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Jonathan Way is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of Southampton, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, where he has been teaching since 2011. He is a leading scholar in ethics and epistemology, with a focus on reasons, rationality, value, and normativity. He has held visiting positions at Harvard and Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and is actively involved in academic leadership and editorial roles.
His research centers on foundational questions in normative and meta-normative theory, particularly the nature of fittingness, reasons for action and belief, and structural rationality. He explores how normative standards apply across practical, epistemic, and emotional domains. His recent book, Getting Things Right: Fittingness, Reasons, and Value (2022), co-authored with Conor McHugh, presents a unified account of normativity grounded in the concept of fittingness. His publications span journals such as Philosophical Studies, Analysis, and Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy.
The most recent articles reflect a sustained engagement with metaethical and metaepistemological themes, particularly the structure of reasons, the coherence of rational requirements, and the interplay between value and normativity. His work often bridges ethics and epistemology, highlighting common normative structures across domains.
He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy and Area Editor for Ergo, and is a member of the Analysis Trust Committee. These roles underscore his active contribution to the philosophical community.
Jonathan Way supervises PhD students in philosophy and has mentored undergraduate and MA students on topics including animal ethics, philosophy of race, and metaethics. He teaches advanced modules such as PHIL3041 Happiness and Well-Being, PHIL3035 Rationality, Responsibility, and Ethics, and PHIL2040 Metaethics. He has also taught ethics to medical students, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement.
He is a member of the Southampton Ethics Centre, contributing to collaborative research on normative theory. His current research continues to explore the foundations of normativity and rationality, with ongoing projects supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
