Michael Stocker | |
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| Born | 1939 |
| Died | 2024 |
| Education | Harvard University (Ph.D.), Columbia College (B.A.) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Syracuse University |
| Thesis | Supererogation (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roderick Firth, John Rawls |
Main interests | moral psychology, moral philosophy, ethical theory |
Notable ideas | Dirty hands and moral immorality, schizophrenia of modern ethical theories, plural and conflicting values, ethical and moral psychological significance of friendship and emotion |
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Michael Adam Gerber Stocker was a 20th-century American political philosopher. He held the Irwin & Marjorie Guttag Professorship of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Syracuse University. [1] Stocker is known for his works on ethics; he authored the seminal paper, "The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories".[2]