The Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the
University of Glasgow
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Scotland
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, which was established in 1727.
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James VI
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of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents. In 1727 separate chairs were instituted.
Professors of Moral Philosophy
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Gershom Carmichael
Gershom Carmichael (1672–1729) was a Scottish philosopher.
Gershom Carmichael was a Scottish subject born in London, the son of Alexander Charmichael, a Church of Scotland minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for ...
MA (1727)
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Francis Hutcheson MA LLD (1730)
* Thomas Craigie MA (1746)
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Adam Smith
Adam Smith (baptized 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by some as "The Father of Economics"——� ...
MA LLD (1752)
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Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (; 7 May ( O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he wa ...
MA DD (1764)
* Archibald Arthur MA (1796)
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James Mylne MA (1797)
* William Fleming MA DD (1839)
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Edward Caird MA DCL LLD (1866)
* Sir
Henry Jones CH MA LLD LittD FBA
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Alexander Dunlop Lindsay CBE MA (1922)
* Sir
Hector Hetherington
Sir Hector James Wright Hetherington (21 July 1888 – 15 January 1965) was a Scottish philosopher, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1927 to 1936, and Principal of the University of Glasgow until 1961.
Early life
H ...
GBE DL MA LLD DLitt D-es-L (1924)
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Archibald Allan Bowman
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Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
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MA LittD (1927)
* Sir
Oliver Shewell Franks
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Franks was involved in Britain's recovery after the S ...
GCMG KCB CBE MA LLD (1936)
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William Gauld Maclagan
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MA PhD (1946)
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Robert Silcock Downie
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MA BPhil FRSE (1969-2000)
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Alan Brian Carter BA MA DPhil (2005-2011)
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Glen Pettigrove (2017–present)
See also
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List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
References
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*''Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow''. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)
Moral Philosophy
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ...
Professorships in philosophy
1727 establishments in Scotland
Moral philosophers