Christine Korsgaard
Christine Marion Korsgaard | |
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Korsgaard in 2010 | |
| Born | April 9, 1952 (age 73) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Illinois |
| Thesis | The Standpoint of Practical Reason (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Rawls, Martha Nussbaum |
| Other advisors | Hilary Putnam, Amélie Rorty |
| Influences | Immanuel Kant, John Rawls, Anscombe, Aristotle |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | Analytic |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Main interests | Moral philosophy · Kantianism |
| Influenced | Austin Dacey, Derek Parfit, Sharon Street |
Christine Marion Korsgaard, FBA (/ˈkɔːrzɡɑːrd/; born April 9, 1952) is an American philosopher who is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Harvard University. Her main scholarly interests are in moral philosophy and its history; the relation of issues in moral philosophy to issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the theory of personal identity; the theory of personal relationships; and in normativity in general.