Kathleen Murphy-Hollies
Third-year PhD student and Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham
I am a third-year PhD student and Teaching Fellow (January 2022-June 2023) at the University of Birmingham. I work with Lisa Bortolotti, Iain Law and Quassim Cassam. I am interested in virtue ethics, philosophy of cognitive science and mental disorder. I am also a research assistant/editor for the Imperfect Cognitions blog.
My PhD topic considers how self-concepts, self-narratives and explanations of our own behaviour affect our ability to embody moral virtues. We often confabulate, making false and ill-grounded claims when justifying ourselves. Nonetheless, I argue that under certain circumstances and with other virtues, this can contribute to forming sensitivities and ongoing motivations for demonstrating moral virtues. You can see a little interview of my research here, and my PhilPeople page is here. My twitter is here.
My PhD topic considers how self-concepts, self-narratives and explanations of our own behaviour affect our ability to embody moral virtues. We often confabulate, making false and ill-grounded claims when justifying ourselves. Nonetheless, I argue that under certain circumstances and with other virtues, this can contribute to forming sensitivities and ongoing motivations for demonstrating moral virtues. You can see a little interview of my research here, and my PhilPeople page is here. My twitter is here.
