Overview
Background
Dr Damian Cox’s ares of research is Ethics, particularly ethical theory.
Dr Cox holds a BA(hons) (ANU); PhD (Melbourne).
His teaching areas include: Introduction to philosophy; Philosophy and Film; Cognitive science; and Ethics.
Dr Cox’s current research projects include:
- The moral and philosophical psychological character of integrity;
- Critiques of utilitarianism and agent-based virtue ethics; Ethics and decision theory; The limits of Moral Obligation.
Availability
- Dr Damian Cox is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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The moral and philosophical psychological character of integrity
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Critiques of utilitarianism and agent-based virtue ethics
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Ethics and decision theory
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The limits of Moral Obligation
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Philosophy of film
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Film as a philosophical resource
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Films and the philosophical critique of racism
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Virtual theory and judgement of character
Works
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2017
Book Chapter
Music and ethics: the very mildly interesting view
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2017). Music and ethics: the very mildly interesting view. Oxford Handbooks Online. (pp. 1-18) New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935321.013.145
2015
Book Chapter
Overcoming victimhood: stoicism, anti-stoicism and Le Fils
Cox, Damian (2015). Overcoming victimhood: stoicism, anti-stoicism and Le Fils. Victim victorious: from fire to phoenix. (pp. 1-14) edited by Marie-Claire Patron and Stephen S. Holden. New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
2015
Book Chapter
Plato's paradox of leadership
Cox, Damian and Crook, Peter (2015). Plato's paradox of leadership. Leadership and ethics. (pp. 129-150) London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic.
2014
Journal Article
Reflections in a mirror
Cox, Damian (2014). Reflections in a mirror. Diametros, 41, 1-12. doi: 10.13153/diam.41.2014.649
2014
Journal Article
Diagnosis without treatment: responding to the War on Terror
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2014). Diagnosis without treatment: responding to the War on Terror. South African Journal of Philosophy, 33 (1), 19-33. doi: 10.1080/02580136.2014.892676
2014
Book Chapter
Integrity
Cox, Damian, La Caze, Marguerite and Levine, Michael (2014). Integrity. The Handbook of Virtue Ethics. (pp. 200-209) edited by Stan van Hooft, Nafsika Athanassoulis, Jason Kawall, Justin Oakley, Nicole Saunders and Liezl Van Zyl. Durham, United Kingdom: Acumen Publishing.
2013
Journal Article
October and the question of cinematic thinking
Cox, Damian (2013). October and the question of cinematic thinking. Screening the Past, 38.
2013
Journal Article
Judging character
Cox, Damian (2013). Judging character. American Philosophical Quarterly, 50 (4), 387-398.
2013
Book Chapter
Avatar: racism and prejudice on Pandora
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael P. (2013). Avatar: racism and prejudice on Pandora. Race, Philosophy and Film. (pp. 117-133) edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory. New York, NY, USA: Routledge.
2013
Book Chapter
Social marketing: immunizing against unethical practice
Holden, Stephen S. and Cox, Damian (2013). Social marketing: immunizing against unethical practice. Contemporary issues in social marketing. (pp. 59-75) edited by Krzysztof Kubacki and Sharyn Rundle-Thiele. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2013
Journal Article
Public health marketing: is it good and is it good for everyone?
Holden, Stephen S. and Cox, Damian (2013). Public health marketing: is it good and is it good for everyone?. International Journal of Marketing, 52 (1), 17-26.
2012
Book
Thinking through film: doing philosophy, watching movies
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2012). Thinking through film: doing philosophy, watching movies. Chichester, England, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
2010
Journal Article
Modelling the moral dimension of decisions
Cox, Damian, Colyvan, Mark and Steele, Katie (2010). Modelling the moral dimension of decisions. Nous, 44 (3), 503-529. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00754.x
2010
Book Chapter
Damned lying politicians: Integrity and truth in politics
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2010). Damned lying politicians: Integrity and truth in politics. Professional ethics and personal integrity. (pp. 44-67) edited by Tim Dare and W. Bradley Wendel. Newcastle upon Tyne, NE, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2009
Book
A politics most unusual: Violence, sovereignty and democracy in the war on terror
Cox, Damian, Levine, Michael and Newman, Saul (2009). A politics most unusual: Violence, sovereignty and democracy in the war on terror. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
2006
Journal Article
Agent-based theories of right action
Cox, Damian (2006). Agent-based theories of right action. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 9 (5), 505-515. doi: 10.1007/s10677-006-9029-3
2006
Journal Article
Violinists run amuck in South Dakota: Screen doors down in the badlands!
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2006). Violinists run amuck in South Dakota: Screen doors down in the badlands!. Philosophical Papers, 35 (2), 267-281. doi: 10.1080/05568640609485183
2006
Journal Article
Review of Gerald Vision, Veritas: the correspondence theory and its critics
Cox, Damian (2006). Review of Gerald Vision, Veritas: the correspondence theory and its critics. Philosophical Books, 47 (3), 277-279.
2005
Journal Article
Teaching war and violence to the like-minded
Cox, D. F. (2005). Teaching war and violence to the like-minded. Peace Review: The International Quarterly of World Peace, 17 (2-3), 247-259. doi: 10.1080/14631370500332981
2005
Journal Article
Integrity, commitment, and tndirect consequentialism
Cox, Damian (2005). Integrity, commitment, and tndirect consequentialism. Journal of Value Inquiry, 39 (1), 61-73. doi: 10.1007/s10790-006-1571-7
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Damian Cox is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
RESPECT FOR THE WORLD: UNIVERSAL ETHICS AND THE MORALITY OF TERRAFORMING
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor William Grey
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Doctor Philosophy
MORAL REFLECTION
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor William Grey
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