Rate My Professor Steven Steyl

Steven Steyl is a Lecturer in Bioethics in the School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame Australia, based at the Darlinghurst campus. He holds a BA (Hons), MA (Hons), and LLB (Hons) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a PhD in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame Australia, completed in 2020. His doctoral dissertation, "Towards an Aristotelian Theory of Care: A Comparison of Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics with Feminist Ethics of Care, and the Fundaments of a Virtue Ethical Theory of Care," was supervised by Dr. Richard Paul Hamilton, Professor Sandra Lynch, Professor Cheshire Calhoun, and Joan Tronto. This work explores the intersection of virtue and care ethics, proposing a neo-Aristotelian virtue ethical theory of care.

Steyl's academic interests lie in ethical theory, applied ethics, and political theory, particularly feminist ethics of care, virtue ethics, bioethics, migration, gender, race, and oppression. His scholarly output includes numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, such as "Caring Actions" (Hypatia, 2020), "Aristotelian Practical Wisdom in Business Ethics: Two Neglected Components" (Journal of Business Ethics, 2020), "Learning From My Daughter: The Value and Care of Disabled Children" (Philosophical Quarterly, 2020), "A Care Ethical Theory of Right Action" (Philosophical Quarterly, 2021), and "The Virtue of Care" (Hypatia, 2019). He has contributed book chapters like "Care Epistemology & Conversion Therapy" in Care Ethics, Religion, & Spiritual Traditions (Springer, 2022) and "Reasons Not to Believe" in Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Rebus Publishing, 2020). Forthcoming publications include "The Philosophy of Care" in Res Publica and "Disability & the Aspirations of Care Theory" in Cosmologies of Care. Steyl has presented at international conferences, including the Care Ethics Research Consortium (2021) and the International Society for Military Ethics (2017). His awards include the John Mawson Award of Merit from the New Zealand Planning Institute (2022), Australian Postgraduate Award and Australian Research Training Award (both 2016), and an Honorary Research Appointment at the University of Auckland School of Humanities (2024). He also serves as an Honorary Academic at the University of Auckland and has appeared in media, such as the Careful Thinking Podcast (2024).