top of page
![img_4910_edited_edited.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/53f68c_30f6099bb0654e2a9d2af3b5395ff537~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_339,h_343,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/img_4910_edited_edited.jpg)
I'm a philosopher. I work mainly in ethics - especially metaethics - and areas related to it: aesthetics, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics.
​
I'm am Prof. of Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds and Director of IDEA. I was previously at the University of Kent, where for many years I was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
​
I'm the main host of two podcasts: Philosophy Takes On The News and Philosophy Gets Schooled. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, Podbean, etc. Or the tabs above.
​
Twitter: @KirchinSimon
​
I'm also Director of the British Philosophical Association.
INTERVIEW
Click on the swirly image to read an interview with me from What Is It Like To Be A Philosopher?
bottom of page