Ethan Moore
PhD Philosophy
- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: s1801255@sms.ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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40 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JX
Background
I'm a PhD student working in metaethics - in particular the 'Now What?' problem for moral error theorists. I'm interested in various questions concerning the moral error theory, but also in normative issues more generally. More recently, my research synthesises insights from sociology, psychology, criminology and game theory to analyse how moral language impacts our criminal justice system, interpersonal relations and political discourses.
I'm also currently editing a collection of essays under contract with Routledge, provisionally entitled "The Amoral Life: A Practical Guide to Moral Abolitionism".
Undergraduate teaching
Introduction to History of Philosophy A (2024, 2025)
Introduction to History of Philosophy B (2024)
Morality and Value (2024)
Organiser
What If Morality is a Sham? A Conference on the Consequences of Moral Nihilism (2025)
Participant
Respondent to "sportswashing and the corruption of reputation practices" (Alfred Archer) at Boycotts and Beyond: How should we respond to ethically compromised sporting events? University of Glasgow (2026, forthcoming).
Papers delivered
"A New Framework for Understanding Cryptomarket Participants" XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (2023)
"Why We Should Be Glad that Morality is a Myth" Edinburgh University Philosophy Society, Lecture Series (2023/24)
"You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: Why Fictionalism Cannot Maintain Moral Commitment-Mechanisms" XXV World Congress of Philosophy (2024)
"How Art Evades Essentialist Definition" Edinburgh University Philosophy Society, Lecture Series (2024/25)
"Criminal Communes: Digital Communalism as a Mechanism for Challenging Legal Norms" The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Communalism, University of Nijmegen (2025)
"Moral Judgement, Stigmatisation and Anti-Social Behaviour" What If Morality is a Sham? A Conference on the Consequences of Moral Nihilism (2025)
"Watching Fake News Ironically: The Aestheticisation of Lies" Fiction and Lies: the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress (2026, forthcoming)
“What if There Are No Moral Facts?” (Forthcoming) in Philosophers on How to Live: Talking about Morality. Bloomsbury. Edited by Ellie Palmer & Jack Symes.
"The Prudential 'Now What?' Problem" (2026) Acta Analytica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-026-00692-4
"Why Error Theorists Don't Need Moral Commitment Devices" (Forthcoming) The Journal of Ethics.
"When The Levee Breaks: Social Control Without Morality" (In Progress) in The Amoral Life: A Practical Guide to Moral Abolitionism. Routledge. Edited by Ethan Moore.