G. A. Cohen
Canadian philosopher
Gerald Allan Cohen FBA 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. Wikipedia
Born: April 14, 1941, Montreal, Canada
Died: August 5, 2009 (age 68 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Influenced by: John Rawls, Isaiah Berlin, and Gilbert Ryle
Doctoral students: Cécile Fabre; Will Kymlicka; Michael Otsuka; Seana Shiffrin
Notable ideas: Distinction between a strict and lax interpretation of the difference principle; egalitarian ethos;
Notable students: Simon Caney; Jonathan Wolff
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