Ten-Herng Lai

Lecturer Ten-Herng Lai is a political philosopher at the University of Stirling, specializing in illegal activism (civil/uncivil disobedience) and objectionable commemorations (racist statues, colonial monuments). His research intersects democracy, hate speech, and political philosophy of language, with recent publications in Analysis and The Journal of Ethics.

• PhD in Philosophy, Australian National University (2020)
• Co-author of collaborative works on commemorative ethics with Chong-Ming Lim

Research Trends: Lai's work examines protest tactics (blockades, political vandalism), the aesthetics of racist monuments, and paradoxes in punishing justified civil disobedience. He advocates for fairness-based defenses of uncivil activism when targeting responsible parties.

Scientific Recognition: Recipient of the AAP Prize for Innovation in Inclusive Curricula (2020) for teaching design. Public philosophy contributions appear in ABC and The Ethical War Blog, with Mandarin translations of works by Sally Haslanger and David Chalmers.