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T.M. Scanlon

Ethics

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.

Facts
Birth Year
1940 1
Defining Moment
Argued for reasons fundamentalism in his 2009 John Locke Lectures at Oxford, later published as Being Realistic about Reasons (2014). 1
Birth Date
1940-06-28 1
Notable Publication
What We Owe to Each Other (1998) 1
Office Held
Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Harvard University 1
Birthplace
Indianapolis, Indiana 1
Tradition
Contractualism 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Analytic 2
Connections

In Branch

Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
Source T. M. Scanlon (Wikipedia)
Political Philosophy, Branches of Philosophy
Source T. M. Scanlon (Wikipedia)

In Tradition

Analytic Philosophy, Schools of Philosophy
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Nationality

United States

Also in History Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source T. M. Scanlon (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Thomas Michael "Tim" Scanlon (; born June 28, 1940) is an American philosopher.
Sources
1. T. M. Scanlon (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Life 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
    is an American philosopher.
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Thomas Michael "Tim" Scanlon (; born June 28, 1940) is an American philosopher.
  • In Branch: Ethics, Infobox: main_interests
    Ethics, political philosophy
  • In Branch: Political Philosophy, Infobox: main_interests
    Ethics, political philosophy
  • In Group: Analytic Ethics, Infobox: school_tradition
    Analytic philosophy, Contractualism
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