Dr Nick Munn
About Nick
Twitter: @NJMunn
Expertise
Environmental Ethics; Environmental Politics; Human Rights; Morals and Ethics; Philosophy; Politics; Technology; Youth
Democratic theory and practice; criminal justice; youth justice; ethics of new technology; youth political engagement; deliberative democracy; environmental ethics; rationality; political capacity; voting.
Research Interests
Nick works in Ethics and Political Philosophy. Within ethics, his work focuses primarily on the ethics of virtual worlds, and on the challenges technology generates for our existing ethical systems. In political philosophy, Nick works on democratic theory, and in particular the status of marginalised groups within democratic societies. Such groups include the young, persons with disabilities, and criminals.
Recent Publications
Schott, G., & Munn, N. (2021). Invasive gaming, bio-sensing and digital labour in Playtest. In M. Gibson, & C. Carden (Eds.), The Moral Uncanny in Black Mirror (pp. 121-140). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47495-9_7
Weijers, D., & Munn, N. (2020). Philosophy as a vehicle for significant learning experiences. In 2020 New Zealand Association of Philosophers Conference. University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Munn, N. (2020). Political inclusion as a means of generating Justice for children. Ethics, Politics & Society, 3, 105-128. doi:10.21814/eps.3.1.111 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14023
Munn, N. (2019). Playing right: Some virtual wrongs are real wrongs. In New Zealand Association of Philosophers Annual Conference 2019. Auckland, NZ.
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Papers Taught
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munn, Dr Nick | 9354 | nickmunn | J.3.12 | Philosophy Programme |