Andy Lamey

Andy Lamey is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia (2011). His research focuses on applied ethics, political philosophy, and animal ethics, with notable works addressing topics like refugee rights, freeganism, and the ethics of food consumption. Lamey is the author of Duty and the Beast (2019) and Frontier Justice (2011), and co-creator of Justice: The Game, an educational role-immersion game for teaching political philosophy.

His teaching includes courses on ethics, political philosophy, and free expression. Recent courses at UCSD include Phil 28 (Ethics & Society II) on free speech and Phil 172 (Topics in Political Philosophy) analyzing Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Lamey’s work bridges philosophical theory with contemporary issues, including immigration policy, animal rights, and literature.

Key contributions include analyses of refugee rights, critiques of jurisdictional arguments for immigration control, and explorations of animal ethics through figures like Temple Grandin. He has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and his writings engage with thinkers like Plato, G.A. Cohen, and J.M. Coetzee.