
Dr Adam Willows
BA, MA, PhD
Expertise
Dr. Adam Willows is a theologian and philosopher specialising in ethics, philosophical theology and interdisciplinary engagement with the sciences. His work focuses on moral character and agency - who we are, what we do and why.
Current positions
Lecturer in Christianity and Ethics
Department of Religion and Theology
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Research interests
I am a theologian and philosopher specialising in ethics, philosophical theology and interdisciplinary engagement with the sciences. My work focuses on moral character and agency. My goal is to improve our understanding of ourselves as moral creatures – who we are, what we do and why.
I want to understand what acting morally really involves; why we make the choices (and mistakes) we do; and how we become the people we are. My expertise is in ethics and philosophical theology, but my work connects with a lot of other fields, especially developing technologies, evolutionary anthropology and psychology.
You can read more about my history and research below, or check out my publications.
Publications
Selected publications
01/04/2022Good, Actually
Philosophy
Natural Love
The Heythrop Journal
Two Perspectives on Animal Morality
Zygon
The Role of Non-Human Exemplars in Aquinas
New Blackfriars
My Good, Your Good, and the Good: Conceptual Mapping and Altruism
Theology and Conceptual Mapping
Recent publications
01/04/2022Good, Actually
Philosophy
Natural Love
The Heythrop Journal
My Good, Your Good, and the Good: Conceptual Mapping and Altruism
Theology and Conceptual Mapping
The Role of Non-Human Exemplars in Aquinas
New Blackfriars
Two Perspectives on Animal Morality
Zygon