M.A. University of Mumbai; Email: a0095415-at-nus.edu.sg; Degree: PhD

Mitradutta Mohapatra holds an MA from University of Mumbai and he is exposed to both Indian and Western philosophical traditions. He is keen to look at various aspects of moral philosophy and more particularly, his interest lies in ‘applied ethics’. His current research interest at NUS is to have a closer look at the evolution of compliance governance in the contemporary business world and examine its compatibility with the ethical theories and the traditional tenets of human morality.

M.A. Jilin University, China;  Email: a0068441-at-nus.edu.sg; Degree: PhD

Zhang Ming is currently a PhD student in the department of philosophy, with a M.A. of philosophy from Jilin University, China. He has passed his QE and now is on the stage of thesis writing. His research interest is in contemporary political philosophy, especially the topic of distributive justice. The topic of his thesis is “Luck, Responsibility, and Distributive Justice” through which he attempts to defend a resourcist version of luck egalitarianism.

M.A. National Taiwan University; Email: g0800380-at-nus.edu.sg; Degree: PhD

The topic of Miao Kun’s MA thesis was on qing 情 in the Chuang-tzu. Since joining NUS, she has broadened her academic interest to include Continental philosophy and contemporary hermeneutics. At this moment she is endeavoring to work out a proposal for her doctoral thesis, which aims to contribute to comparative ethics through investigating the place of ethics and agency in pre-Qin Daoist thought, particularly the thought of Lao-zi and Chuang-tzu.  She has the faith that in while in academic life, we reflect, in everydayness, we embrace our own worldhood through wandering at ease.