Thomas Hurka

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Thomas Hurka (born 1952) is a Canadian philosopher who holds the Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto and who taught previously, from 1978 to 2002, at the University of Calgary.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001.[2]

Hurka has published works on a number of topics, including the topics of goodness,[3] virtue,[4] and ethics.[5] He has also studied the ethics of fighting Global Warming.[6]

He received his DPhil from Oxford University.[1]

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