Meet Nin Kirkham, Chair of Philosophy at UWA. Nin will be speaking on Ethics in the Garden.
Nin Kirkham's research focuses on Environmental Virtue Ethics and in particular the concepts of nature and naturalness as they are employed in debates in Environmental Ethics, Bioethics and Technology. She currently teaches in the areas of Critical Thinking, Continental Philosophy, and Ethics. Nin also has extensive experience teaching Professional Ethics and Critical Thinking into disciplines outside Philosophy, including Engineering, Business and Science. Her other job is the care of her two children. Her passion is organic gardening especially growing vegetables, fruit, succulents, roses and natives. Her own garden extends from the front verge to the back lane and up almost every vertical surface.
