Colin Heydt
Colin Heydt | |
|---|---|
| Awards | NEH Fellowship, ACLS Fellowship |
| Education | |
| Education | Boston University (PhD, 2003), Swarthmore College (BA, 1994) |
| Thesis | The Ethics of Character: John Stuart Mill on Aesthetic Education (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Knud Haakonssen |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of South Florida |
| Main interests | Moral philosophy, eighteenth-century philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy |
Colin Heydt is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida.[1] His research focuses on eighteenth-century moral and political philosophy, particularly the ethical and cultural thought of David Hume and Adam Smith.[2]
Philosophy
His book Rethinking Mill’s Ethics: Character and Aesthetic Education has been described as “a rich and original contextual study of John Stuart Mill’s political philosophy, ethics and moral psychology.”[3]
His later work Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth‑Century Britain: God, Self, and Other has been called “an immensely valuable contribution to our understanding” of British moral philosophy in the eighteenth century.[4]
Books
- Rethinking Mill’s Ethics: Character and Aesthetic Education (Continuum, 2006)
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain: God, Self, and Other (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
- John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, edited with introduction and appendices (Broadview Press, 2010)
References
- ^ "Colin Heydt". University of South Florida. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Colin Heydt – Faculty Profile". University of South Florida. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Haakonssen, Knud. "Review of Rethinking Mill's Ethics". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Stuart-Buttle, Tim. "Review: Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain". Fishpond. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
External links
- "Colin Heydt". University of South Florida. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- "PhilPeople profile: Colin Heydt". PhilPeople. Retrieved 31 October 2025.