Lenman, Jimmy

Jimmy Lenman

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Professor of Philosophy

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j.lenman@sheffield.ac.uk

45 Victoria Street

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Jimmy Lenman
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
45 Victoria Street
91ֱ��
S3 7QB

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I am a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of 91ֱ��. Before coming here, I was a schoolboy in Dundee, Scotland; then an undergraduate student at St Catherine's College, Oxford University reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics; then a graduate student at St Andrews University studying for an M.Phil. and then a PhD in Moral Philosophy; then a Lecturer at Lancaster University and lastly a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

In 2002-2003 I was a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Ethics and the Professions at Harvard University. When not at work, I can sometimes be found wandering around on .

Qualifications: BA (Oxford), MPhil, PHD (St Andrews)

Research interests

I work mainly on ethics and especially metaethics. My recent work has dealt with issues relating to moral realism, moral expressivism, moral psychology, moral epistemology, and moral responsibility, compatibilism, consequentialism, contractualism, constructivism and contingency.

I find some other bits of philosophy interesting too.

Current project

The Possibility of Moral Community.

Publications

Books

Lenman J (2024) The Possibility of Moral Community.
(2012) . Oxford University Press.

Edited books

Lenman J & Shemmer Y (Ed.) (2012) Constructivism in Practical Philosophy. Oxford University Press.

Journal articles

Lenman J (2018) . Metafísica y persona(19), 181-188.
Lenman JW (2018) . The Philosophical Quarterly.
Lenman JW (2017) . Analysis, 77(3), 586-595.
Lenman J (2016) . Language, 92(4), 1000-1001.
Lenman JW (2016) La Révolution est un bloc? Wallace on Affirmation and Regret. Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Lenman JW (2016) "Why Externalism is a Problem for Ethical Intiutionists". Aristotelian Society, Virtual Issue(No, 3, Methods in Ethics), 326-323.
Lenman J (2016) . Economics and Philosophy, 32(1), 143-149.
Lenman JW (2014) . Journal of Value Inquiry, 48(2), 235-245.
Lenman J (2014) . Philosophical Studies, 168(3), 835-842.
Lenman J (2013) . The Philosophical Quarterly, 63(251), 384-387.
Lenman J (2013) . Ethics, 123(3), 586-592.
Lenman J (2013) . Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 72, 261-274.
Lenman J (2013) . Ratio, 26(4), 391-409.
Lenman J (2011) . Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 14(2), 143-149.
Lenman JW (2010) . Philosophical Studies, 151(3), 469-477.
Lenman JW (2009) . Philosophical Perspectives, 23(1), 293-304.
Lenman JW (2009) . Ratio, 22(1), 1-18.
Lenman J (2009) ACHIEVING OBJECTIVITY. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES, 23, 293-304.
Lenman JW (2008) . The Philosophical Quarterly, 58(231), 353-362.
Lenman JW (2008) . Politics Philosophy Economics, 7(1), 99-122.
Lenman JW (2008) . Philosophical Books, 49(1), 23-32.
Lenman J (2007) . Mind, 116(463), 776-778.
Lenman JW (2007) . Ratio, 20(2), 241-246.
Lenman JW (2007) . Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 81(1), 63-81.
Lenman JW (2006) . Ethics, 117(1), 7-31.
Lenman J (2006) . Journal of Moral Philosophy, 3(3), 359-369.
Lenman JW (2005) The Saucer of Mud, The Kudzu Vine and the Uxorious Cheetah: Against Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism in Metaethics. European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 1(2), 37-50.
Lenman J (2004) . Utilitas, 16(3), 322-325.
Lenman J (2003) . Utilitas, 15(3), 380-382.
Lenman J (2003) Noncognitivism and Wishfulness. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 6(3), 265-274.
Kirchin S & Lenman J (2003) . Philosophical Books, 44(2), 179-183.
Lenman J (2003) Disciplined Syntacticism and Moral Expressivism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 66(1), 32-57.
Lenman J (2003) . The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 41(2), 223-240.
Lenman J (2002) . Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 83(3), 207-299.
Lenman J (2001) . Journal of Applied Philosophy, 18(1), 1-11.
Lenman J (2000) , 29(4), 342-370.
Lenman J (1999) . Philosophia, 27(3-4), 441-457.
Lenman J (1999) . Utilitas, 11(2), 164-177.
Lenman J (1998) . Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 1(4), 487-488.
Lenman J (1998) . Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 1(1), 125-126.

Chapters

Lenman J (2023) Reasons for pretending and pretend reasons In Joyce R & Brock S (Ed.), Moral Fictionalism and Religious Fictionalism Oxford University Press
Lenman J (2023) Making Sense of Ethics: An Introduction to Metaethics In Engelen B & Sie M (Ed.), Second Thoughts First Introductions to Philosophy Open Press Tilberg University
Lenman J (2019) Ethics and Perception: Two Kinds of Quasi-Realism In Cowie C & Rowland R (Ed.), Companions in Guilt Arguments in Metaethics
Lenman J (2018) The That In Suikkanen J & Kauppinen A (Ed.), Methodology and Moral Philosophy
Lenman JW (2015) In Daly C (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophical Methods (pp. 637-651). Palgrave MacMillan
Lenman JW (2015) Scepticism about Intuition In Chappell SC (Ed.), Intuition, Theory, and Anti-Theory in Ethics (pp. 24-39). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lenman J (2015) , The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophical Methods (pp. 637-651). Palgrave Macmillan UK
Lenman J & Shemmer Y (2012) In Lenman J & Shemmer Y (Ed.), Constructivism in Practical Philosophy (pp. 1-17). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lenman J (2012) , Constructivism in Practical Philosophy (pp. 213-225). Oxford University Press
Lenman JW (2010) "Humean Constructivism in Moral Theory", Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 5 (pp. 175-193). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lenman JW (2009) The Politics of the Self In Bortolotti L (Ed.), Philosophy and Happiness London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Lenman J (2000) , Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (pp. 171-182). Springer Netherlands
Lenman J () , The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophical Methods Palgrave Macmillan
Lenman J () , Irrealism in Ethics (pp. 41-59). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Lenman J () , Essays on Derek Parfit'sOn What Matters (pp. 21-38). Wiley-Blackwell

Book reviews

Lenman J () "Review of Amy Olberding: The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 198pp..

Website content

Lenman JW (2009) Reasons for Action: Justification vs. Explanation. Retrieved from

Research group

Current PhD students:

Brendan Kelters: Ethics
James Dunstan: Manipulativeness
Pascal Ally: Metaethics
Charlie Potter: Meaning

Previous PhD students:

Jingbo Hu, Moral Responsibility. Completed 2020.
Lewis Brooks, Metaethics. Completed 2019.
, Metaethics. Completed 2018.
, Metaethics, Completed 2016.
, Contractualism, Completed 2014.
, War (AHRC funded), Completed 2014.
Josh Thomas, Ethics. Completed 2012.
David Ekstrand, Political Justification, Completed 2011.
Heather Arnold, Justice and the Family (AHRC funded). Completed, 2010.
Jonathan Smith, Moral Realism (AHRC funded). Completed, 2009.
, Wellbeing and Death (AHRC funded). Completed, 2008.
Autonomy (AHRC funded). Completed, 2008.
Anna Wilkinson: Moral Naturalism (AHRC funded) Completed, 2007.

Professional activities and memberships

Secretary, British Society for Ethical Theory, 1996-2002.
President, British Society for Ethical Theory, 2002-2008.
Editorial Committee, Utilitas
Editorial Board for the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy

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School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Jimmy Lenman

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