The Regius Professorship of Moral Philosophy is a

Regius Chair A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and ...

at the

University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...

. It was created in the 16th century, in the early years of the university's existence.

List of Regius Professors

* 1760–1797: James Beattie * 1820–1821:

John Lee John Lee may refer to: Academia * John Lee (astronomer) (1783–1866), president of the Royal Astronomical Society * John Lee (university principal) (1779–1859), University of Edinburgh principal * John Lee (pathologist) (born 1961), English ...

* 1894–1900:

William Ritchie Sorley William Ritchie Sorley, FBA (; 4 November 1855 – 28 July 1935), usually cited as W. R. Sorley, was a Scottish philosopher. A Gifford Lecturer, he was one of the British Idealist school of thinkers, with interests in ethics. He was opposed to ...

* 1902–1924:

James Black Baillie Sir James Black Baillie, (24 October 1872 – 9 June 1940) was a British moral philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He wrote the first significant translation of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Mind." He is said to be the m ...

* 1924–1946: John Laird * 1947–1960: Donald M. MacKinnon * 1960–1981: Archibald Garden Wernham * 1996–2006: L. Gordon Graham * 2009–2012: Catherine Wilson

References

{{reflist Professorships at the University of Aberdeen

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