Kyle Johannsen is a Canadian philosopher who is the author of a ''A Conceptual Investigation of Justice'' (2018) and ''

Wild Animal Ethics ''Wild Animal Ethics: The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering'' is a 2020 book by the philosopher Kyle Johannsen, that examines whether humans, from a deontological perspective, have a duty to reduce wild animal suffering. He con ...

'' (2020). He specialises in

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and

environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resourc ...

, as well as

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and

social philosophy Social philosophy examines questions about the foundations of social institutions, social behavior, and interpretations of society in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social ...

. He is presently affiliated with

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The newer Brantford and Milton campuses are not considered satellite campuses ...

, and

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

Education and career

Johannesen read for a BA in philosophy with a minor in history at

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

from 2003 to 2007, before reading for an MA in philosophy at the same institution from 2007 to 2009. He read for a PhD in philosophy at

from 2010 to 2015. He took up visiting assistant professorships at

Saint Mary's University, Halifax Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a formerly Catholic, public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry, as well as one of the best Canadian women ...

from 2016 to 2017, and then at

from 2017 to 2018. He remained a course instructor at Trent from 2018, and also became a course instructor at

in 2019. In 2020, Johannsen became an adjunct assistant professor at Queen's, as well as a

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in Animals in Politics, Philosophy, Law, and Ethics (APPLE) at the university.

Works

Johannsen published ''A Conceptual Investigation of Justice'' in 2018. It was the subject of a symposium at the

Canadian Philosophical Association The Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA; french: Association canadienne de philosophie []) was founded in 1958 as a bilingual non-profit organization to promote philosophical scholarship and education across Canada, and to represent the inter ...

's 2018 meeting; the presented papers were later published in '' Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review''. ''Wild Animal Ethics'' was published in 2020; a symposium was held by APPLE at Queen's University in the same year, with the papers later published in ''

Philosophia ''Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering philosophy from different traditions that was established in 1971. The journal publishes five issues per year, and it is published by Springer Nat ...

''. It was reviewed by

Thomas Lepeltier Thomas Lepeltier (born 4 January 1967) is a French independent scholar, essayist and science writer specializing in the history and philosophy of science and applied ethics, known in particular for his contributions to the field of animal law. He ...

in the French-language

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magazine ''Sciences Humaines''.

References

External links

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Kyle Johannsen on the Predation Problem
- Herbivorize Predators *
Can Addressing Wild Animal Suffering Prevent the next Pandemic?
- Forum Daily
"That’s moral progress – you have to interfere in things" – Philosopher Kyle Johannsen
- ''Sentientism Conversations'' podcast
Reducing wild animal suffering with Kyle Johannsen
- ''Knowing Animals'' podcast
Kyle Johannsen, "Wild Animal Ethics: The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering" (Routledge, 2020)
- ''New Books in Philosophy'' podcast {{DEFAULTSORT:Johannsen, Kyle Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian philosophers Animal ethicists Canadian animal rights scholars Canadian ethicists Canadian political philosophers Environmental ethicists Queen's University at Kingston alumni Queen's University at Kingston faculty Social philosophers Trent University faculty York University alumni Living people