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Michael Stocker

d. 2024

American philosopher

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About Michael Stocker

Michael Stocker was a philosopher.

Michael Adam Gerber Stocker (1939–2024) was a 20th-century American political philosopher. He held the Irwin & Marjorie Guttag Professorship of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Syracuse University. Stocker is known for his works on ethics; he authored the seminal paper "The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories".

Education He earned his B.A. from Columbia College, where he was a student of Sidney Morgenbesser, and Ph.D. (1966) from Harvard University, where he wrote his dissertation on supererogation under the direction of John Rawls.

Works

Books Plural and Conflicting Values, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1990, reprinted 1992 Valuing Emotions (with Elizabeth Hegeman), New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Select articles, book chapters (co-)authored "Act and Agent Evaluations." The Review of Metaphysics, Volume 27, Issue 1, September 1973, pp. 42-61. "The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories." The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 73, No. 14, August 1976, pp. 453-466 "Desiring the bad: An essay in moral psychology." The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 76, Issue 12, December 1979, pp. 747-765 "Values and Purposes: The Limits of Teleology and the Ends of Friendship." The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 78, No. 12, December 1981, pp. 747-765 "Responsibility Especially for Beliefs." Mind, Vol. XCI, Issue 363, July 1982, pp. 398–417. "Dirty Hands and Conflicts of Values and of Desires in Aristotle's Ethics." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 67, 1986, pp. 36–61.

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Important facts

Died
2024
Occupation
Education
Harvard University
Employers
Syracuse University
Awards
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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American philosopher

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Michael Stocker died in 2024.

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Michael Stocker was a philosopher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Michael Stocker

· Wikidata: Q16408482

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