Tony Milligan


Tony Milligan is a Scottish philosopher who is currently a teaching fellow in ethics and the philosophy of religion in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London. Much of his research concerns Iris Murdoch, the philosophy of love, animal ethics, space policy and civil disobedience.

Education and career

Milligan studied at the University of Stirling, reading philosophy, before going on to the University of Glasgow to study for a doctorate. His PhD thesis was entitled "Iris Murdoch's Romantic Platonism". He then worked as a teaching fellow at the University of Aberdeen's department of philosophy, and then as a lecturer at the University of Hull. After his time at Hull, he returned to Aberdeen. He then moved to the department of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, where he worked for two years as a lecturer. He then moved to King's College London, where he is currently a teaching fellow in ethics and the philosophy of religion in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies.
Milligan has argued for the protection of planets and their resources.

Selected publications

;Monographs
;Edited collections
;Journal articles