Paul Formosa
Senior Lecturer
Department of Philosophy
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Paul completed his PhD in philosophy in 2008. He joined the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie in 2009. He has been a Macquarie University Research Fellow (2009-2011) and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow (2012-2016). In 2016 he became a Senior Lecturer. Paul has published widely on topics in moral and political philosophy, with a focus on Kantian ethics, moral evil and moral psychology.
Research Interest
Philosophy , moral evil and moral psychology.
Publications
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Dignity and respect: How to apply kant's formula of humanity Formosa, P. Mar 2014 In : Philosophical Forum. 45, 1, p. 49-68 20 p.
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Four lenses for designing morally engaging games Ryan, M., Staines, D. & Formosa, P. 2016 DiGRA/FDG '16: proceedings of the first international joint conference of DiGRA and FDG. Dundee, Scotland: Digital Games Research Association and Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games, p. 1-16 16 p. (DiGRA conference proceedings; vol. 13, no. 1)
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Means, Ends, and Persons: The Meaning and Psychological Dimensions of Kant's Humanity Formula, by Robert Audi: New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. xvi + 171, £29.99 (hardback). Formosa, P. 2017 In : Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 95, 2, p. 412-412 1 p.
