Madison Powers

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Madison Powers
Education University College, Oxford (PhD), Vanderbilt University (BA, MA), University of Tennessee (JD)
Awards Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Investigator Award
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions Georgetown University
Website https://www.madisonpowers.org/

    Madison Powers is an American philosopher and Francis J. McNamara Jr Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is a Fellow of the Hastings Center, a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Investigator Award, and is known for his works on political philosophy and practical ethics. [1] [2]

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