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Dr Ellie Robson
I am a Lecturer in Ethics at King's College, London (2025-6). My current research focuses on the ethics of Aristotle through the lens of under-appreciated figures in the history of 20th century philosophy.
​I am particularly interested a group of of Neo-Aristotelian Naturalists which engage seriously in animal life and ethology e.g., Mary Midgley, Alasdair MacIntyre & Martha Nussbaum.
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My work is committed to expanding the canon particularly to include more women figures into the Aristotelian tradition. I also work the moral thought of figures in early analytic philosophy, like Susan Stebbing and Helen Knight.​​
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Recent News
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​I am a Visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, History of Philosophy Forum in Summer 2025. I am giving a talk research talk on 29th of May called 'Mary Midgley's zoological Aristotelianism.
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Read my recent article in aeon here: 'So many unmarried men' - it's about a forgotten radio script written my Midgley which reveals a form of epistemic injustice (and suffers itself from the same kind of injustice). This was aeon's most read article in February 2025.
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I've just finished a collected volume on Mary Midgley's Moral Philosophy and Ethics, for Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
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