Sociology and Philosophy
Dr Nigel Pleasants
B.Sc. (Bristol); M.Phil., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Extension: 3253
Telephone: 01392 723253
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Philosophy
Having initially worked on Wittgenstein's philosophy in relation to social and political theory, my main research and teaching is now in the domains of social philosophy, social/practical ethics, and philosophy of social science. I have recently completed articles on the Holocaust, animal ethics, moral certainty, institutional wrongdoing and moral perception. I have now begun to write on slavery and abolition in relation to social structure and moral agency. I teach undergraduate courses on Social Philosophy, Holocaust and Society, and Social Ethics, and a postgraduate course on Philosophy of Social Science.
