James Griffin (philosopher)
James Griffin | |
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Born | James Patrick Griffin 8 July 1933 |
Nationality | Anglo-American |
Alma mater | St Antony's College, Oxford |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
James Patrick Griffin (born 8 July 1933),[1] is an American-born philosopher, who was White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1996 to 2000.
Education
Griffin was educated at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut before studying at Yale University, obtaining a BA in 1955. He was then a Rhodes Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1955–58), then a Senior Scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford (1958–60), obtaining his doctorate in 1960.[2]
Career
After lecturing at Christ Church, Oxford from 1960 to 1966, he was appointed a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford in 1966, a position he held until 1996. He was then appointed White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, becoming a Fellow of Corpus Christi College; he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Keble in 1996, and is now also an Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi.[2]
In 2000 Griffin became Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and in 2002 Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics in Australia in Canberra.[2]
Selected bibliography
His publications include:
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Further reading
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- Living people
- 1933 births
- American philosophers
- Yale University alumni
- American Rhodes Scholars
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Fellows of Keble College, Oxford
- Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- White's Professors of Moral Philosophy
- Presidents of the Aristotelian Society