Michael Stocker
Michael Adam Gerber Stocker is an American philosopher and Irwin & Marjorie Guttag Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Syracuse University. He is known for his works on ethics. Stocker is the author of the seminal paper The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories.
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| Education | Harvard University (Ph.D.), Columbia University (B.A.) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Syracuse University |
| Thesis | Supererogation (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roderick Firth, John Rawls |
Main interests | moral psychology, moral philosophy, ethical theory |
Notable ideas | Dirty hands and moral immorality, schizophrenia of modern ethical theories, plural and conflicting values, ethical and moral psychological significance of friendship and emotion |
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