Carl Cohen
Carl Cohen (* 1931) is an American philosopher. From 1955 he was a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA .
Life
Cohen mainly publishes on moral philosophy and political philosophy . He occurs against positive discrimination ( English Affirmative Action ).
He was a member of the medical faculty of the University of Michigan, as well as an active member of the local philosophy faculty since 1955.
Fonts
- Democracy . Macmillan, 1972
- The Animal Rights Debate . Rowman and Littlefield, 2001; a discussion tape with Tom Regan
- Affirmative Action and Racial Preference (together with J. Sterba). Oxford, 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-514895-4
- Introduction to Logic , 12th edition (together with IM Copi). Prentice-Hall, 2005.
- Do animals have rights? Animal Rights - An Interdisciplinary Challenge . Erlangen 2007. ISBN 978-3-89131-417-3
literature
- Affirmative action . In: Die Zeit , No. 25/2003
Web links
- Official website of Carl Cohen
- Video of Carl Cohen's lecture as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series Animal Rights at Heidelberg University on July 26, 2006
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| SURNAME | Cohen, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |