Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
Philosopher, Author
1956 –
Who is Geoffrey Sayre-McCord?
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord is a philosopher who works in moral theory, meta-ethics, the history of ethics, and epistemology. He has written extensively in these areas. He is known especially for his work on moral realism and on David Hume's moral theory. He has also written on contractualism. His Essays on Moral Realism is widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses on meta-ethics and he was, for five years, a co-editor of the highly regarded journal Noûs. Sayre-McCord received his BA from Oberlin College and his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. The recipient of several university-wide teaching awards, Sayre-McCord is the Morehead-Cain Alumni Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program at the University of North Carolina, where he has taught since 1985.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1956
Boston - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oberlin College
- University of Pittsburgh
- Employment
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Lived in
- Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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