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Matthew Robson

Biography

I am a PhD student in the philosophy department, and my research is supported by a Durham Doctoral Studentship. My thesis analyses a series of underexplored examples of sexual objectification, including masculine sex objects, objectification within healthcare, and contemporary forms of pornography. I use these examples to critique and enrich our understandings of sexual objectification, its ethics, and its politics. I adopt a broadly pluralistic approach to my research, drawing from a range of traditions including contemporary analytic philosophy, feminist philosophy, and some continental philosophy.

Beyond the philosophy of love and sex, I also have research interests in ethics more broadly, feminism, political philosophy, post-Kantian philosophy, and social philosophy.

I have taught on a variety of modules at Durham (see below).

Research Interests
  • Ethics
  • Feminism and gender studies
  • Love, sex, relationships
  • Political philosophy
  • Post-Kantian philosophy
  • Social philosophy
Teaching

Guest lecturer

  • Current Issues in Ethics (PGT module)
  • Issues in Contemporary Ethics (3rd year module)

Discussion group/tutorial leader

  • Moral Theory (2nd year module)
  • Political Philosophy (2nd year)
  • Being Human (1st year module)
  • Ethics and Values (1st year)
  • Knoweldge and Reality (1st year)
  • Reading Philosophy (1st year)
Other Roles
  • Eidos President - The departmental PGR society; organising the weekly PhD work-in-progress seminar and social events.
  • Departmental Staff Student Consultative Committee PGR Representative.
  • Love Reading Group (University of Leeds) (Participant)
  • Continental Research Group (Participant)

Publications

Journal Article