Daniel Jacobson

Daniel Jacobson is the Bruce D. Benson Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization at the University of Colorado. His work bridges ethics, moral psychology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of John Stuart Mill. He has held prestigious fellowships and led major projects like The Science of Ethics, funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

Education details are not explicitly listed, but his academic career includes significant contributions to sentimentalism, the philosophy of emotion, and Mill's utilitarianism. His research emphasizes reconciling liberty and utility in Mill’s philosophy, as seen in his upcoming book Solving the Mill Problem.

Key publications include groundbreaking essays on Mill’s principles of liberty, moral sentimentalism, and the ethics of artistic expression. His work has been widely recognized, including the John Fisher Memorial Prize and inclusion in The Philosophers’ Annual.

He co-edited Moral Psychology and Human Agency with Justin D’Arms and is developing a rational sentimentalism framework. His current projects explore tensions between utilitarianism and individual liberty.