David Gauthier
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 91 |
| Date of birth | September 10,1932 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Toronto |
| Canada | |
| Schools of thought | Political philosophy |
| Influenced | Peter Vallentyne |
| Geoffrey Sayre-McCord | |
| Jan Narveson | |
| Job | Philosopher |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Harvard University | |
| University of Toronto - St. George Campus | |
| University of Toronto | |
| Books | Morals by Agreement |
| The logic of Leviathan | |
| Rousseau: The Sentiment of Existence | |
| Moral dealing | |
| Morality and rational self-interest | |
| Resolute Choice and Rational Deliberation : a Critique and a Defence | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada |
| Interests | Justice |
| Social Contract | |
| Rational Choice Theory | |
| Game Theory | |
| Era | Political philosophy |
| Contemporary philosophy | |
| Notabl idea | Contractarian ethics , constrained maximization, Gauthier's Lockean proviso |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 460726 |
David Gauthier Life story
David Gauthier FRSC is a Canadian-American philosopher best known for his neo-Hobbesian social contract theory of morality, as developed in his 1986 book Morals by Agreement.
