Herbert Morris (1928 – December 14, 2022) was an American philosopher, legal scholar, and literary critic, who spent his career at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Education and career

Herbert Morris was born in New York City in 1928. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 1951; Bachelor of Law, Yale, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford, 1956. He joined the UCLA Philosophy Department in 1956 and beginning in 1962 he accepted a joint appointment with the UCLA School of Law. Morris served as Dean of Humanities of UCLA's College of Letters and Science from 1983 to 1993, and Interim Provost of the College from 1992 to 1993. He chaired the Board of Governors of the University's Humanities Research Institute from 1988 to 1990. After retirement, Morris continued to teach a popular lecture course at UCLA on ''Law, Philosophy and Literature''. He also continued to write. His latest article "On the Soul" appeared in the journal ''Philosophy'' in 2019. Morris died at his home in Los Angeles on December 14 2022, at the age of 94.

Philosophical work

Professor Morris lectured and wrote widely on moral and legal philosophy and is best known for his ground-breaking book ''On Guilt and Innocence: Essays in Legal Philosophy and Moral Psychology'' (University of California Press, 1976). His most influential paper is "Persons and Punishment," first published in ''Monist'' (1968). He is also the author of several works of literary criticism. See below for a complete bibliography.

Publications

Books

* ''Disclosures: Essays on Art, Literature and Philosophy,'' Amazon'','' 2017''.'' *''Artists in Evil'', Amazon, 2009. * ''On Guilt and Innocence: Essays in Legal Philosophy and Moral Psychology'', University of California Press, 1976 *''The Masked Citadel: The Significance of the Title of Stendhal's La Chartreuse de Parme'', University of California Press, 1961

Edited books

* ''On Guilt and Shame'', Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1971 * ''Freedom and Responsibility: Readings in Philosophy and Law'', Stanford University Press, 1961

Articles

* On the Soul, 94 ''Philosophy'' 221-42 (2019). * The Absent and Present Serpent in Nicolas Poussin's SPRING, XVI(1) ''Cahiers de dix-septieme siecle, 17'' 63-76 (2015). * Murphy on Forgiveness, 7 ''Criminal Justice Ethics'' 15-19 (1988). * George Fletcher and Collective Guilt: A Critical Commentary on the 2001 Storrs Lectures, 78 ''Notre Dame Law Review'' 731-50 (2003). * Sex, Shame, and Assorted Other Topics, 22 ''Quinnipiac University Law Review'' 123-43 (2003). * Some Further Reflections on Guilt and Punishment, 18 ''Law & Philosophy'' 363-78 (1999). * The Future of Punishment, 46 ''UCLA Law Review'' 1927-31 (1999). * What Emma Knew: The Outrage Suffered in Jorge Luis Borges's Emma Zunz, 10-11 ''Indiana Journal of Hispanic Literatures'' 165-202 (1997). * Professor Murphy on Liberalism and Retributivism, 37 ''Arizona Law Review'' 95-104 (1995). Symposium: Issues in the Philosophy of Law. * The Decline of Guilt, 99 ''Ethics'' 62-76 (1988). * Nonmoral Guilt, in ''Responsibility, Character and the Emotions: New Essays in Moral Psychology'' 220-40 (edited by Ferdinand D. Schoeman, Cambridge University Press, 1987). * Legal Guilt, in ''Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice'' 820-24 (edited by Sanford H. Kadish, Free Press, 1983). * A Paternalistic Theory of Punishment, 18 ''American Philosophical Quarterly'' 263-71 (1981). Reprinted in Paternalism 139-52 (edited by Rolf Sartorius, University of Minnesota Press, 1983). * Reflections on Feeling Guilty, 40 ''Philosophical Studies'' 187-93 (1981). * The Status of Rights, 92 ''Ethics'' 40-51 (1981). * Discussion: Addiction and Criminal Responsibility (with James Coleman and Thomas Scheff), 9 ''Center Magazine'' 46-58 (1976). * Criminal Insanity, 17 ''Inquiry'' 345-55 (1974). * Shared Guilt, in ''Wisdom: Twelve Essays'' 249-73 (edited by Renford Bambrough, Rowman & Littlefield, 1974). * The Nature of Legal Responsibility, in ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'' 33-36 (edited by Philip Paul Weiner, Scribner, 1973). * Guilt and Suffering, 21 ''Philosophy East & West'' 419-34 (1971). * Guilt and Punishment, 52 ''Personalist'' 305-21 (1971). * Persons and Punishment, 52 ''Monist'' 475-501 (1968). * John Austin, (edited by Paul Edwards). ''Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' Macmillan 209-11 (1967). * Punishment for Thoughts, 49 ''Monist'' 342-76 (1965). * Dean Pound's Jurisprudence, 13 ''Stanford Law Review'' 185-210 (1960). * Imperatives and Orders, XXVI ''Theoria'' 183-209 (1960). Reprinted as ''Imperatives and Orders''. Goeteborg (1960). * Verbal Disputes and the Legal Philosophy of John Austin, 7 ''UCLA Law Review'' 27-56 (1960).

References

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