Tim Dean

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Tim Dean is a public philosopher, author and facilitator. He is the Senior Philosopher at The Ethics Centre, where he holds the Manos Chair in Ethics. Tim has a Doctorate in philosophy on the evolution of morality and specialises in ethics, public philosophy and critical thinking. He is an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney and the author of How We Became Human: And Why We Need to Change, published by Pan Macmillan. He is also a veteran science writer and editor and has worked for outlets such as The Conversation and edited magazines including Cosmos and Australian Life Scientist. He is the recipient of the Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Professionals’ Award for his work on philosophy in the public sphere.