Course Lecturer – PHIL 230-001 – Fall 2025

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Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Arts
McGill University

Fall 2025 Course Lecturer Position
Deadline to Apply: June 13, 2025

The Department of Philosophy is inviting applications for a course lecturer position to teach in Fall 2025. Please include your Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae and if applicable a copy of your Study/Work Permit. A brief course outline is optional.

PHIL 230-001 Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1 (3 Credits - CAP 196)
A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.

Teaching Qualification Requirements:

• Applicants must have completed a PhD degree or be enrolled in a doctoral program in Philosophy;
• Applicants must provide evidence of highly effective teaching ability as a result of having successfully taught or worked as a teaching assistant in a similar course;
• Applicants must have research specialization or competence into some of the major problems of ethics. This may be demonstrated in one of the following ways: (i) refereed publications and/or conference presentations in the sub-field; (ii) thesis level research on one or more topics in the sub-field.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 12:35 pm-01:25 pm, August 27, 2025 – December 3, 2025. Location: LEA 219.
 

Salary: $11,479 per course.

For any questions, please contact Judy Dear , Area Manager, Human Resources & Operations.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hiring Unit:

Department of Philosophy

Course Title:

Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1

Subject Code:

PHIL 230 001

Location:

LEA 219

Schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:35 pm-01:25 pm

Deadline to Apply:

2025-06-13

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