Shalom Chalson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Education) at Singapore Management University. Her research interests lie in moral, social, and political philosophy, with a particular focus on the ethics of discrimination. In her doctoral work, she develops an account of wrongful discrimination focused on the evidential relevance of a deciding agent’s considerations. The upshot is an account that is both neutral between competing moral theories and capable of identifying wrongful inequalities across a broad range of contexts. She has also written on topics such as affirmative action and the meaning of ‘sex’ in anti-discrimination laws. Her work has appeared in venues such as the Journal of Applied Philosophy and the Journal of Medical Ethics. Shalom was previously a Research Fellow at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, with a courtesy joint appointment in the Department of Philosophy. She completed her PhD in Philosophy at the Australian National University.
Qualifications
- PhD (Philosophy), Australian National University, 2025
- MSocSc (Political Science), National University of Singapore, 2020
- BA (Honours with Highest Distinction, Philosophy), Nanyang Technological University, 2018
Research Interests
- Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- Applied Ethics
- Feminist Philosophy
- Philosophy of Law
Course(S) Taught In SMU
- Critical Thinking in the Real World