Fred Feldman

Fred Feldman
Born1941 (age 84–85)
Education
EducationBard College (B.A., 1963)
SUNY (M.A., 1965)
Brown University (Ph.D., 1968)
Doctoral advisorRoderick Chisholm
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Doctoral students
Main interestsEthical theory

Fred Feldman (born 1941) is an American philosopher who specializes in ethical theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he taught from 1969 until his retirement in 2013. His research primarily focused on normative ethics, metaethics, the nature of happiness, and justice. He had long been fascinated by philosophical problems about the nature and value of death. He received a NEH research fellowship for the academic year of 2008/09; he received a Conti Faculty research fellowship for the academic year of 2013/14.