Kurt Baier

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Kurt Erich Maria Baier (born January 26, 1917 in Vienna ; † October 23, 2010 ) was an Austrian moral philosopher.

Baier works in various fields of practical philosophy , including theoretical and applied ethics , political philosophy, and legal philosophy .

Baier first studied law in Vienna . He left the city in 1938 after Hitler's invasion to live first in London and then in Australia . Baier studied philosophy in Melbourne (BA 1944; MA 1947) and Oxford (DPhil 1952) and then taught in Melbourne, the Australian National University in Canberra and from 1962 until his retirement in 1995 at the University of Pittsburgh . In 1975 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Works

  • The Moral Point of View: A Rational Basis of Ethics . Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1958. Abridged and revised edition Random House, New York 1965. ISBN 978-0-394-30651-3
  • Values ​​and the Future: Impact of Technological Change on American Values . Edited with Nicholas Rescher . Free Press, New York 1969, ISBN 978-0-02-901170-6
  • Reason, Ethics, and Society: Themes from Kurt Baier, With His Responses . Edited by JB Schneewind, Open Court, Chicago 1996. With a bibliography (until 1995). ISBN 978-0-8126-9315-7
  • Problems of Life and Death: A Humanist Perspective ( Prometheus Lecture ), Prometheus, Amherst, NY, 1997, ISBN 978-1-57392-153-4
  • The Rational and the Moral Order: The Social Roots of Reason and Morality ( Paul Carus Lectures ), Open Court, Chicago 1995. ISBN 978-0-8126-9263-1
personal data
SURNAME Baier, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baier, Kurt Erich Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian moral philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2010