Jack Hume
I am a Philosophy PhD student at University College London. My research explores the ethics of arts funding in liberal democracies and the liberal tradition. I write about why governments should fund the arts, and issues of fairness and equality that arise in doing so.
More broadly, I am interested in political philosophy, social epistemology, aesthetics, and public health ethics.
For the final year of my PhD (2024-25), I am based in UCL's Institute of Archeology, supported by a cross-disciplinary scholarship to work on cultural heritage issues.
Research
Publications
"Openness, Priority, and Free Museums" Journal of Applied Philosophy (2025)
“Data Ethics in an Emergency”, in Governance, democracy and ethics in crisis-decision-making: The pandemic and beyond, ed. Caroline Redhead and Melanie Smallman (Manchester University Press: 2024; co-authored with Melanie Smallman, Cian O'Donovan, and James Wilson)
"Neutrality, Cultural Literacy, and Arts Funding", Ergo: An Open-Access Journal of Philosophy (2024)
"Providing ethics advice in a pandemic, in theory and in practice", Bioethics (2023; co-authored with James Wilson, Melanie Smallman, and Cian O'Donovan)
In progress or under review
A paper about justice and its connection to arts funding and cultural heritage
A paper on the nature and value of "outreach" practices
A paper about the epistemic costs of "schematic justificatory methods" in political philosophy
Teaching
As a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at UCL:
PHIL0009: Aesthetics (2025)
PHIL0024: Ethics (2022, 2023)
PHIL0067: Free Speech and Theories of Autonomy (2022, 2023)
PHIL0059: Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health (2023, Master’s students)
PHIL0185: Protecting Dignity (2024)
Contact me at jack.hume.19 (@ucl.ac.uk)
Here is a link to my cv.
I'm also on Google Scholar and PhilPapers.