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Shelly Kagan is Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale. After receiving his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1976, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1982, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at Chicago before coming to Yale in 1995. He is the author of the textbook Normative Ethics, which systematically reviews alternative positions concerning the basic rules of morality and their possible foundations, and The Limits of Morality, which challenges two of the most widely shared beliefs about the requirements of morality. He is currently at work on The Geometry of Desert.
| Current Institution | Yale University |
| Department | Philosophy |
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Education
Princeton University
Ph.D.
(1982)
Wesleyan University
B.A.
Work Experience
Clark Professor of Philosophy
Yale University
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
Selected Publications
Books
- The Limits of Morality (Oxford, 1989)
- Normative Ethics (Westview, 1998)
Articles
- "The Additive Fallacy", Ethics 99, #1 (October, 1988): 5-31.
- "The Structure of Normative Ethics", Philosophical Perspectives 6(1992): 223-242.
- "Me and My Life", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 94 (1994): 309-324.
- "Infinite Value and Finitely Additive Value Theory" (with Peter Vallentyne), The Journal of Philosophy 94, #1 (January, 1997): 5-26.
- "Equality and Desert", in What Do We Deserve, edited by Owen McLeod and Louis Pojman Oxford: 1998): 298-314.
- "Rethinking Intrinsic Value", The Journal of Ethics 2, #4 (1998): 277-297.
- "Evaluative Focal Points", in Morality, Rules, and Consequences, edited by Brad Hooker, Elinor Mason, and Dale Miller (Edinburgh: 2000): 134-155.
- "Thinking About Cases", Social Philosophy and Policy 18, #2 (2001): 44-63
- "Kantianism for >Consequentialists," forthcoming, Kant's Groundwork,ed. Allen Wood (Yale University Press).
Works in Progress
Book
- The Geometry of Desert
Articles
- Indeterminate Desert
- “Comparative Desert”
Books
Normative ethicsProviding a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethicsexamines an act's rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and...
The Limits of Morality (Oxford Ethics Series)Most people believe that there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand. Although it would often be meritorious, we are not, in fact, morally required to do all that we can to promote... |
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