John Wall (philosopher)

John Wall is an American educator and theoretical ethicist who teaches at Rutgers University Camden.
Research.
Wall's research focuses on "the groundworks of moral life, particularly their relations to language, power, and childhood" and theoretical work where he argues that "ethical life is fundamentally creative, as well as for his concept of childism, or the empowerment of children by transforming norms".
Career.
Wall currently teaches at Rutgers where he teaches in the departments of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies. He is the founding director of the Childism Institute and is the co-founder of the Children’s Voting Colloquium. Wall is also co-editor of the journal
In 2006 Wall assisted in the creation of a Childhood Studies doctoral program at Rutgers, which is billed as the first of its type in the United States.