About
Seth Robertson is a Lecturer in Philosophy and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University. He holds academic affiliations with the Department of Philosophy within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. His professional background includes roles as a Dissertation Research Fellow at the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing and as an inaugural member of the American Philosophical Association Graduate Student Council.
Seth Robertson’s educational background includes a PhD in Philosophy (2019) from the University of Oklahoma, an MA in Philosophy from the University of Houston, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Juniata College.
His research interests span Ethics, Moral Psychology, History of Ethics, Early Chinese Philosophy, Social Epistemology, and Metaethics. He focuses on integrating non-normative information into normative ethical theories, exploring topics such as the relationship between social intelligence and virtue ethics, situationist critiques of virtue ethics, and the interplay between epistemic injustice and rhetorical manipulation. Key areas of investigation include moral character, exemplarist moral theory, and Confucian perspectives on moral development.
No scientific awards have been explicitly listed in the provided information. In his teaching role, Seth instructs courses such as Human Ethics: A Brief History, Early Chinese Ethics, and the Ethics of Technology and Design. He has also contributed to introductory philosophy, political philosophy, and Asian philosophy courses. While no specific advising or grants are detailed, his academic collaborations include founding The Deviant Philosopher, an educational platform promoting diverse philosophical texts in curricula.
Seth is a co-founder of The Deviant Philosopher, a web resource aimed at helping philosophy instructors incorporate non-Western and underrepresented works into their teaching.
