Kyle Fruh

His research spans a number of areas in ethics. Recent work includes his book, Moral Heroism without Virtue (Cambridge University Press, 2025), which argues that virtue-theoretic approaches to moral heroism misunderstand its significance, and then develops an account of moral heroism – without virtue. Continuing work includes a monograph on sportswashing, as well as papers in climate ethics.

His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include places where ethical questions intersect with other parts of the curriculum, like global challenges and environmental ethics. He serves as the Common Core Coordinator, and is the Chair of the Duke Kunshan University Institutional Review Board (DKU IRB).

Fruh holds a B.A. in philosophy and Spanish from Amherst College, an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University. Before joining Duke Kunshan, he was a visiting assistant professor at Beloit College and a Thinking Matters postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.

Kyle Fruh的研究涵盖伦理学的多个领域。最近的研究成果包括他的著作《无德性的道德英雄主义》（Moral Heroism without Virtue，剑桥大学出版社，2025年），该书主张以德性理论为基础的道德英雄主义方法误解了道德英雄主义的意义，并进一步发展了一种不依赖德性的道德英雄主义理论。他的后续研究工作包括关于“体育洗白”（sportswashing）的专著以及关于气候伦理的论文。

他在昆山杜克大学的教学兴趣聚焦于伦理问题与课程中其他领域的交叉点，例如全球性挑战和环境伦理学。他目前担任昆山杜克大学通识核心课程协调员，并担任昆山杜克大学机构审查委员会（DKU IRB）主席。

Fruh 拥有阿默斯特学院哲学与西班牙语学士学位、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校哲学硕士学位，以及乔治城大学哲学博士学位。在加入昆山杜克大学之前，他曾担任贝洛伊特学院的访问助理教授，以及斯坦福大学“思想事务”（Thinking Matters）博士后研究员。