Justin Tiwald is a philosopher who works at the intersections of ethics, political philosophy and traditional Chinese philosophy, with particular interests in Chinese and Western notions of empathy, virtue, well-being, and rights. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and has been a visiting professor at the University of California Berkeley. His recent publications include Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy: Han to the 20th Century (Hackett 2014) and Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi (SUNY 2014).