Jean Kazez is an American philosopher who writes on applied ethics, including questions around animals, gender, and parenthood.
Kazez read for BAs in philosophy and classics at Pennsylvania State University, graduating in 1977.
[1] Her thesis, Mental representation and causal explanation, which she submitted in 1990, was supervised by Rob Cummins.
[1] Kazez's first book was 2007's The Weight of Things: Philosophy and the Good Life, which argues that there are many ways to live well through engagement with historical and contemporary philosophers.
[5] Kazez's public philosophy includes contributing The Philosophers' Magazine in various editorial and columnist capacities.