Samantha Vice | |
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Born | 12 March 1973 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Occupation | Distinguished Professor at University of the Witwatersrand |
Awards | Commonwealth Scholarship (1999) |
Academic background | |
Education | Rhodes University (BA, MA) University of Reading (PhD) |
Thesis | Self-Reflection and the Worthwhile Life (2003) |
Doctoral advisor | John Cottingham |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosophy |
Sub-discipline | Normative ethics, social philosophy, aesthetics |
Institutions | Rhodes University, University of the Witwatersrand |
Main interests | Race, white privilege, white guilt, moral emotions |
Notable works | "How Do I Live in This Strange Place?" (2010) |
Samantha Wynne Vice (born 12 March 1973) is a South African philosopher who is distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Her areas of specialisation are ethics and social philosophy, and she is especially well known for her work on the existential and moral philosophy of race.