Michael W. Austin (born 1969) is an American philosopher and Professor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. It also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, and Manchester and offers over 40 online undergraduate and graduate options. History Founding ...

. He is known for his works on

moral philosophy Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied et ...

and

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known Text (literary theo ...

. Austin served as the president of the

Evangelical Philosophical Society The Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is an organization devoted to the study of philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, apologetics, and ethics from an evangelicalism, evangelical perspective. Membership is open to profes ...

from 2018 to 2024. He is a founding member of the Jimmy Friggers Spiritual Formation Group.

Books

* Football and Philosophy: Going Deep * God and Guns in America * Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations of Christian Parenting * Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life * Cycling - Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force * Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone: Grounds for Debate * Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind * Fatherhood - Philosophy for Everyone: The Dao of Daddy * Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and The Family * Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics * The Olympics and Philosophy (The Philosophy of Popular Culture) * Humility and Human Flourishing: A Study in Analytic Moral Theology (Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology)

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External links

Michael W. Austin at Eastern Kentucky University
* 21st-century American philosophers American political philosophers American philosophy academics Living people 1969 births Eastern Kentucky University faculty American philosophers of religion Analytic philosophers American family and parenting writers Philosophers of sport Presidents of the Evangelical Philosophical Society {{reli-philo-bio-stub