Tam, Agnes

Agnes Tam

Ph.D., 2020

Philosophy

Arts and Science

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Research Interests

Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics (especially practical reason)

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  • PhD, Philosophy, Queen’s University
    • Dissertation: “Norms, Reasons, and Moral Progress”
    • Committee: Will Kymlicka (Chair), Jackie Davis, Colin Farrelly, Margaret Moore, Joseph Heath 
  • MSc, Political Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • LLB, Law, University of Hong Kong
  • Exchange JD, Law, Tulane University

I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the  at the University of Calgary beginning July 2022. I am currently a Banting Postdoctoral Researcher of the  at McGill University. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the  of Concordia University. For more information about my research, .

Publications
  • (2020) “Why Moral Reasoning is Insufficient for Moral Progress”, Journal of Political Philosophy 28(1): 73-96.
  • (2021) “The Legitimacy of Groups: Toward a We-Reasoning View”, Analyse & Kritik 42(2): 343-68.
  • (2021) “A Case for Political Epistemic Trust”, in K. Vallier and M. Weber (eds.), Social Trust, Routledge, 220-41.
  • (forthcoming) “Being Popular and Being Just: How Animal Protection Organizations Can be Both”, in V. Giroux, A. Pepper, and K. Voigt (eds.), Ethics of Animal Shelters, Oxford University Press (with Will Kymlicka).