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Lorraine Besser

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Lorraine Besser[1]
BornJuly 29, 1973
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD), Claremont Graduate School (MA), Tulane University (BA)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interests
ethical theory, moral psychology

Lorraine Besser[1] (born July 29, 1973) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College. She is known for her works on moral philosophy.[2][3][4]

Books

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  • The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It, Balance, Hachette Book Group 2024
  • The Philosophy of Happiness: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, Routledge Press 2021
  • Eudaimonic Ethics: The Philosophy and Psychology of Living Well, Routledge Press 2014
  • The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, Co-edited with Michael Slote, Routledge Press 2015

References

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  1. ^ a b Lorraine Besser Professor of Philosophy Retrieved 27/02/2022.
  2. ^ Nyholm, Sven. "Eudaimonic Ethics: The Philosophy and Psychology of Living Well". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  3. ^ Lai, Karyn (2018). "The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics eds. by Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote". Philosophy East and West. 68 (2): 639–645. doi:10.1353/pew.2018.0055. S2CID 171937976.
  4. ^ Nyholm, Sven (2 October 2014). "Lorraine Besser-Jones, Eudaimonic ethics: the philosophy and psychology of living well". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 2014. ISSN 1538-1617.