Biography
Kant’s practical philosophy; (the history of) legal-political philosophy (esp. Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Rawls, Beauvoir, Arendt, and Nozick); (the history of) feminist philosophy (especially Beauvoir); (the history of) social philosophy (race, sex, and gender); applied ethics; moral psychology; philosophical anthropology. In addition to Sex, Love, and Gender: A Kantian Theory (OUP 2020) and واردن، هلگا (۱۴۰۱). جستارهایی در اخلاق و فلسفه سیاسی کانت. ترجمه علی پیرحیاتی. نشر نقد فرهنگ
(Translation from Farsi: Essays on Kant's Ethics and Political Philosophy.), she has published on a range of classical philosophical issues, including Kant’s answer to the murderer at the door, private property, political obligations, and political legitimacy, as well as on applied issues such as terrorism, care relations, privacy, poverty, trauma, and our moral responsibilities for animals.
Research Interests
Kant’s practial philosophy, Legal and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, applied ethics, philosophy of sex and love.
Education
Philosophy, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Philosophy, M.A., Arctic University of Norway
Philosophy, B.A., Arctic University of Norway
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, MSc, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Business Management , B.A., University of Newcastle
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Professor of Political Science
Affiliate of The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory Affiliate
Affiliate of The European Union Center
Affiliate of Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program
External Links
Recent Publications
Varden, Helga. "Review of Barbara Herman "The Moral Habitat"". The Philosophical Review. 2023, 132(2). 313-316.
Varden, Helga "Universality and Accommodating Differences: Religious, Racial, Sexual, Gendered". and Timmons, Mark Baiasu, Sorin (ed.). The Kantian Mind. Chapter 32, Routledge. 2023.
Varden, Helga واردن، هلگا (۱۴۰۱). جستارهایی در اخلاق و فلسفه سیاسی کانت. ترجمه علی پیرحیاتی. نشر نقد فرهنگ Naghd-e Farhang Publications. 2023.
Hay, Carol and Helga Varden "Kant and Arendt on the Challenges of Good Sex and the Temptations of Bad Sex". Boonin, David (editors). The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics. Chapter 5, Palgrave Macmillan. 2022, 73-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87786-6_5
Varden, Helga. "A Kantian Account of Trauma". Kantian Review. 2022, 27(4). 573-591. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136941542200036X