Jenny Teichman
Encyclopedia
Jenny Teichman is an Australian/British philosopher, writing mostly on ethics
. She was born in Melbourne
, Australia
in 1930 and has taught mostly at New Hall, Cambridge
, where she is now an Emeritus Fellow. She taught for shorter periods in Australia, Canada and the USA.
She has edited two anthologies:
J. Teichman, 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (on Peter Singer
)
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
. She was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1930 and has taught mostly at New Hall, Cambridge
New Hall, Cambridge
Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded as "New Hall" in 1954, at a time when Cambridge had the lowest proportion of women undergraduates of any university in the United Kingdom, and when only two other colleges admitted women...
, where she is now an Emeritus Fellow. She taught for shorter periods in Australia, Canada and the USA.
Books
- The Mind & the Soul, RKP 1974
- Illegitimacy, Blackwell & Cornell UP 1982
- Pacifism & the Just War, Blackwell 1986
- Philosophy & the Mind, Blackwell 1988
- Philosophy: a Beginners Guide (with Katherine Evans) Blackwell 1991, 1995, 1999 (translations in Polish, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese & Georgian)
- Social Ethics a Students Guide, Blackwell 1996 (translations in Spanish, Indonesian, Korean & Polish)
- Ethics and Reality Ashgate, 2001
- Philosophers' Hobbies and other Essays [27 short papers] illustrated by Michael Jorgensen, Blackjack Press 392 Station Street, Carlton, VIC 3054, Australia 2003.
- The Philosophy of War & Peace, Imprint Academic, 2006
She has edited two anthologies:
- Intention & Intentionality: Essays in Honour of GEM Anscombe (with Cora DiamondCora DiamondCora Diamond is an American philosopher. She has worked on problems in analytic philosophy, the interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and moral philosophy. A moral vegetarian, she has also examined the rhetorical and philosophical nature of contemporary attitudes towards animal rights...
) Harvester Press 1979 - An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy (with Graham White) Macmillan 1995 and 1998
External links
J. Teichman, Review of Aurel Kolnai's Sexual EthicsJ. Teichman, 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (on Peter Singer
Peter Singer
Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian philosopher who is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne...
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