Raimond Gaita, author of the book Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita was born in 1946 in Germany. He is Professor of Moral Philosophy
at King’s College University of London, and Professor of Philosophy
at Australian Catholic University. His memoir ROMULUS, MY FATHER won the
1998 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.
Gaita’s other books include, GOOD AND EVIL: AN ABSOLUTE CONCEPTION,
A COMMON HUMANITY: THINKING ABOUT LOVE & TRUTH & JUSTICE, which
was one of the Economist’s best books of 2000, and THE PHILOSOPHER’S
DOG, which explores our relationship to animals and the natural world
and was short listed for the New South Wales Premier’s Award and
the Age Book of the Year, both in 2003. In 2003 he edited a collection
of essays on the invasion of Iraq entitled WHY THE WAR WAS WRONG.
Critically acclaimed both by philosophers and the general reader, Gaita’s
books have been published around the world and translated into a number
of languages.
