Susan Wolf
Susan R. Wolf (* 1952 ) is an American philosopher of action theory and moral philosophy . She has held the special Edna J. Koury Professorship in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill since 2002 .
career
Wolf holds a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics from Yale University and a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University . Thomas Nagel was the mentor of her dissertation.
Before starting in California, she taught at Harvard University , the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University . Her husband Douglas MacLean also teaches philosophy at the UNC.
She was elected a Fellow (member) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999 and of the American Philosophical Society in 2006. She won the Mellon Foundation's 2002 Award for Excellence in Humanities .
Philosophical work
In her book Freedom Within Reason , she argues for a view of free will as an ability to do what seems reasonable to one reasonably right. This gives us responsibility and a feeling of autonomy in a determined universe.
Wolf also wrote about moral luck, suggesting a combination of rationalist and irrationalist positions.
She also published influential works on moral claims. In this field, the Moral Saints font achieved partial importance, in which it attacks the idea of the morally perfect human being as an ethical ideal. With Philippa Foot and Bernard Williams , she argues against the overweighting of morality in practical philosophy.
Works (selection, all in English)
- The Variety of Values. Essays On Morality, Meaning, And Love. Oxford University Press 2014, ISBN 0-19-533281-4 .
- Understanding Love: Philosophy, Film, And Fiction. (Editing, with Christopher Grau) Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 0-19-538450-4 .
- Meaning in Life and Why It Matters. 2012, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-15450-3 .
- Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law. with Neil Stanley, Cavendish Publishing 2010, ISBN 0-415-41846-1 .
- Freedom Within Reason. Oxford University Press 1994, ISBN 0-19-508565-5 .
Web links
- Susan Wolf's profile from the University of North California on philosophy.unc.edu
- Video: Lecture The Importance of Love at the Love and Human Agency conference at Franklin & Marshall College, September 19, 2014.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolf, Susan R .; Wolf, Susan Rose (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |