Simon Hailwood is a British philosopher whose research concerns moral philosophy, political philosophy, environmental philosophy, environmental ethics, political realism, and pragmatism. He is a Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, which he joined in 2004 as a lecturer. [1] [2]
Hailwood completed a PhD at Liverpool; his thesis, Exploring Nozick: Beyond Anarchy, State and Utopia, was submitted in 1995. [3] The project addressed the moral philosophy of Robert Nozick, and was the basis of Hailwood's book of the same name, published in 1996 by Avebury. [4] He went on to publish How to be a Green Liberal: Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy, a 2003 book about green liberalism, with McGill-Queen's University Press; [5] [6] and Alienation and Nature in Environmental Philosophy, a 2015 book on environmental philosophy, with Cambridge University Press. [7] [8] [9]
He was previously the reviews editor (2009–12), associate editor (2012–15) and then managing editor (2015–21) of the journal Environmental Values . [1]