David R. Morrow

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David R. Morrow
Education CUNY Graduate Center (PhD), University of Chicago (MA), Johns Hopkins University (BA)
Awards Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions George Mason University, American University
Thesis Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances: An Essay in Moral Epistemology (2009)
Doctoral advisor Catherine Wilson
Main interests
climate policy, moral philosophy
Website https://www.davidmorrow.net/

David R. Morrow is an American philosopher and the Director of Research for the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy and the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment at American University. He is also a Research Fellow in the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy at George Mason University. Morrow is known for his works on climate policy and ethics. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Early life an education

Morrow received a master of arts in public policy from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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