Peter Railton is a famous Philosopher, born on May 23, 1950 in Bolivia. As of January 9, 2023, Peter Railton’s net worth is $5 Million.
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Biography
Peter Albert Railton (born May 23, 1950) is an American philosopher who is Gregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor and John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he has taught since 1979..
He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1980, writing a dissertation under the supervision of David K. Lewis.
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Peter Railton Net Worth
Peter Railton is one of the richest Philosopher & listed on most popular Philosopher. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Railton's net worth $5 Million.
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Although his dissertation concerned scientific explanation, on which he has published several articles, his main research since centers on contemporary metaethics and normative ethics (especially consequentialism). He is the author of the book Facts, Norms, and Values (Cambridge University Press, 2003), a collection of his major papers in ethics, and a co-editor (with Stephen Darwall and Allan Gibbard) of Moral Discourse and Practice: Some Philosophical Approaches (Oxford University Press, 1996).
He has also been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2004.
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Ranked on the list of most popular Philosopher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Bolivia. Peter Railton celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.
Is Peter Railton a moral realist?
Overall, Peter Railton has argued in defense of moral realism in his “Moral Realism” by suggesting that one is best able to explain the behavior of another through referring to his or her moral reality (that is to say what is in actuality good or bad for said individual).
What is alienation according to Railton?
1 Setting the stage: alienation. Alienation from something is a certain sort of separation or distancing from that thing that results in some loss.
What is moral realism in ethics?
Moral realism is the view that there are facts of the matter about which actions are right and which wrong, and about which things are good and which bad.
What is sophisticated Consequentialism?
sophisticated consequentialism’, claims that a consequentialist ought to be motivated by whichever set. of motivations will in fact lead to maximizing value, instead of being motivated to directly maximize. value. As a result, a consequentialist might maximize value by having dispositions to commit acts that.
What is sophisticated utilitarianism?
The sophisticated utilitarian view accounts for the principles of discrimination and proportionality, and it avoids the dilemmas where absolutist principles conflict in extreme circumstances.