Dr Craig Taylor

Position/s:Senior Lecturer
Department of Philosophy
Phone: +61 8 82013962
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Location: Humanities (223)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Craig joined the department in 2006, having previously held lecturing positions at the University of Stirling, Louisiana State University and a number of universities in Australia. Craig's main field of teaching and research expertise is ethics, especially moral psychology and applied ethics. Craig's current research includes a book length project on the nature of ethical thought and an edited book on the ethical thought of Raimond Gaita (forthcoming with Monash University Publishing in 2013).

Qualifications

PhD (London), M.A. (Melbourne), B.A. (Melbourne), B. Eng. (Melbourne)

Honours, awards and grants

International Science Linkages - Humanities and Creative Arts Programme International Fellowship (2009)
EHLT Faculty Scholar (2009)
Summer Research Grant, Louisiana State University (1999)

Key responsibilities

Head of the Department of Philosophy
Associate Dean for School of Humanities (Research)
Director, Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities (FIRtH)

Teaching

Teaching interests

Ethics, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics

Topic Coordinator:

Topic Lecturer:

Research and supervision

Research expertise

  • Applied ethics
  • Philosophy

Research interests

Ethics, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics

Supervisory interests

  • Applied philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Moral philosophy
  • Philosophy of psychology
  • Professional and research ethics

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Professional and Applied Ethics (1);

Completion

Principal supervisor: Professional and Applied Ethics (1);

Publications

Books
Taylor, C.D. (2012). Moralism: A Study of a Vice. Stocksdale, UK: Acumen.
Taylor, C.D. (2002). Sympathy?: a philosophical analysis. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book chapters
Taylor, C.D. and Buckle, S. (2011). Introduction: Hume and his Intellectual Legacy. In Craig Taylor and Stephen Buckle, ed. Hume and the Enlightenment. London, UK: Pickering and Chatto Publishers, pp. 1-11.
Taylor, C.D. (2011). Hume on Sympathy and Cruelty. In Craig Taylor and Stephen Buckle, ed. Hume and the Enlightenment. London, UK: Pickering and Chatto Publishers, pp. 117-129.
Refereed journal articles
Taylor, C.D. (2013). An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Feedback to Students on Assessed Work. Higher Education Research and Development.
Taylor, C.D. (2012). Huck Finn, Moral Reasons and Sympathy. Philosophy, 87(4), pp.583-593. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003181911200040X.
Taylor, C.D. (2011). Literature, Moral Reflection and Ambiguity. Philosophy, 86(1), pp.75-93. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003181911000063X.
Taylor, C.D. (2009). Art and moralism. Philosophy, 84(3), pp.341-353. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031819109000357.
Taylor, C.D. (2006). Winch on moral dilemmas and moral modality. Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 49(2), pp.148-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201740600576910.
Taylor, C.D. (2005). Moralism and morally accountable beings. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 22(2), pp.153-160. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2005.00299.x.

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Books
Taylor, C.D. (2012). Moralism: A Study of a Vice. Stocksdale, UK: Acumen.
Taylor, C.D. (2002). Sympathy?: a philosophical analysis. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book chapters
Taylor, C.D. and Buckle, S. (2011). Introduction: Hume and his Intellectual Legacy. In Craig Taylor and Stephen Buckle, ed. Hume and the Enlightenment. London, UK: Pickering and Chatto Publishers, pp. 1-11.
Taylor, C.D. (2011). Hume on Sympathy and Cruelty. In Craig Taylor and Stephen Buckle, ed. Hume and the Enlightenment. London, UK: Pickering and Chatto Publishers, pp. 117-129.
Refereed journal articles
Taylor, C.D. (2013). An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Feedback to Students on Assessed Work. Higher Education Research and Development.
Taylor, C.D. (2012). Huck Finn, Moral Reasons and Sympathy. Philosophy, 87(4), pp.583-593. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003181911200040X.
Taylor, C.D. (2011). Literature, Moral Reflection and Ambiguity. Philosophy, 86(1), pp.75-93. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003181911000063X.
Taylor, C.D. (2009). Art and moralism. Philosophy, 84(3), pp.341-353. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031819109000357.
Taylor, C.D. (2006). Winch on moral dilemmas and moral modality. Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 49(2), pp.148-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201740600576910.
Taylor, C.D. (2005). Moral cognitivism and character. Philosophical Investigations, 28(3), pp.253-272. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9205.2005.00256.x.
Taylor, C.D. (2005). Moralism and morally accountable beings. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 22(2), pp.153-160. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2005.00299.x.
Taylor, C.D. (2004). Morality and the role-differentiated behaviour of lawyers. Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 6(1), pp.36-46.
Taylor, C.D. (2001). Moral incapacity and Huckleberry Finn. Ratio-New Series, 14(1), pp.56-67. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00144.
Refereed conference papers
Taylor, C.D. (2009). Aristotle on Perfect Friendship. In Greek Research in Australia: Proceedings of the 7th Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies. Seventh Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies. pp. 89-96. [online]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8064.
Journal articles
Taylor, C.D. (2008). Questions for those who protest too much. The Australian, 3(10), pp.13-13.
Taylor, C.D. (2006). Introduction to Special Issue: Global Justice and Global Prosperity. Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 8(1), pp.1-5. [online]. Available from: http://relaisill.com/posttowebsfu/servlet/DownloadDocument?1870768.pdf.
Other public research outputs
Taylor, C.D. (2012). "A Strange and baroque story". Australian Book Review, pp.65-66.
Taylor, C.D. and Buckle, S. (2011). Co-editor. Hume and the Enlightenment.
Taylor, C.D. (2007). Sympathy (Reference work). International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, pp.253-254.
Campbell, T. and Taylor, C.D. (2006). Editors. Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics: Global Justice and Global Prosperity, 8(1).

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Professional and community engagement

Member: Australasian Association of Philosophy, Ethics Centre of South Australia, British Wittgenstein Society and British Society for Ethical Theory

Subject/s

  • Ethics
  • Morality
  • Philosophy

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