Amanda Greene

Amanda Greene is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UC Santa Barbara specializing in political legitimacy, democratic authority, and Plato's political thought. Her research examines normative foundations of power across historical and contemporary contexts.

Key contributions include developing accounts of consent-based legitimacy, analyzing digital transformations of authority, and reconstructing Platonic realism. Current projects investigate institutional design for global governance and the cognitive dimensions of political judgment.

Professor Greene teaches courses in legal philosophy, ancient political theory, and global justice while advising graduate research on authority, democracy, and power structures.