Is Capitalism the Enemy of Nature? — Richard J. Burke Lecture Series

Joseph Heath is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has worked extensively in the field of critical theory, philosophy and economics, practical rationality, distributive justice, and business ethics. He is the author of several award-winning books, including "Enlightenment 2.0" (HarperCollins, 2014), which won the Shaughnessy Cohen prize for Political Writing in 2015, as well as "The Machinery of Government" (Oxford, 2020), which won the Donner Prize for best book in public policy in Canada in 2020. His first book, "Communicative Action and Rational Choice" (MIT Press) won the Canadian Philosophical Association biannual book prize in 2003. He is also the co-author, with Andrew Potter, of the international bestseller "The Rebel Sell" (HarperCollins).