Background
Donagan, Alan Harry was born on February 10, 1925 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Harry Cyril and Ruby Evelyn (Evans) Donagan. came to the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1983.
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Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action (Routledge Library Editions Free Will and Determinism)
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Modern philosophy has obscured key elements of works that distinguished the part of human behaviour that is action from that which is not. Donagan takes those elements and analyses them in terms of defensible semantics on Fregean lines.
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Theory of Morality
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The Theory of Morality
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"Let us . . . nominate this the most important theoretical work on ethical or moral theory since John Rawls's Theory of Justice. If you have philosophical inclinations and want a good workout, this conscientious scrutiny of moral assumptions and expressions will be most rewarding. Donagan explores ways of acting in the Hebrew-Christian context, examines them in the light of natural law and rational theories, and proposes that formal patterns for conduct can emerge. All this is tightly reasoned, the argument is packed, but the language is clear."—Christian Century "The man value of this book seems to me to be that it shows the force of the Hebrew-Christian moral tradition in the hands of a creative philosopher. Throughout the book, one cannot but feel that a serious philosopher is trying to come to terms with his religious-moral background and to defend it against the prevailing secular utilitarian position which seems to dominate academic philosophy."—Bernard Gert, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
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Alan Harry Donagan
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Alan Harry Donagan, Australian, American philosophy educator. Fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1972-1973, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1976-1977, Institute for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1976-1977, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986-1991. Member American Philosophical Association (president central division 1980-1981), Institut International de Philosophie, Aristotelian Society.
Education
Bachelor, University Melbourne, 1946. Master of Arts, University Melbourne, 1951. Bachelor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1954.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Ripon College, 1983.
Career
Senior lecturer, University College, Canberra, Australia, 1954-1956; assistant professor philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1956-1957; associate professor, chairman philosophy Department, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1957-1961; professor philosophy, department chairman, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1961-1964; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1965-1969; professor, University of Chicago, 1970-1984; Phyllis Fay Horton professor humanities, University of Chicago, 1977-1984; professor philosophy, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1984-1991; Doris and Henry Dreyfuss professor philosophy, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1989-1991. Consultant Encyclopedia Britannica., Chicago, from 1971.
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The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 2: Action, Reason, and Value
( A major voice in late twentieth-century philosophy, Ala...)
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Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action (Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism) (Volume 2)
( This book, first published in 1987, investigates what d...)
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Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action (Routledge Library Editions Free Will and Determinism)
(Modern philosophy has obscured key elements of works that...)
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The Theory of Morality
( "Let us . . . nominate this the most important theoreti...)
- Theory of Morality
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The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 2: Action, Reason, and Value
Membership
Member American Philosophical Association (president central division 1980-1981), Institut International de Philosophie, Aristotelian Society.
Connections
Son of Harry Cyril and Ruby Evelyn (Evans) D. M. Barbara Lynn Galley, August 18, 1951.
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Resting place
Buried Church of the Ascension, Sierra Madre, California -
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Australian American -
Religion
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1946
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1951
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1954
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1983
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1954 - 1956
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1956 - 1957
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1961 - 1964
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1961 - 1964
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1965 - 1969
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1970 - 1984
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1984 - 1991
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Fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1972-1973, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1976-1977, Institute for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1976-1977, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986-1991.Fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1972-1973, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1976-1977, Institute for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1976-1977, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986-1991.