Julian Lamont

Dr Julian Lamont serves as a Lecturer in Philosophy and Discipline Honours Coordinator within the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Queensland, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, a Master's by Coursework from Monash University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University. Lamont's research specializations cover political philosophy and economics, metaphysics, applied ethics, business and professional ethics, and bioethics. He teaches a range of undergraduate courses, including Introduction to Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Crime and Punishment: Issues in Legal Philosophy, Social and Economic Justice, Business and Professional Ethics, and Political Philosophy.

Throughout his career at the University of Queensland, Dr Lamont has secured research funding, including grants from the University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme for "A Philosophical Theory of Income Justice" (2002-2004) and the Australian Research Council Small Grants for "A Theory of Distributive Justice for Occupational Income" (2000). His scholarly output is substantial, with key publications including editorship of Distributive Justice (Ashgate, 2012), featuring his chapter "Incentive income, deserved income and economic rents," and co-editorship of Essays on Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Integration and Common Research Projects (Stanford University Press, 2010), with contributions such as "Productivity, compensation, and voluntariness." He has co-authored multiple entries on "Distributive Justice" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2004, 2013, 2014, 2017). Prominent journal articles encompass "Social licence as social contract: procedural fairness and forest agreement-making in Australia" (Forestry, 2016, with Justine Lacey and Peter Edwards), "University education fees, economic rents and distributive justice" (Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2014), "The 'Market Rate' justification for CEO pay" (Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 2014, with Scott Elaurant), "Price gouging in disaster zones: An ethical framework" (Social Alternatives, 2009, with Christi Favor), and "The ethics of patents on genetically modified organisms" (2006, with J.F. Lacey). These works demonstrate his impact on debates surrounding distributive justice, economic ethics, and applied philosophy, bridging philosophy with economics and policy issues.

Professional Email: j.lamont@uq.edu.au