I am an Instructor in Philosophy at Capilano University. I completed my PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto in 2018. My research explores the political status of non-human animals and their place in our legal and political institutions. With this, I'm interested in effective altruism, existential risk, environmental ethics, and other questions in ethics and political philosophy.
When I'm not doing philosophy I enjoy watching basketball, running, and playing any sport with a racquet.
Publications
- "Wild Animal Protectorates" in Environmental Ethics (2022)
- "Eating" (with Nathan Nobis) in The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics (2022)
- "Animals and Political Standing" in The Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan (2018)
- "Political Agency, Citizenship, and Nonhuman Animals" in Res Publica (2017)
- "A Moral Argument for Veganism" (with Nathan Nobis) in Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments on the Ethics of Eating, Routledge (2016)
Book Reviews
- Review of Eva Meijer's When Animals Speak: Towards an Interspecies Democracy in Environmental Values (2022)
- Review of The Moral Rights of Animals in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2016)
- Review of Animal Politics and Political Animals in Journal of Animal Ethics (2016)
- "Moral Animals? A Review of Mark Rowland's Can Animals Be Moral?" in Journal of Animal Ethics (2014)
Works in Progress
- "A Problem for the Special Moral Status of Persons" (Draft available)
Dissertation
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught
- Bioethics
- Business Ethics
- Climate Ethics and Climate Justice
- Environmental Ethics
- Ethics in Finance
- Introduction to Critical Thinking
- Introduction to Ethics
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophy of Law
Martha Lile Love Award for Excellence in Teaching
In 2014, I was the recipient of the Martha Lile Love Award for Excellence in Teaching Philosophy for the Bioethics class I taught that summer. The recipient is chosen from graduate instructors in philosophy who taught courses on any of the three University of Toronto campuses during the previous academic year. The winner is selected by a department committee of professors, and the award is given for originality in course design and effectiveness in delivery.
Teaching Capabilities
Animal Ethics, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Business Ethics, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Ethical Theory, Ethics in Finance, Intro to Critical Thinking, Intro to Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Intro to Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy
Public Philosophy
- Knowing Animals Podcast. Episode 55: Why be vegan with Dan Hooley (January 2018)
- "The needs of smart and social animals cannot be met in captivity" (with Camille Labchuk) in The Globe and Mail (December 2016)
Contact Information
hooley[dot]dan[at]gmail[dot]com
danielhooley[at]capilanou[dot]ca
Backpacking with friends. Skyline Divide Trail near Mt Baker. Photo by Brian Quarrella.