Julia Elizabeth Annas (born 1946[1]) is a British philosopher who has taught in the United States for the last quarter-century.
She specializes in the study of ancient Greek philosophy, including ethics, psychology, and epistemology.
[4] She is married to Hume scholar David Owen, also a professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona.
[6] Julia Annas has advocated ethics based on character, building on ideas attributed to Greek philosopher Aristotle and making them relevant for contemporary moral discourse.
Hence, she argues, rather than relating virtues to rules, principles, or an end goal, Annas says, first, people should ask how they can improve their moral "skills".