Adrian J. Walsh (born 1963) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of
Philosophy at the
University of New England (Australia)
The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in Australia with approximately 22,500 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern central New South Wales. UNE was the fir ...
.
He is known for his expertise on
political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...
,
philosophy of economics
Philosophy and economics studies topics such as public economics, behavioural economics, rationality, justice, history of economic thought, rational choice, the appraisal of economic outcomes, institutions and processes, the status of highly i ...
and
applied ethics
Applied ethics refers to the practical aspect of moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in the areas of private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leaders ...
.
Walsh is an Associate Editor of the ''
Journal of Applied Philosophy
The ''Journal of Applied Philosophy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Philosophy and edited by Elizabeth Brake (Rice University). It covers a broad spectrum of issues in all a ...
''.
Books
* ''The Morality of Money: An Exploration in Analytic Philosophy''
* ''A Neo-Aristotelian Theory of Social Justice''
* ''Usury: The Moral Foundations of Lending at Interest''
* ''Ethics, Money and Sport: This Sporting Mammon''
Edited books
* ''The Ethical Underpinnings of Climate Economics''
* ''Scientific Imperialism: Exploring the Boundaries of Interdisciplinarity''
See also
*
Scientific imperialism
Scientific imperialism is a term that appears to have been coined by Ellis T. Powell when addressing the Commonwealth Club of Canada on 8 September 1920. He defined imperialism as "the sense of arbitrary and capricious domination over the bodies a ...
*
Business ethics
Business ethics (also known as Corporate Ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business c ...
*
Economics of global warming
The economics of climate change concerns the economic aspects of climate change; this can inform policies that governments might consider in response. A number of factors make this and the politics of climate change a difficult problem: it is a l ...
*
Philosophy of sport
Philosophy of sport is an area of philosophy that seeks to conceptually analyze issues of sport as human activity. These issues cover many areas, but fall primarily into five philosophical categories: metaphysics, ethics and moral philosophy, phil ...
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Adrian Walsh
Australian philosophers
Analytic philosophers
Philosophy academics
Living people
1963 births
University of New England (Australia) faculty
University of Melbourne alumni
Philosophers of language
Political philosophers
Flinders University alumni
Philosophers of economics
Philosophers of sport
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