SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Malcolm Murray
Email
mmurray@upei.ca
Position
Faculty Member
Department(s)
Philosophy
Phone
902-566-0575
Building
SDU Main Building 510
Status
Current
Biography
Chair, Philosophy; Professor
BA, MA, PhD (Waterloo)
I study ethical theory. The focus is on the definitions, concepts, and justifications for moral talk. Specifically, I study contractarian arguments that pretend to ground moral motivation on a picture of enlightened self-interest. A large chunk of this justification veers into game theory.
Recent Citations
Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, GR, August 4-10, 2013,
2018
Research Interests
Ethical theory
Contractarian ethics
Moral epistemology
Evolutionary game theory