Adam Smith

Adam Smith

male, deceased (1790)
The Wealth of Nations, free markets, economics, Classical economist, Economist, philosopher…moralphilosophy, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Moral philosopher
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....
Joseph Raz

Joseph Raz

male, 70 years old
Columbia University faculty, Columbia University Law School, professor, fellow, legal, Columbia Law School…moralphilosophy, legal philosophy, Philosophy of law, political philosophy, moral
Joseph Raz (born 1939) is an influential legal, moral and political philosopher. He is one of the most prominent living advocates of legal...
Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre

male, 80 years old
convert to Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic, expatriate in the United States, Alumni of the University of Manchester, Academic of the University of Essex, moralphilosophy…moral, political philosophy
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born January 12, 1929 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and...
R. M. Hare

R. M. Hare

male, deceased (2002)
prescriptivism, preference utilitarianism, Old Rugbeian, Moral philosopher, twentieth century, Utilitarian…philosophy, moralphilosophy, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, White's Chair of Moral Philosophy
Richard Mervyn Hare (March 21, 1919 - January 29, 2002) was an English moral philosopher, who held the post of White's Professor of Moral...
John Skorupski

John Skorupski

male, 63 years old
political philosophy, 19th, moralphilosophy, Philosophy academic, epistemology, philosophy
John Skorupski (born 19 September 1946) is a philosopher whose main interests are epistemology, ethics and moral philosophy, political philosophy,...
Christine Korsgaard

Christine Korsgaard

female, 57 years old (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, ph.d, Analytic philosopher, University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy, moralphilosophy…Philosophy of mind
Christine M. Korsgaard (born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American philosopher whose main academic interests are in moral philosophy and its...

John Broome

male
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, University of Washington, Australian National University, University of St. Andrews, moralphilosophy, Corpus Christi College, Oxford…White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, White's Chair of Moral Philosophy
John Broome is a British philosopher and economist. He is currently the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a...
Harry Frankfurt

Harry Frankfurt

male, 80 years old
Bestseller, Princeton University, Action theorist, Ph.D., moralphilosophy, rationalism…philosophy of action, Moral philosopher, Philosophy of mind, philosophy
Harry Gordon Frankfurt (born May 29, 1929) is a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University. He previously taught at Yale University...
Walter Kaufmann

Walter Kaufmann

male, deceased (1980)
American military personnel of World War II, Walter Arnold Kaufmann, moralphilosophy, authenticity, existentialism, theism
Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 - September 4, 1980 Princeton, New Jersey) was an American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific...
Shelly Kagan

Shelly Kagan

male
Philosophical writer, Wesleyan University alumni, desert, Princeton University alumni, Philosophy Teacher, moralphilosophy…Moral philosopher
Shelly Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics....