Kimberley Brownlee

Kimberley Brownlee
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Education
EducationOxford University (PhD), Cambridge University (MPhil), McGill University (BA)
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Main interestsmoral philosophy

Kimberley Brownlee (born June 4, 1978) is a Canadian philosopher. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Ethics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, she was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. She is known for her works on conscience, conviction, civil disobedience, the ethics of sociability, ideals, virtue, practical reason, and human rights. Brownlee is a winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.[1]

Whilst studying at Oxford, Brownlee competed for the Oxford University Dancesport Club, for which she was awarded a Full Blue in 2006.[2]

In 2022, Brownlee was awarded the Kitty Newman Memorial Award by the Royal Society of Canada.[3]

Books

  • Being Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights, with Adam Neal and David Jenkins (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2022
  • Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights, Oxford University Press, 2020
  • The Blackwell Companion to Applied Philosophy, with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and David Coady (eds.) Wiley Press, 2016
  • Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience, Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • Disability and Disadvantage, with Adam Cureton (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2009

References

  1. ^ "Speaker: Kimberley Brownlee - Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies". Simon Fraser University. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Past Blues Recipients". OU Dancesport. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Past Award Winners". The Royal Society of Canada. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2026.