David Daiches Raphael (25 January 1916 – 22 December 2015) was a British philosopher.

Academic career

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, in New Zealand from 1946 to 1949, before returning to the United Kingdom as a

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in moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow and rising to become Edward Caird Professor of Political and Social Philosophy between 1960 and 1970. After a period as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading (1970–1973), he was Professor of Philosophy at

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from 1973 until he retired in 1983. He is known for his writings on

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, the rights of man, and his 1981, introductory philosophical book; ''Moral Philosophy''.

Selected works

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References

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The University of Glasgow Story
* * * * 1916 births British philosophers 2015 deaths Historians of economic thought Historians of philosophy British Jews Jewish philosophers Academic staff of the University of Otago Academics of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of Reading Academics of Imperial College London {{philosopher-stub