John Tasioulas

Short Biography

John Tasioulas’ research is in moral, legal and political philosophy. His work in these areas has appeared in journals such as the Cambridge Law Journal, Ethics, European Journal of Philosophy, Inquiry, Metaphilosophy, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and Philosophy and Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. He is the co-editor (with Samantha Besson) of The Philosophy of International Law (OUP, forthcoming 2010). The current focus of his research is the philosophy of human rights. He is a Reader in Moral and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University. He holds a BA in Philosophy and an LLB from the University of Melbourne and a DPhil from the University of Oxford.