Peter Albert Railton, born 23 May 1950, is an American philosopher who is Gregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor and John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he has taught since 1979.
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Notable PublicationFacts, Values and Norms (Cambridge University Press, 2003) 1 Office HeldGregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor and John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Michigan 1 TraditionNaturalist moral realism 1 In the Other Atlases
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Peter Albert Railton (born May 23, 1950)
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(born May 23, 1950) is an American philosopher
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Railton has playfully described himself as a "stark, raving moral realist". However, unlike some moral realists, he thinks moral facts that make moral statements true are natural facts.
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Gregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor and John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he has taught since 1979
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He is the author of the book Facts, Values and Norms (Cambridge University Press, 2003), a collection of his major papers in ethics
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