Colin Heydt

Colin Heydt
AwardsNEH Fellowship, ACLS Fellowship
Education
EducationBoston University (PhD, 2003), Swarthmore College (BA, 1994)
ThesisThe Ethics of Character: John Stuart Mill on Aesthetic Education (2003)
Knud Haakonssen
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of South Florida
Main interests
Moral philosophy, eighteenth-century philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy

Colin Heydt is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on eighteenth-century moral and political philosophy, particularly the ethical and cultural thought of David Hume and Adam Smith.

Heydt is the author of Rethinking Mill’s Ethics (2006) and Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth‑Century Britain (2018), and the editor of John Mill Stuart's Utilitarianism (2010). According to a review, Rethinking Mill’s Ethics (2006) examines Mill's political philosophy, ethics, and moral psychology. Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth‑Century Britain (2018) has been described as a significant work in the field.

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References

  1. ↑ "Colin Heydt". University of South Florida. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Colin Heydt – Faculty Profile". University of South Florida. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  3. ↑ West, Henry R. (2007-04-10). "Rethinking Mill's Ethics: Character and Aesthetic Education". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 2025-08-23. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  4. ↑ Harris, James A. (2018). "Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain: God, Self, and Other by Colin Heydt". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 56 (4): 759–760. doi:10.1353/hph.2018.0085. ISSN 1538-4586.
  5. ↑ Stuart-Buttle, Tim (March 2019). "Colin Heydt, Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain: God, Self, and Other". Journal of Scottish Philosophy. 17 (1): 79–86. doi:10.3366/jsp.2019.0225. ISSN 1479-6651.
  6. ↑ Haakonssen, Knud. "Review of Rethinking Mill's Ethics". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Stuart-Buttle, Tim. "Review: Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain". Fishpond. Retrieved 31 October 2025.