Kira Tomsons

Faculty Instructor
Humanities and Social Sciences
Philosophy
N3321 (NW) / A3171 (COQ)

About

Current interests include:

  • Applied Ethics
  • Business Ethics
  • Health Care Ethics
  • Feminist Theory
  • Ethics of Care, Philosophy of Law.

Education and credentials

  • PhD, Dalhousie
  • MA, Queen's
  • BA, Acadia

Research summary

I am currently working on three projects:  the ethics of lying to children, incorporating feminist ethics into business ethics, conceptual and ethical analysis and finally, examining the conditions under which a mistaken belief in consent should be considered a legitimate defence against a charge of sexual assault.

Publications and other research outputs

  • "Can Corporations Care?" Forthcoming in an anthology published by the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics. 
  • "Feminist Reflections on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada", co-written with Dr. Susan Sherwin.  The Price of Compassion:  Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Ed. Michael Stingl. Peterborough:  Broadview Press, 2010.
  • "Multiculturalism and Liberalism:  A Problem with Neutrality," Eidos. June, 1999.