Raimond Gaita was born in 1946 in the then Western Zone of Germany. He was brought to Australia at the age of four by his Romanian-born father and has described their relationship in successful book, later made into a film: Romulus, My Father. Gaita was educated at St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Melbourne High School, the University of Melbourne (BA Hons, MA) and the University of Leeds (PhD). Gaita was until 2011 Foundation Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and Professor of Moral Philosophy at King’s College London. He is currently Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne Law School and…