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Dr. Adam Lovett

Lecturer
National School of Philosophy

Areas of expertise: political philosophy; ethics; metaphysics

Email: Adam.lovett@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

Adam Lovett is currently a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) in Melbourne. He's previously taught at the London School of Economics (LSE) and New York University (NYU). He is the author of articles in Philosophy & Public Affairs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, and other leading journals.

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• Democratic Failures and the Ethics of Democracy. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. Spring 2024. [
• Adam Lovett and Stefan Riedener. "Commonsense Morality and Contact with Value". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 1-21. 2024.
• Adam Lovett and Jake Zuehl. "The Possibility of Democratic Autonomy". Philosophy & Public Affairs. 5 (4): 467-498. 2022.
• "The Ethics of Asymmetric Politics". Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 22 (1): 3-30. 2023.
• "Voter Motivation". Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 22 (3): 299-328. 2022.
• Adam Lovett and Daniel Sharp. "What Immigrants Owe". Ergo: an Open Access Journal in Philosophy. 8 (36): 336-366. 2022.
• Adam Lovett and Stefan Riedener. "Group Agents and Moral Status: What Can We Owe to Organizations?". Canadian Journal of Philosophy 51 (3): 221-238. 2021.
• "Must egalitarians condemn representative democracy?". Social Theory and Practice 47 (1): 171-198. 2021.
• "Democratic Autonomy and the Shortcomings of Citizens". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 18 (4): 363-386. 2021.

Public engagement activities

I've recently published a couple of public facing pieces:

• "Should a man accused of murder run for re-election? The curious case of Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden". ABC Religion & Ethics. March 2024. https://www.abc.net.au/religion/ryan-bayldon-lumsden-ethics-murder-accused-reelection/103629022
• "Should the House of Lords be more democratic?". British Politics and Policy. 2023. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/should-the-house-of-lords-be-more-democratic/
• "What is the Good Life?" MiniPhilosophy (a video for a social media account with 200k followers). May 2024. https://photos.onedrive.com/share/7F235F9D1097B698!14168?cid=7F235F9D1097B698&resId=7F235F9D1097B698!14168&authkey=!AKJZIcVNdZ4KT70&ithint=video&e=CdQVfH

And I've submitted the following pieces of written evidence to parliamentary inquiries:

• Written evidence submitted to the Joint Standing Committee of Electoral Matters inquiry into civics education, engagement, and participation in Australia. May 2024. https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=da846406-74af-47b9-bcd5-9b0078d3cb8b&subId=755775
• Written evidence submitted to the Joint Committee of National Security Strategy inquiry into 'Defending Democracy'. February 2024. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/128527/pdf/