Gwen Bradford
Position:
Associate Professor
Campus:
St. George,Biography:
- PhD in Philosophy, Yale University
- BA in Philosophy, University of Toronto
Gwen Bradford studies value theory and normative ethics, and is particularly interested in ill-being—the opposite of well-being—and how perfectionism might account for it. Before joining the University of Toronto, she was an associate professor of philosophy at Rice University, and a Faculty Fellow at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. Her book, Achievement (Oxford University Press, 2015), focusing on the nature and value of achievement, won the APA Book Prize in 2017.
Research Interests:
Ethics, Philosophy of Art, Value Theory