Dr Liezl van Zyl
Senior Lecturer, Graduate Advisor (Philosophy)
Qualifications: BA(Hons,) MA, DPhil Stellenbosch
Papers Taught
Research Supervised
Donya Keyhani
Ling Wong
Terry Hardwick
Mark Smith
Bruce Small
Research Interests
My research is mainly in Normative theory (in particular virtue ethics, right action, and moral luck), and Applied ethics (surrogate motherhood, euthanasia and justice in the distribution of health care).
Recent Publications
van Zyl, L. (2019). Does virtue ethics allow us to make better judgments of the actions of others?. In Virtue Ethics: Retrospect and Prospect (pp. 99-110). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15860-6_8 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13374
Van Zyl, L. (2019). [Review of Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology, Christian Miller et al. (eds.)]. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 16(4), 524-527.
Van Zyl, L. (2019). Does virtue ethics allow us to make better judgments of the actions of others?. In E. Grimi (Ed.), Virtue Ethics: Retrospect and Prospect (pp. 99-110). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15860-6
van Zyl, L. (2018). [Review of The moral foundations of parenthood (Oxford University Press) by Joseph Millum]. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved from http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/the-moral-foundations-of-parenthood/ Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12317
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Keywords
Ethical theory; applied ethics; political philosophy; aesthetics.
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Zyl, AProf Liezl | 9356 | liezl | J.3.18A | Philosophy Programme |
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