Dr. Amichai Amit

Faculty Member

Dr. Amichai Amit is a faculty member of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership and the Mandel Leadership Institute. He researches and writes on ethics and is a lecturer at Tel Aviv University and Shalem College. Amichai’s research focuses on issues ranging from questions about the nature of values and moral justifications, to questions about meaning in life, to topics in applied ethics, such as environmental ethics and the ethics of technology. Amichai is a founding partner of two educational ventures: the first, "Mashma," aims to integrate the study of philosophy into the community through discussing questions relevant to everyday life and guiding small study groups. The second, "Maalot," is an educational non-profit that aims to increase the public's understanding of the climate crisis, its complexity, and its multisystemic nature. Amichai holds a master's degree in philosophy from Tel Aviv University and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Chicago.