Lorraine Besser

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Lorraine Besser [1]
BornJuly 29, 1973
Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD), Claremont Graduate School (MA), Tulane University (BA)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic
Main interests
ethical theory, moral psychology

Lorraine Besser [1] (born July 29, 1973) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College. She is known for her works on moral philosophy. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lorraine Besser Professor of Philosophy Retrieved 27/02/2022.
  2. Nyholm, Sven. "Eudaimonic Ethics: The Philosophy and Psychology of Living Well". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  3. Lai, Karyn (2018). "The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics eds. by Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote". Philosophy East and West. 68 (2): 639–645. doi:10.1353/pew.2018.0055. S2CID   171937976.
  4. Nyholm, Sven (2 October 2014). "Lorraine Besser-Jones, Eudaimonic ethics: the philosophy and psychology of living well". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 2014. ISSN   1538-1617.