Philosopher

Shelly Kagan

Overview

Shelly Ian Kagan (; born 1956) is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, where he has taught since 1995. He is best known for his writings about animal ethics, moral philosophy, normative ethics, and philosophy of death. In 2007, Kagan's course about death was offered for free online, and was very popular. This led him to publish a book on the subject in 2012. Kagan was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.

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Philosophers who discussed Shelly Kagan

• W. D. Ross
• Thomas Nagel
• Peter Vallentyne
• Frances Kamm
• The Right and the Good

Ideas Shelly Kagan discusses

• Ethics (journal)
• Animal ethics
• Thomas Nagel
• Normative ethics
• Political philosophy
• Princeton University
• University of Pittsburgh
• Speciesism
• Theology
• Reasons and Persons
• William Lane Craig
• Yale University
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Social philosophy
• Derek Parfit
• Columbia University
• Death
• Ethics

Place in the tradition

Part of Consequentialism.

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