John Elia

John Elia, Ph.D., is the Thérèse Murray Goodwin ’49 Chair in Philosophy at Wilson College. His specialty is in ethics and applied ethics, with special interests in environmental philosophy, social and political philosophy, and comparative philosophy. His World Philosophy course uses an open-access textbook he wrote with the generous support of Wilson’s Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Professorship. In addition, he regularly teaches courses in ethics, environmental ethics, bioethics, business ethics, and food ethics, and courses in the Humanities and Leadership master’s programs.