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Dr Jack Hume

Lecturer in Ethics (fixed-term)

Research interests

  • Philosophy

Contact details

Biography

I work mainly in ethics and political philosophy. My current work explores the ethics of arts and cultural funding in liberal democracies and the liberal tradition. I write about why governments should fund art and cultural heritage, issues of fairness and equality that arise in doing so, and how these relate to foundational questions in political philosophy.

I completed my PhD at University College London in 2025, where I also completed my MPhil in Philosophy. I have a BA (Hons) in Philosophy & Psychology at the University of Sydney.

Research interests

• Political philosophy

• Applied ethics

• Feminism

• Social epistemology

• Aesthetics

 

Teaching

In 2025-26, I am convening
6AANB039 Gender and Philosophy (with Facundo Rodríguez)
5AANB005 Ethics IIA

Selected Publications 

Openness, Priority, and Free Museums”, Journal of Applied Philosophy (2025)

“Neutrality, Cultural Literacy, and Arts Funding”, Ergo: An Open-Access Journal of Philosophy (2024) 

“Providing ethics advice in a pandemic, in theory and in practice”, Bioethics (2023; co-authored with James Wilson, Melanie Smallman, and Cian O'Donovan)