David Oderberg is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Reading. He is also the editor of Ratio, an international journal of analytic
philosophy. His chief research interest is metaphysics, with major interests in moral
philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and
publications spanning a wider range of areas. He is author of, among other books, The
Metaphysics of Good and Evil (Routledge, 2020), Opting Out (IEA, 2018) and Real
Essentialism (Routledge, 2007).