Professor of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow
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The Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow
, Scotland
, which was established in 1727.
The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents. In 1727 separate chairs were instituted.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, which was established in 1727.
The Nova Erectio of King James VI 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
- Gershom CarmichaelGershom CarmichaelGershom Carmichael 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 his religious opinions...
MA (1727) - Francis Hutcheson MA LLD (1730)
- Thomas Craigie MA (1746)
- Adam SmithAdam SmithAdam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
MA LLD (1752) - Thomas ReidThomas ReidThe Reverend Thomas Reid FRSE , was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment...
MA DD (1764) - Archibald Arthur MA (1796)
- James Mylne MA (1797)
- William Fleming MA DD (1839)
- Edward CairdEdward CairdEdward Caird FRSE was a Scottish philosopher and younger brother of the theologian John Caird.He was the son of engineer John Caird, the proprietor of Caird & Company,...
MA DCL LLD (1866) - Sir Henry Jones CH MA LLD LittD FBA
- Alexander Dunlop LindsayAlexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of BirkerAlexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker CBE known as Sandie Lindsay, was a British academic and peer.-Early life:...
CBE MA (1922) - Sir Hector HetheringtonHector HetheringtonProfessor Sir Hector Hetherington GBE DL 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:...
GBE DL MA LLD DLitt D-es-L (1924) - Archibald Allan Bowman MA LittD (1927)
- Sir Oliver Shewell FranksOliver Shewell FranksOliver Shewell Franks, Baron Franks, OM, GCMG, KCB, CBE, DL was an English civil servant and philosopher who has been described as 'one of the founders of the post-war world'....
GCMG KCB CBE MA LLD (1936) - William Gauld Maclagan MA PhD (1946)
- Robert Silcock Downie MA BPhil FRSE (1969-2000)
- Alan Brian CarterAlan Carter (philosopher)Alan Brian Carter is the Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.He earned a BA at the University of Kent at Canterbury, an MA at the University of Sussex and a DPhil at St Cross College at the University of Oxford.Carter's first academic position was Lecturer in Political...
BA MA DPhil (2005-)