Assistant Professor, Ethics or Applied Ethics

The Philosophy Department at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level.  The anticipated start date for this appointment is July 1, 2025, or another mutually agreed-upon date in 2025.

A Ph.D. in philosophy by the time of the appointment (or shortly thereafter) is required. The area of specialization is Ethics or Applied Ethics, and the successful candidate will engage in research related to their specialization and teach courses ranging from large service courses to small graduate seminars. The teaching commitment for this position is 5 semester courses per year at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The Department of Philosophy is enlarging the size and number of its service courses and the successful candidate will play a role in that enlargement, a commitment made by all departmental faculty. In particular, the successful candidate will lead the development of a course on contemporary issues and of general interest in ethics, that is intended for a wide undergraduate audience. We also welcome applicants that can teach in one or more of the following areas: the ethics of AI, social and political philosophy, non-Western philosophy, the ethics of health care and medicine, and critical thinking.

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