Angela Sun
Angela Sun
she/her
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Washington Hall 322
- P: 540-458-8727
- E: asun@wlu.edu
Program Affiliations
Angela Sun joined the W&L philosophy department in 2022. Her research focuses on integrity and temporally extended agency. She is interested in how we sustain our agency across time through reflective endorsement of our values and commitments. Her teaching interests are broad; at W&L, she has taught courses in ethics, political philosophy, political economy, philosophy of race, aesthetics, existentialism, decision theory, and logic.
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2022
- B.A., Philosophy and Architecture, Wellesley College, 2017
Research
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Action
- Aesthetics
Teaching
- Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy
- Introduction to Logic
- Philosophy of Race
- The Meaning of Life
- Aesthetics
- Karl Marx
- Decision Theory
- Topic Seminars in Ethics and Political Philosophy
Selected Publications
- "Practical Death,” forthcoming in The Journal of Moral Philosophy
- "Can Consent Be Irrevocable?” Philosopher’s Imprint 25 (2025): 38
- "The Normative Power of Resolutions,” The Monist 1 (2025): 59-69
- "Counterfactual Reasoning in Art Criticism,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80, no. 3 (2022): 276-285