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Stephen Darwall is the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the foundations of ethics, moral psychology, and the history of moral philosophy, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries. He has authored influential works such as Impartial Reason, The British Moralists and the Internal 'Ought', and The Second-Person Standpoint. Darwall’s scholarship bridges historical and contemporary ethical theory, emphasizing the centrality of second-personal accountability in moral obligation.
Education: Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously taught at the University of Michigan (24 years) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (12 years). His edited anthologies include Moral Discourse and Practice and Contractarianism/Contractualism.
His research interests include moral obligation’s psychological basis, the role of respect in ethics, and the historical development of moral concepts from Grotius to Kant. He has held prestigious fellowships and leadership roles, including NEH Fellowships (four times) and presidency of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.
Notable contributions: Founded Philosophers’ Imprint with David Velleman, a pioneering open-access philosophy journal. His work on second-personal ethics explores how moral demands arise from interpersonal accountability rather than abstract principles.
Key awards: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), Distinguished Fellow of the APA’s Central Division.
