David Gauthier
Canadian philosopher
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David Gauthier FRSC was a Canadian philosopher best known for his neo-Hobbesian or contractarian theory of morality, as developed in his 1986 book Morals by Agreement. Wikipedia
Born: 1932, Toronto, Canada
Died: November 9, 2023 (age 91 years)
Main interests: Political philosophy, game theory, rational choice theory
Notable ideas: Contractarian ethics (morals by agreement), constrained maximization, Gauthier's Lockean proviso
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