• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Publications
• Administrative Roles

ELINOR MASON (BA, London; PhD Reading) joined the department in 2004. Previously she was an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and before that at Arizona State University.

Research Interests

Moral Philosophy.

I am working on a book length defense of consequentialism, and also have interests in moral responsibility and in meta-ethics.

Teaching

Moral Philosophy.

Publications

• 'We Make No Promises', in Philosophical Studies 123, 2005, pp. 33-46.
• 'Consequentialism and The Principle of Indifference', in Utilitas 16, Nov 2004, pp. 316-321.
• 'Consequentialism and the Ought implies Can principle', in American Philosophical Quarterly 40, 2003 pp. 319-331.
• 'Against Blameless Wrongdoing', in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 5, 2002, pp. 287-303.
• 'Do Consequentialists Have One Thought Too Many?' in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2, 1999, pp. 243-261.
• 'Can an Indirect Consequentialist be a Real Friend?' in Ethics 108, January 1998, pp. 386-393.

Administrative Roles

  Convenor of the Board of Examiners - Years 1 and 2