Stephen Clarke

Professorial Staff

Professor Stephen Clarke

Course Director / Professor of Philosophy
Wagga Wagga

Steve Clarke is Professor of Philosophy in the School of Social Work and Arts, at Charles Sturt University and a Research Associate of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is a Chief Investigator on Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, DP240102614: ‘The Ethics of Voluntary Assisted Dying: Promoting Constructive Debate’. Clarke, S., Savulescu, J., Kennett, J. and Symons X. A$553,139-, (2024-27). He is also Director of the Master of Ethics and Legal Studies at Charles Sturt University and Research Lead of the Charles Sturt University Sturt Scheme-funded Future of the Professions Research Group.

His recent publications include: Clarke, S. and Oakley, J. (forthcoming). ‘Where There’s Hope, There’s Life: On the Importance of Hope in Healthcare’, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy; Clarke S. (2024). ‘When Conspiracy Theorists Win’, Inquiry: 10.1080/0020174X.2024.2371482; Clarke, S. (2023). ‘Is There a New Conspiracism?’, Social Epistemology, 37 (1), 127-140; Clarke, S. (2023). ‘The Sanctity of Life as a Sacred Value’, Bioethics 37 (1), 32-39; Clarke, S. (2023). ‘Two Problems with the Generalist-Particularist Distinction in the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theory and Why I’m not a Generalist’ Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 12 (8), 54-60; and Clarke, S. (2023). ‘Non-accommodationism and Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: A Response to Robinson’, Journal of Medical Ethics, 49 (1), 73-74.