I'm Eli Benjamin, a philosophy PhD student Temple University and co-founder of the Philosophy 360° project for interdisciplinary public philosophy. I hold an M.A. and a B.A. from the department of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

My philosophical interests are very broad, but my current research projects concern practical reasoning, agency, autonomy, attention, sexual consent, Kantian virtue, and the intersection between aesthetics and ethics. For more details, see Research.
>>     News & Updates​
>>     News & Updates​
  • ​APA's Graduate Student Council:I'm thrilled to announce that I've been appointed to the American Philosophical Association's Graduate Student Council (GSC)! My two-year term will begin on July 1, 2023.
  • ​New post on the Blog of the APA: Check out here my thoughts on the graduate student strike at Temple University and how it impacted our philosophical community.
  • ​SPSL Online Seminar 2023: The spring term of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love's online seminar, which I have the honor of leading this academic year, is running. Check out our program here. 

>>     Recent Podcast Appearances
  • The Philosopher's Nest: ​In this episode I discuss my research on Kant and the sublime and initiatives in interdisciplinary public philosophy with Kyle Van Oosterum and Lewis Williams (Philosophy, Oxford).​
  • What are YOU going to do with THAT?: Tune in here for my conversation with  Danni Reches about the value of autonomy in sexual relationships and about my academic journey in general. ​​​

>> Recent and Upcoming Talks​​
  • ​October 2022 The Department of Philosophy; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (EUA)
  • February 2023 HujiHum Graduate WIP Workshop, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)​
  • February 2023 Workshop on Practical Mental Representations; Chapman University, Orange, CA (EUA)
  • April 2023 W. H. Werkmeister and Southern North American Kant Society Study Group Conference; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (EUA)
  • July 2023 The 4th Munich Graduate Conference in Ethics; LMU-Munich (Germany)
  • July 2023 22nd International Congress of Aesthetics; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • November 2023 The international predoctoral workshop of the Kant-Gesellschaft; University of Valencia (Spain)



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