G. A. Cohen

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G. A. Cohen
FBA
Born
Gerald Allan Cohen

(1941-04-14)14 April 1941
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died5 August 2009(2009-08-05) (aged 68)
Oxford, England
Other namesJerry Cohen
Spouses
  • Margaret Pearce
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    (m. 1965; div. 1996)​
  • Michèle Jacottet
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    (m. 1999)​
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic advisorsGilbert Ryle[1]
Influences
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or tradition
Institutions
Doctoral students
Notable students
Notable worksKarl Marx's Theory of History (1978)[3]
Notable ideas
Influenced

Gerald Allan Cohen FBA (/ˈkoʊən/ KOH-ən; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford. He was known for his work on Marxism, and later, egalitarianism and distributive justice in normative political philosophy.

  1. ^ Rosen, Michael (2010). "Jerry Cohen: An Appreciation". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ Vallentyne, Peter (2014). "Libertarianism". In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University.
  3. ^ Rosen, Michael (2010). "Jerry Cohen: An Appreciation". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. ^ Frank Vandenbroucke, Social Justice and Individual Ethics in an Open Society: Equality, Responsibility, and Incentives, Springer, 2012, p. 149.
  5. ^ Alexander Kaufman (ed.), Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage, Cambridge University Press, 2014, p. 52.