. Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism.. London: Routledge, pp. 180-194.
- Webber, J. 2011. Climate change and public moral reasoning. In: Brooks, T. ed. New Waves in Ethics.. New Waves in Philosophy Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 278-294.
- Webber, J. 2011. There Is Something About Inez. Think 10(27), pp. 45-56. (10.1017/S1477175610000345)
- Webber, J. 2011. Virtue and Vice in the Hurt Locker. Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy 37, pp. 19-21.
2010
- Webber, J. 2010. Character. The Philosophers' Magazine 50, pp. 112-113.
- Webber, J. 2010. Existentialism. In: Skorupski, J. ed. The Routledge Companion to Ethics.. London: Routledge, pp. 230-240.
2009
- Webber, J. 2009. The existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre.. Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy Vol. 30.. London: Routledge.
- Webber, J. 2009. Reconstructing Alfie. The Philosophers' Magazine 47, pp. 61-66.
- Webber, J. 2009. Sex. Philosophy 84(2), pp. 233-250. (10.1017/S0031819109000205)
2007
- Webber, J. 2007. Character, common-sense, and expertise. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10(1), pp. 89-104. (10.1007/s10677-006-9041-7)
- Webber, J. 2007. Character, global and local. Utilitas 19(4), pp. 430-434. (10.1017/S0953820807002725)
2006
- Webber, J. 2006. Character, consistency, and classification. Mind 115(459), pp. 651-658. (10.1093/mind/fzl651)
- Webber, J. 2006. Sartre's theory of character. European Journal of Philosophy 14(1), pp. 94-116. (10.1111/j.1468-0378.2006.00245.x)
- Webber, J. 2006. Virtue, character and situation. Journal of Moral Philosophy 3, pp. 193-213.
2004
- Satre, J. Webber, J. ed. 2004. The Imaginary: a phenomenological psychology of the imagination.Webber, J.. London: Routledge.
2002
- Webber, J. 2002. Motivated aversion: bad faith and non-thetic awareness. Sartre Studies International 8(1), pp. 45-57. (10.3167/135715502781809693)
- Webber, J. 2002. Doing without representation: coping with Dreyfus. Philosophical Exploration 5(1), pp. 82-88. (10.1080/10002002018538723)
Jonathan works in moral psychology, which means that he is concerned with understanding the psychological concepts employed in ethical discourse, with the extent to which these concepts are genuinely applicable to people, and with ways in which our moral thinking can go wrong when we make mistakes about human psychology.
His most recent publications have been concerned with the ideas of character and virtue, particularly with whether empirical psychology has shown these to embody a mistaken view of human behaviour, and with clarifying and assessing the theory of the origins and nature of character at the heart of twentieth-century French existentialist thought.
He is currently working on ways in which moral psychology can be applied directly to current debates in applied ethics.
Research interests
- moral psychology
- existentialism
- virtue ethics
- Kantian ethics
- applied ethics
