Dr Tim Dean

Tim is the Senior Philosopher at The Ethics Centre, where he holds the Manos Chair in Ethics. He has a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of New South Wales on the ethics and human nature, and specialises in public philosophy, applied ethics and critical thinking. He is an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney and the author of How We Became Human published by Pan Macmillan. He is also an experienced science writer and editor and has worked for outlets such as The Conversation and edited magazines including Cosmos and Australian Life Scientist. He is the recipient of the Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Professionals’ Award for his work on philosophy in the public sphere.