Professor Seumas Miller
Head of ANU Division
Criminal Justice Ethics
Ethical Issues in Political Violence and State Sovereignty
Seumas.Miller@anu.edu.au; smiller@csu.edu.au
Telephone +61 (02) 6125-6582
Facsimilie +61 (02) 6125-6579
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BA (ANU), Dip Ed.(SCV at Hawthorn), MA (Oxon), HDip. Jour.(Rhodes), PhD (Melb)
Biography
Seumas Miller is Professor of Philosophy at Charles Sturt University and the Australian National University (joint position), Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Charles Sturt University (1994- ), and Foundation Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics and Public Ethics: An Australian Research Council funded Special Research Centre (2000-2007). He was Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Charles Sturt University 1994-1999. His extensive publications include writings on social action and institutions, terrorism, and police ethics, including Social Action: A Teleological Account (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Ethical Issue in Policing (with John Blackler) (Ashgate, 2006). His latest book is Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy (Blackwell, 2008)). He has also been awarded numerous competitive grants and consultancies.
Fields of special interest
- Professional and applied ethics
- Philosophy of action (social action)
Publications
Books
Miller, Seumas. Institutional Corruption: A Study in Applied Philosophy. New York: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.
Miller, Seumas. Investigative Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell, forthcoming.
Miller, Seumas Terrorism and Counter-terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy.
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 2008.
Miller, Seumas and Blackler, John. Ethical Issue in Policing. Aldershot:
Ashgate, 2006
Miller, Seumas. Social Action: A Teleological Account. New York:
Cambridge University Press. 2001
Miller, Seumas and Freadman, Richard. Rethinking Theory: A Critique of Contemporary Literary Theory and an Alternative Account. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.