Jessica Flanigan

Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond, where she teaches Leadership Ethics, Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare, and Critical Thinking. Her academic research addresses the ethics of public policy, medicine, leadership, political philosophy, and business, which has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Moral Philosophy, the Journal of Political Philosophy, and Philosophical Studies, including the paper “Wealth Without Limits: In Defense of Billionaires.” She has also written for Reason, Slate, and the Washington Post. Her books include “Pharmaceutical Freedom: Why Patients Have a Right to Self-Medicate,” “Debating Sex Work,” and she is working on an upcoming book about the philosophy behind Taylor Swift’s music. She gave the University of Richmond’s “Last Lecture” in 2017 when she was also the faculty member of the year. She has a Ph.D. from Princeton, an M.A. from Washington University, and a B.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.