Richard Joyce (philosopher)

Richard Joyce
Born1966
EducationUniversity of Auckland
(BA, 1989; MA, 1991)
Princeton University
(PhD, 1998)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interests
Meta-ethics
Moral psychology

Richard Joyce (born 1966) is a British-Australian-New Zealand philosopher, known for his contributions to the fields of meta-ethics and moral psychology. Joyce was born in England and raised in New Zealand. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1998 (studying under Gilbert Harman). He has held positions at the University of Sheffield, the Australian National University, and the University of Sydney. Since 2010 he has been a Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington.