Susan Rose Wolf, born 1952, is an American moral philosopher and philosopher of action who is currently the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having taught previously at Johns Hopkins University from 1986 to 2002, the University of Maryland from 1981 to 1986 and Harvard University from 1978 to 1981.
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Defining MomentHer paper Moral Saints became particularly influential in the debate over the demandingness of morality 1 Notable PublicationFreedom Within Reason (Oxford, 1990) 1 Office HeldEdna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 In the Other Atlases
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Susan Rose Wolf (born 1952) is an American moral philosopher and philosopher of action
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who is currently the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Her book Freedom Within Reason (Oxford, 1990) argues for a view of free will as the ability to do what one reasonably thinks is the right thing.
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In this area her paper "Moral Saints" has been particularly influential, attacking the idea that a morally perfect person is actually an attractive ethical ideal.
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