Alan Thomas (philosopher)
Alan Thomas is a British philosopher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of York. He is best known for his works on ethics and political philosophy.Career
Thomas was educated at the Graig Comprehensive School, Llanelli, before undergraduate study at King's College, Cambridge. Following a year at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar, Thomas returned to Oxford University to complete his doctorate under the supervision of Bernard Williams. Thomas began his career at King's College, London before taking up a lectureship at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Thomas became a Professor of Ethics at Tilburg University in 2010 before becoming a Professor of Philosophy at the University of York in 2016. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia, a Fellow of the Murphy Institute at Tulane University, a Visiting Fellow of the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University and a Visiting Professor at St. Louis University. His research has been funded by the AHRC and the Templeton Foundation. In 2019 Thomas was funded by the UK's Independent Social Research Foundation for work on the regulation of the financial sector.Books
