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Patrick Tomlin is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick and Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and Law (PPL) undergraduate degree. He holds affiliations with the Philosophy Department and the Centre for Ethics, Law, and Public Affairs (CELPA). His academic journey includes roles at the University of Oxford (Corpus Christi College) and University of Reading, where he was Associate Professor in Political Philosophy.
Education: B.A. (Hons) European Politics (University of Nottingham, 2002), M.A. Legal and Political Theory (University College London, 2004), D.Phil. Political Theory (University of Oxford, 2010).
Research interests span moral, political, and legal philosophy, with a focus on distributive ethics, equality, criminal law, children's wellbeing, and moral uncertainty. His recent work includes exploring transferred malice in criminal law, aggregation in normative ethics, and proportionality in warfare.
Publications highlight contributions to journals like Philosophical Quarterly, Law and Philosophy, and Journal of Applied Philosophy. Notable works include critiques of punishment theory, analyses of parental rights, and ethical frameworks for warfare.
Awards include the Berger Memorial Prize (APA, 2017) and a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2020-21). He co-founded Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs in 2024 after resigning from Philosophy & Public Affairs.
Teaching includes modules on ethics, applied ethics, and political economy. He advises on the PPL degree, established in 2018, and contributes to academic governance at Warwick.
