Dr. J. (James) Hutton

Dr. J. (James) Hutton

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James Hutton is Assistant Professor in the Ethics & Philosophy of Technology Section. He specialises in environmental philosophy and climate ethics, with a focus on how we can use emotions to tackle difficult ethical questions.

Hutton also has interests in the history of philosophy, especially German and Chinese philosophy, and in metaethics, especially issues involving objectivity and ethical knowledge.

Hutton holds degrees from the University of Oxford (BA 2013, Gibbs Prize), Central European University (MA 2014, distinction), and the University of Cambridge (MPhil 2015, distinction; PhD 2019, no corrections). Before coming to TU Delft he worked as Lecturer at University College London Leverhulme Trust postdoc at the University of Edinburgh.

Hutton's work has appeared in journals such as the European Journal of Philosphy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Ethics. See PhilPapers for full details.

He is a fellow of the ESDiT Program: Nature Research Line, a researcher for the Design for Changing Values ERC Project, and part of a team building ethics into the Dutch government's approach to offshore wind parks.

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