Preston K. Covey, Jr. (29 August 1942 - 18 September 2006) was the head of the

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department at

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, United States, during the later part of the twentieth century. Covey, who earned his

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. jointly through the philosophy department and the humanities graduate programs at

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, founded the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics (CAAE). The

Covey Award {{use mdy dates, date=September 2013 The Covey Award was established in 2008 by the International Association for Computing and Philosophy, to recognise "accomplished innovative research, and possibly teaching that flows from that research, in the ...

is named after him.

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