Academic
Chair Professor of Philosophy
Head of the Department of Philosophy, 2016–2018. Research in later Wittgenstein, environmental ethics, and political theory.
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Sri Lanka · National List · 2020–2024
CHARITHAHERATH
Chair Professor of Philosophy, University of Peradeniya. Former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises. A scholar of later Wittgenstein, environmental ethics, and political theory.
Three layers
All work A public life in three registers
Political
Member of Parliament, 2020–2024
National List MP and Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mass Media and Information.
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Public Intellectual
Author & global speaker
Author of Nuthana Kumaraya and Vibhawa Thanha. Keynote at the ISWA World Congress, Daegu 2011. Chairman, Central Environment Authority.
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In brief
A scholar-statesman of the public sphere
Charitha Herath has held the Chair Professorship at the University of Peradeniya since 2019, trained across Peradeniya, Ohio University, Sichuan Union University, and the University of Kelaniya, and served in national office across two decades.
His work bridges analytic philosophy, environmental ethics, and Sri Lanka's political modernity — published, debated, and spoken in public.
Selected works
All publications2011Book
Nuthana Kumaraya
A philosophical study in Sinhala
2011Book
Vibhawa Thanha
Essays on ethics and the environment
2011Speech
Keynote, ISWA World Congress, Daegu
Sustainability and the public good
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