Louis Pojman

Louis Paul Pojman ( April 22, 1935 – October 15, 2005) was an American philosopher and professor, whose name is most recognized as the author of dozens of philosophy texts and anthologies, which continue to be used widely for educational purposes, and more than one-hundred papers, which he read at some sixty universities around the world. Pojman was known for his work in applied ethics and philosophy of religion.

Education Throughout his lifetime, Pojman attended multiple institutions of higher education. He began his post-secondary education in Cicero, Illinois attending Morton College. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science at Nyack College and a Bachelor of Divinity at New Brunswick Theological Seminary and became an ordained minister in the Reformed Church of America. In 1965 he began attending Union Theological Seminary in New York where he studied under professor Reinhold Niebuhr. In 1972 he earned a doctorate in ethics. Following his time at Union Theological, he decided to study analytic philosophy at the University of Oxford from which he earned his doctorate in 1977. "Terrorism, Human rights, and The Case for World Government" (2006) "Egoism and Altruism: A Critique of Ayn Rand" (2016) "Philosophy: The Quest for Truth" (12th ed. 2023) [Co-author Lewis Vaughn]