Robert Hughes

Professor Hughes is a moral and legal philosopher working on ethical questions that arise in business and other economically important institutions, such as the financing of health care. His recent research topics have included the ethics of obeying the law, the possibility of non-coercive or less-coercive law, and the question when a transaction is wrongfully exploitative despite being consensual. His research on exploitation has focused on wrongdoing related to health and safety, including unsafe working conditions, unfair pharmaceutical pricing, and exploitation of research subjects. Hughes sits on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly and Philosophy of Management. His research has been published in both these journals as well as other leading academic journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, The Journal of Ethics, and Law and Philosophy.