Emily McTernan is a British political philosopher who is an associate professor of political philosophy at University College London.
Career McTernan studied at King's College, University of Cambridge, reading for BA in philosophy at from 2005 to 2008 and a MPhil in history, philosophy, and sociology of science, technology, and medicine from 2008 to 2009. She read for a PhD from 2009 to 2013. Her thesis was called Equality and Responsibility. From 2012 to 2013, she was an LSE Fellow at the London School of Economics. She took up a lectureship at University College London in 2013, and was promoted to associate professor in 2019.
In 2021, she was awarded the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought early-career prize. Her book On Taking Offence was published in 2023 by Oxford University Press, and was the subject of a symposium in the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. In the book, McTernan defends feelings of offence, arguing that they can be both morally appropriate and socially valuable.
Selected publications Books
Articles
References Symposium contributions:
Reviews of On Taking Offence: