Tom Angier

MPhil. in Philosophy (University College London, 1995), PhD in Philosophy (University of Cambridge, 2001), PhD in Ancient Philosophy (University of Toronto, 2008). Tom Angier lectured in Ethics and the History of Philosophy at the University of Leeds, and is currently Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Kent (UK). His teaching repertoire includes courses on Greek philosophy, contemporary analytic ethics, and aesthetics.

Research topics: 

Thematically, my interests lie in ethical and political theory, and historically, in Plato and Aristotle. My current research focuses on Aristotelian virtue theory. I am interested in responding to the 'Situationist' critique of virtue ethics, as well as mounting a critique of Rawlsian so-called 'liberal virtues'. At the moment I am preparing papers on Aristotle and contemporary 'happiness research', and on the differences between ancient and modern conceptions of social conflict.

Email: 
tpsa@kent.ac.uk
Papers: 

Monographs 

Technē in Aristotle’s Ethics: Crafting the Moral Life, Continuum Press 2010 (in ‘Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy’), pp. viii + 176

 

“By identifying the extent to which Aristotle’s thinking about ethics was shaped by notions drawn from the crafts Angier has thrown new light on a surprising number of topics and has deepened our understanding of tensions within Aristotle’s thought. It is by now a rare achievement to have said something new, true and important about Aristotle” (Alasdair MacIntyre, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, USA)

 

Either Kierkegaard / Or Nietzsche: Moral Philosophy in a New Key, Ashgate Press 2006 (in ‘Intersections between Continental and Analytic Philosophy’ series), pp. xi + 159

 

“this book is eloquently written and the scope of its argument ambitious and impressive. It will be of interest to … any reader looking for a novel consideration in contemporary moral philosophy” (Jamie Turnbull in Philosophy in Review 27 (2), 2007)

 

Papers     

 ‘Alasdair MacIntyre’s Analysis of Tradition’, forthcoming in the 'European Journal of Philosophy'

 

Edited volumes     

Ethics - The Key Thinkers, Bloomsbury Academic October 2012 (a survey of the great moral philosophers from Plato to MacIntyre; chapter on Plato by myself)

The History of Evil (volume one), Acumen Press 2013 (a study of the notion of ‘evil’ in the work of Ancient thinkers; chapter on Aristotle by myself)