Philip D. Smith

I'm Phil Smith--philosophy professor and novelist. I teach philosophy at George Fox University, specializing in Ethical Theory, focusing on virtue theory. I've publishing The Virtue of Civility in the Practice of Politics, Why Faith is a Virtue, and Understanding Hope. I retired from full-time teaching in 2022 but have continued teaching at least one course most semesters.

I've turned my writing toward novels. The Heart of the Sea and Buying the Bangkok Girl are out there somewhere in digital space. in 2025, I am publishing the third of my science-fiction series Castles. A New Lord for Inter Lucus came out in 2023, Invasion and Dimlic Aern appeared in 2024, and United Kingdom in 2025.