Nationality British Main interests Ethics Name Roger Crisp | Website Official website | |
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Born 23 March 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-03-23 ) Alma mater St. Anne’s College, Oxford Books Reasons and the Good, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism, Mill on Utilitarianism Education St Anne's College, Oxford (1985–1988), St Anne's College, Oxford Influenced by John Stuart Mill, Iris Murdoch Similar People Michael Slote, Brad Hooker, Rosalind Hursthouse, Stephen Darwall, Ursula Wolf | ||
Institutions University of Oxford | ||
An interview with professor roger crisp editor of aristotle s nicomachean ethics
Roger Stephen Crisp (born 23 March 1961), is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He holds the university posts of Professor of Moral Philosophy and Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. His work falls principally within the field of ethics, in particular metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. In addition, he is Chairman of the Management Committee of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
Contents
- An interview with professor roger crisp editor of aristotle s nicomachean ethics
- Etix interviu roger crisp
- Education
- Career
- Personal life
- Select publications
- Books
- Chapters in books
- Journal articles
- Podcast
- Conference papers
- References
Etix interviu roger crisp
Education
Originally from Brentwood, Essex, Crisp began his higher education at St. Anne’s College, Oxford in 1979, where he read Literae Humaniores. He was amongst the first male cohort to study at this previously all-female college. He was taught by, amongst others, Margaret Howatson, Gabriele Taylor, Iris Murdoch, and Peter Derow. In 1983 he commenced the B.Phil, and from 1985 until 1988 he worked on his D.Phil, writing his thesis on utilitarianism.
Career
In 1986 Crisp began his first academic post, as a junior lecturer in philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford; he returned to St. Anne’s for two years beginning 1987 as a lecturer in philosophy, before taking up a lecturing post at Hertford College, Oxford in 1988-1989. 1989-1991 saw Crisp move to University College, Oxford, as a British Academy Research Fellow and Honorary Junior Research Fellow. Finally, Crisp returned once more to St. Anne’s in 1991, to take up a permanent post as Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, succeeding Gabriele Taylor. For the first time in his career, Crisp temporarily left Oxford and spent the academic year 2010-2011 at Boston University to explore his interest in the moral philosophy of Henry Sidgwick.
Arguably Crisp’s most significant work to date has been Reasons and the Good (Clarendon Press, 2006), in which he advances some novel approaches to the oldest questions in ethics. The central claim of this work is that a fundamental issue in normative ethics is what ultimate reasons might underlie our actions; Crisp argues that the best exposition of such reasons will not employ moral concepts. So far, Reasons and the Good has generally been very well received.
Crisp is currently editing an Oxford Handbook on the History of Ethics. Other major works include a translation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, and the Routledge Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism.
Personal life
Crisp is married with two daughters. Aside from his work, his interests include bluegrass guitar and wine tasting.
Select publications
This is a selection of Crisp's recent publications. For an exhaustive list download the PDF file on his page on the Oxford University Philosophy Faculty website.