Region: | Western philosophy |
Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
Robert Cavalier | |
Birth Date: | 1947 |
Institutions: | Carnegie Mellon University |
Main Interests: | ethics, political philosophy |
Education: | Duquesne University (PhD), New York University (BA) |
Robert Cavalier (born 1947) is an American philosopher and Teaching Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University.[1] Cavalier is currently Director of the Department of Philosophy’s Program for Deliberative Democracy[2] (a winner of Good Government Award from the Pittsburgh League of Women Voters) and is known for his works on ethics and political philosophy.[3] [4] [5] He is a former president of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy and a former director of CMU's Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy (2005-2007).