Robert A Wilson

Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia

Robert A Wilson is professor of philosophy at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia, and the founder of the not-for-profit Philosophical Engagement in Public Life (PEiPL.net). His latest books are The Eugenic Mind Project (2018) and Kin Matters: Relational Beings in the Fragile Sciences (2026).

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Eugenics never went away

Thought eugenics died with the Nazis? Think again: the eugenic programme of sterilising the ‘unfit’ continues even today

Robert A Wilson