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14 {Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity}
15 {Harvard University, Department of Philosophy}
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17 {1984 -- 2016}
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19 \begin{cvitems}
20 \item {Courses on theories of justice, equality and recent ethical theory.}
21 \item {\textit{What We Owe to Each Other} (1998): a contractualism in the line of Rawls, Kant and Rousseau, in which an act is wrong if any principle permitting it could reasonably be rejected by people seeking principles for the general regulation of behaviour.}
22 \item {The 2009 John Locke Lectures at Oxford, published as \textit{Being Realistic about Reasons} (2014): there are irreducibly normative truths about reasons for action.}
23 \item {\textit{What We Owe to Each Other} is used as a text in the television series \textit{The Good Place}.}
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27 {Faculty}
28 {Princeton University}
29 {}
30 {1966 -- 1984}
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33 \item {First papers in mathematical logic, on proof theory; then ethics and political philosophy.}
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37\cvsection{Education}
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39 \cventry
40 {PhD, Philosophy, under Burton Dreben}
41 {Harvard University}
42 {}
43 {1968}
44 {
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46 \item {A year at Oxford University on a Fulbright Scholarship.}
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48 }
49 \cventry
50 {Undergraduate degree}
51 {Princeton University}
52 {}
53 {1962}
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56\cvsection{Books}
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58 \cvskill{1998}{What We Owe to Each Other}
59 \cvskill{2003}{The Difficulty of Tolerance}
60 \cvskill{2008}{Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame}
61 \cvskill{2014}{Being Realistic about Reasons}
62 \cvskill{2018}{Why Does Inequality Matter?}
63 \cvskill{2025}{Morality and Responsibility}
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65\cvsection{Fields}
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67 \cvskill{Philosophy}{Ethics, political philosophy, mathematical logic}
68 \cvskill{Topics}{Freedom of speech, equality, tolerance, contract law, human rights, welfare, justice}
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71
Thomas Michael Scanlon
Philosopher
June 28, 1940
Experience
Harvard University, Department of Philosophy
Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity
1984 – 2016
• Courses on theories of justice, equality and recent ethical theory.
• What We Owe to Each Other (1998): a contractualism in the line of Rawls, Kant and Rousseau, in which an act is wrong if any principle permit-
ting it could reasonably be rejected by people seeking principles for the general regulation of behaviour.
• The 2009 John Locke Lectures at Oxford, published as Being Realistic about Reasons (2014): there are irreducibly normative truths about
reasons for action.
• What We Owe to Each Other is used as a text in the television series The Good Place.
Princeton University
Faculty
1966 – 1984
• First papers in mathematical logic, on proof theory; then ethics and political philosophy.
Education
Harvard University
PhD, Philosophy, under Burton Dreben
1968
• A year at Oxford University on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Princeton University
Undergraduate degree
Books
1998 What We Owe to Each Other
2003 The Difficulty of Tolerance
2008 Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
2014 Being Realistic about Reasons
2018 Why Does Inequality Matter?
2025 Morality and Responsibility
Fields
Philosophy Ethics, political philosophy, mathematical logic
Topics Freedom of speech, equality, tolerance, contract law, human rights, welfare, justice
1962