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David Edmonds

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Author; Journalist; Philosopher

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David Edmonds is a philosopher, journalist, author, editor, senior research associate, and documentary maker.

Introduction

David Edmonds was born in 1964. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to earn a PhD in philosophy from the Open University. He subsequently had fellowships in the University of Chicago and University of Michigan. He has since become an influential philosopher and has written, cowritten, and edited 10 books. Additionally, he is a contributing editor for Prospect Magazine, a senior research associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and an award winning documentary maker for BBC radio.

David Edmonds

David Edmonds’ work lies within the philosophy subgenre of practical ethics (Edmonds 2016a). One of his recent books, Would you Kill the Fat Man?, which was picked for Editor’s Choice in the New York Times, describes the Trolley Problem and its many variations. Beyond simply describing the...

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  • Edmonds, D. (2006). Caste wars: A philosophy of discrimination. London: Routledge.

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  • Edmonds, D. (2013). Would you kill the fat man?: The trolley problem and what your answer tells us about right and wrong. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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  • Edmonds, D. (Ed.). (2016a). Philosophers take on the world. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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  • Edmonds, D. (2016b). Moral philosophy. Serious Science. http://serious-science.org/moral-philosophy-6108. Retrieved 24 Sept 2016.

  • Edmonds, D., & Eidinow, J. (2007). Rousseau’s dog: A tale of two philosophers. London: Faber & Faber.

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  • Edmonds, D., & Eidinow, J. (2011). Bobby fischer goes to war. London: Faber & Faber.

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  • Edmonds, D., & Eidinow, J. (2014). Wittgenstein’s poker. London: Faber & Faber.

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  • Philosophy Bites. (n.d.). In Philosophy bites. http://philosophybites.com/. Retrieved 31 Oct 2016.

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Anna Wysocki

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  2. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Lisa L. M. Welling

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Wysocki, A. (2017). David Edmonds. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_484-1

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