Moral philosophy 1945–1980

Brian Scarlett

pp. 53-79

in: Jan Srzednicki, David Wood (eds), Essays on philosophy in Australia, Berlin, Springer, 1992

Abstract

Moral philosophy has been a major part of the teaching and research effort in Australian Universities. A search of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy alone reveals close to one hundred and fifty contributions on moral philosophy between 1939 and 1988. For half this time the establishment of philosophy was very small since the expansion of the Universities did not start until the sixties. There was as well, at least in some places, a considerable reluctance to publish. It is true that many of the authors of the one hundred and fifty contributions were not Australian. On the other hand the figure underestimates the Australian effort because it leaves out the books, the articles in foreign journals, and the ephemera.