Unsupported Browser

Your Browser is out of date and is not supported by this website.
Please upgrade to Firefox, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge.

The Founding College of the University of Toronto
Headshot of Joseph Heath

Joseph Heath

Faculty
Professor, Department of Philosophy
416-978-8094
416-971-2027
UC 149
15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H7
Campus: St. George

Education

  • BA, McGill University
  • MA, Northwestern University
  • PhD, Northwestern University

Research Interests

  • Social and political philosophy
  • Business ethics
  • Moral philosophy
  • Distributive justice

Books

  • Following the Rules (Oxford)
  • Filthy Lucre (Harper Collins)
  • Communicative Action and Rational Choice (MIT Press)
  • The Efficient Society (Penguin)
  • (with Andrew Potter) The Rebel Sell (Harper Collins)
  • Enlightenment 2.0
  • Morality, Competition, and the Firm (Oxford)
  • The Machinery of Government (Oxford)

Selected Papers

  • “The Benefits of Cooperation,” Philosophy and Public Affairs, 34 (2006)
  • “Dworkin’s Auction,” Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 3 (2005)
  • “The Transcendental Necessity of Morality,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 67 (2003)
  • “The Structure of Hip Consumerism,” Philosophy and Social Criticism, 27 (2001)
  • “Foundationalism and Practical Reason,” Mind 106 (1997)
  • “Is Language a Game?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 26 (1996)
  • “The Structure of Intergenerational Cooperation,” Philosophy and Public Affairs, 41:1 (2013)
  • “Three Normative Models of the Welfare State,” Public Reason, 3 (2011)
  • “Three Evolutionary Precursors to Morality,” Dialogue, 48 (2009)

Visit Joseph Heath’s publications on the Philosophy Faculty Bookshelf.

A more complete list of Joseph Heath’s publications can be found on Google Scholar.