Christopher Howard, McGill University

Research

ethics of emotions normative ethics emotional fittingness prudential reasons ethical conflict weighing reasons Addiction situated cognition

Latest funding

Unravelling the Puzzle of Addiction
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$64,808
Towards an Ethics of Emotions: Adjudicating Conflicts of Fittingness and Prudence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$11,412
Towards an Ethics of Emotions: Adjudicating Conflicts of Fittingness and Prudence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,413

All 3 grants and awards

Unravelling the Puzzle of Addiction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Howard, Christopher

Keywords: Addiction; situated cognition; fitting attitudes theories of values

$64,808

Towards an Ethics of Emotions: Adjudicating Conflicts of Fittingness and Prudence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Howard, Christopher

Keywords: ethics of emotions; normative ethics; emotional fittingness; prudential reasons; ethical conflict; weighing reasons

$11,412

Towards an Ethics of Emotions: Adjudicating Conflicts of Fittingness and Prudence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Howard, Christopher

Keywords: ethics of emotions; normative ethics; emotional fittingness; prudential reasons; ethical conflict; weighing reasons

$22,413

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: ethics of emotions Dear Professor Howard, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on ethics of emotions connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Unravelling the Puzzle of Addiction" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]