Gordon Davis
Professor
Philosophy
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Gordon Davis’s research includes both historical work on ethical, political and metaphysical themes in the works of Hume, Kant and their contemporaries, and investigations into the applicability of methods of argument developed by these philosophers – as well as neo-Humean and neo-Kantian variations – to contemporary debates in ethics and metaethics. One of Gordon’s current projects explores the prospects for a theoretical synthesis of key elements within the three main traditions of contemporary ethical theory (consequentialism, Kantian deontology and virtue ethics). He also has a strong interest in applied ethics – especially issues surrounding biotechnology and obligations to future generations.
Research Interest
Moral and political philosophy Metaethics History of modern philosophy (esp. Hume, Kant and Kantian philosophy) History of Ethics Comparative Philosophy
Publications
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“Conceptions and Intuitions of the Highest Good in Buddhist Philosophy: A Meta-Ethical Analysis.†Forthcoming in Comparative Philosophy and J.L. Shaw (ed. P. Bilimoria & M. Hemmingsen, for Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Cultures and Traditions, Springer)
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“The Normativity of Inclusion and Exclusion: Should Multiculturalism Encompass Religious Identities?†Forthcoming in Multiculturalism and Religious Identity (ed. L. Beaman & S. Sikka, McGill-Queen’s University Press)
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“Moral Realism and Anti-Realism outside the West: A Meta-Ethical Turn in Buddhist Ethicsâ€, Comparative Philosophy, volume 4 (2): 24-53.
