Thomas Michael Scanlon, known as Tim Scanlon, born 28 June 1940, is an American philosopher who at the time of his retirement in 2016 was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity in Harvard University's Department of Philosophy, where he had taught since 1984; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.
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Defining MomentArgued for reasons fundamentalism in his 2009 John Locke Lectures at Oxford, later published as Being Realistic about Reasons (2014). 1 Notable PublicationWhat We Owe to Each Other (1998) 1 Office HeldAlford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Harvard University 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. T. M. Scanlon (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLife and career section, opening sentence
Scanlon was born on June 28, 1940, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Life and career section, birth year clause
Scanlon was born on June 28, 1940, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Life and career section, hometown clause
Scanlon was born on June 28, 1940, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Philosophical work section, opening sentence
he turned to ethics and political philosophy, where he developed a version of contractualism in the line of John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Life and career section, publications sentence
His book What We Owe to Each Other was published by Harvard University Press in 1998
lead paragraph, second sentence
At the time of his retirement in 2016, he was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in Harvard University's Department of Philosophy, where he had taught since 1984.
Reasons fundamentalism section, opening sentence
In his 2009 John Locke Lectures at Oxford, Scanlon argued in favor of what he calls reasons fundamentalism.
Lead section, nationality sentence
Thomas Michael "Tim" Scanlon (; born June 28, 1940) is an American philosopher.
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