George Tsai

I am Professor of Philosophy at University of Hawaii at Mānoa and a Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Chinese Studies.

My research focuses on ethics, moral psychology, and political philosophy, with particular attention to both Western and Chinese traditions, in contemporary as well as historical contexts.

My B.A. (Economics and Moral & Political Thought double major) is from Amherst College, and my Ph.D. in Philosophy is from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to that, I was an M.A. student in Philosophy at Stanford University.

I have held appointments as a Dissertation Fellow at the University of Richmond (2010-11), Visiting Assistant Professor at Scripps College (2011-12), Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University (2013-14), and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, in the "Relationships in Transition: Normative Challenges" Research Group (2021).

Before entering academic philosophy, I worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in New York, focusing on chemical companies in the General Industrials Group.