Region: | Western philosophy |
Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
Kimberley Brownlee | |
Birth Date: | 1978 |
School Tradition: | Analytic |
Institutions: | University of British Columbia |
Main Interests: | moral philosophy |
Education: | Oxford University (PhD), Cambridge University (MPhil), McGill University (BA) |
Kimberley Brownlee (born June 4, 1978) is a Canadian philosopher. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Ethics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, she was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. She is known for her works on conscience, conviction, civil disobedience, the ethics of sociability, ideals, virtue, practical reason, and human rights.Brownlee is a winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.[1]