Alan Gewirth | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 28, 1912 |
| Died | May 9, 2004 (aged 91) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Moral and political philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Notable students | Roger Pilon |
| Notable works | Reason and Morality |
Alan Gewirth (November 28, 1912 – May 9, 2004) was an American philosopher, a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, and author of Reason and Morality (1978), Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications (1982), The Community of Rights (1996), Self-Fulfillment (1998), and numerous other writings in moral philosophy and political philosophy.