John Elia Read more about John Elia John Elia, Ph.D., is the Thérèse Murray Goodwin Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ ’49 Chair in Philosophy at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ. His specialty is in ethics and applied ethics, with special interests in environmental philosophy, social and political philosophy, and comparative philosophy. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ  His World Philosophy course uses an open-access textbook he wrote with the generous support of Wilson Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ ’s Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Professorship. In addition, he regularly teaches courses in ethics, environmental ethics, bioethics, business ethics, and food ethics, and courses in the Humanities and Leadership master Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ ’s programs.