Hugo Newman is a political philosopher who received his Ph.D from University College Dublin in 2015. His dissertation was titled "Towards a New Ethics of Liberty: The Moral Foundations of Libertarianism". He specializes in political philosophy, public policy, and ethics with research interests including institutional ethics, political liberty, and social justice. Newman has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at UCD and has published conference papers on topics such as atheism and morality, libertarianism, and criticisms of socialism. He received an Irish Research Council scholarship from 2011-2014 and has worked in printing and customer service. Newman is an associate editor for an international philosophy journal and has served the UCD philosophy department.

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HUGO NEWMAN
University College Dublin, Tel: 00 353 (0)1 490 0751
Belfield, Cell: 00 353 (0)86 891 1692
Dublin 4, Email: hugo.newman@ucdconnect.ie
Ireland.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy, University College Dublin, October 2011 – January 2015
Dissertation: Towards a New Ethics of Liberty: The Moral Foundations
of Libertarianism
Committee: Rowland Stout (Chair), Mark Pennington, Chris Cowley
M.A. Philosophy, University College Dublin, 2009 (First Class Honours)
B.A. Philosophy and English Literature, University of Limerick, 2008 (First Class
Honours)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Ethics
Research Interests: institutional ethics, political liberty, social contract theory, social
justice, egalitarian ethics, left versus right libertarianism, public choice theory,
socialism, property rights, corporate power, democratic theory, the intersection of
political economy and ethics, moral realism.
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Philosophy of Atheism, Contemporary
Epistemology, History of Modern Philosophy, Economic Theory
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2015 “Good without God: Atheism and Morality”, Humanist Association of Ireland
Conference, May 3.
2014 “Libertarianism, Needs and Institutional Experimentation”, Dublin Political Theory
Workshop, University College Dublin, November 28.
2014 “Anarchism and Public Choice Theory”, Anarchist Studies Network International
Conference, Loughborough University, September 4.
2014 “The Case Against Socialism”, Queens University Belfast Libertarian Society, Queens
University, Belfast, April 2.
2012 “The Possibility of Democratic Tolerance”, A Symposium on Why Tolerate Religion
with Brian Leiter, Newman House, 86 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, November 17.
2012 “Libertarianism and the Common Good”, Philosophy, Politics and Law Annual
Symposium, University College Dublin, December 5.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Level, at University College Dublin
Law, Liberty and the State (Substitute Seminar)
Undergraduate Level, at University College Dublin
Individuals and The State (Second Year Substitute Lecture); Anarchy, Law and the
State (Third Year Substitute Lecture)
Courses Assisted (Tutor), at University College Dublin
Hume and Kant, with Jim O’Shea; Introduction to Modern Philosophy, with Dermot
Moran; Individuals and The State, with Iseult Honohan; Introduction to Political
Theory, with Graham Finlay and Alexa Zellentin; Anarchy, Law and The State, with
Gerard Casey; Search for Meaning, with Dermot Moran and Gerard Casey
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Associate Editor, Perspectives: International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy, Volume 5,
Autumn 2014
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty 2013 – 2014, School of Philosophy,
University College Dublin
Founding Convener, Philosophy Politics and Law Annual Symposium, University College
Dublin.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, 2011 – 2014
WORK HISTORY
Print Assistant, Reads Print & Design, Nassau Street, Dublin 1 2009 – 2010
Printing, copying, binding, collating, and managing customer projects in a timely
manner; mediating/coordinating interdepartmental projects; fielding customer queries
and orders; limited machine servicing experience and duties; cash flow management
Customer Service, Howleys Quay Car Park 2004-2008
Customer service; systems operations and limited maintenance responsibilities; cash
flow management; opening and closing premises and alarm coordination;

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REFERENCES
Mark Pennington, Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy, Department of Political
Economy, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS
+44(0)20 7848 1687 mark.pennington@kcl.ac.uk
Gerard Casey, Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4
+353(0)1 716 8201 gerard.casey@ucd.ie
Christopher Cowley, Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Philosophy, University College
Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
+353(0)1 716 8228 christopher.cowley@ucd.ie
Maria Baghramian, Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, University College
Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
+353(0)1 716 8125 maria.baghramian@ucd.ie
Iseult Honohan, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, School of Politics and International
Relations, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
+353(0)1 716 8149 iseult.honohan@ucd.ie