Shelly Kagan

Shelly Kagan at Yale University.

Shelly Kagan (* 1956 ) is Professor of Philosophy at Yale University . He is best known for his publications in the field of moral philosophy and normative ethics . In it he deals in particular with the debate between consequentialist and deontological theories. A philosophical lecture he gave on death can be viewed freely on the Internet, as part of the Open Yale Courses project .

Education and career

Kagan, who has Jewish ancestry, received his BA from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1982, under the supervision of Thomas Nagel . Prior to Yale, he worked at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Illinois at Chicago . In 2016, Kagan was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Works

• The Geometry of Desert , Oxford University Press , 2012. ISBN 0199895597 .
• Death , Yale University Press , 2012. ISBN 978-0-300-18084-8 .
• Normative Ethics , Westview Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8133-0846-1
• The Limits of Morality , Oxford University Press , 1991. ISBN 0-19-823916-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shelly Kagan | Yale University. Retrieved May 30, 2017 (American English). 
2. ↑ Shelly Kagan: PHIL 176: Death ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Open Yale Courses 2007 (handouts, transcripts, videos, audios) 
3. ↑ "Shelly Kagan named Clark Professor of Philosophy" ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Yale Bulletin and Calendar , July 23, 2004, Volume 32, Number 33, accessed November 19, 2008. 
4. ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences : Newly Elected Fellows. In: amacad.org. Retrieved April 22, 2016 . 

Web links

• Shelly Kagan at Yale University (yale.edu)
• Kagan's Philosophical Course on Death: " Death " as a video series at Open Yale Courses