# Heng Ying 应姮 > Academic and personal ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://yingheng.site/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Life](https://yingheng.site/life/): I do a bunch of other things regularly outside philosophy. I practice Iyengar yoga (I highly recommend this studio if you live in St. Louis, Missouri or anywhere nearby: https://yoga-108.com. This one if you live in Hong Kong: https://www.yogasalahk.com) I like swimming, running, and biking, basically anything that makes me feel free. I read novels from all over the world, modern and classics (and I welcome any recommendation!) I’m particularly drawn to ancient civilisations, their stories, mysteries, and artworks. (A vase I recently came across at National Palace Musuem in Taipei) - [Event](https://yingheng.site/event/): I organise events on behalf of the Ethics Lab of the Department of Philosophy at HKU. Here is a recent one. - [Teaching](https://yingheng.site/teaching/): I teach undergraduate philosophy courses at HKU. Here are descriptions of the two courses I taught before Moral Problems–In this course, we look into structural issues of contemporary moral society and issues that concern everyday life. Starting with methodological shifts in contemporary moral philosophy, this course examines contemporary arguments regarding structural moral problems concerning the trajectory of morality, epistemic-moral limitations, and identity in a pluralist world. We will then analyse the limitations of these arguments and problems that arise within them. Moral Psychology–The first part of this course covers discussions of moral judgment, evolution of morality, evolutionary psychology, situationism, and […] - [Talk](https://yingheng.site/talk-2/): Here are some talks I gave in the past and some I’ll be giving next Conferences 2026    “Attentional biases and social movements for justice” North American Society for Social Philosophy Meetings at the 2026 APA Pacific 2025    “Moral progress as a discourse” Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL) in the Global South 2025 Conference, Dec 11- 14/11th Graduate Conference in Political Theory, Sciences Po, May 19-20 “A dynamic view of value conflict.” 15th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS), University of Minho, Jun 25-27 2024    “Value conflict as a psychological cycle.” Thinking Conflict and Resilience in Society Conference, […] - [Research](https://yingheng.site/research-2/): Here you can find more details about my research Journal articles: Ying, Heng. 2025. “Explaining Moral View Change: Second-Order Moral Reasoning.” Journal of Value Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-025-10069-2 Ying, Heng. 2025. “Beyond ‘Moral Progress’: A Dual-Character Conception of Moral Change.” Metaphilosophy 56(2): 194-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12723 Current research: Moral progress—I argue for the self-limiting moral thinking of individuals leading progressive movements to challenge the prevailing tendency in current studies of moral progress to celebrate them as moral heroes. Value conflict—Distinguishing between reactive and active moral agency, I contend that we should grasp how individuals are connected to and disconnected from one another from an agential perspective. Research in […] - [Home](https://yingheng.site/): HENG YING 应姮 Hi, welcome to my website! I’m a philosopher working at the intersection between moral psychology, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of science. I have written on moral progress, moral reasoning, moral change, and value conflict. I obtained my PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. Previously I was Visiting Graduate Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Before coming to Hong Kong, I did my master in Philosophy and Public Policy at LSE. I also studied International Politics and English Literature in the past. I grew up in the […] [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)