Mortimer Raymond Kadish

Background

Mortimer Kadish was born on December 2, 1916, in New York, United States. He was a son of Samuel and Frances (Klein) Kadish.

Education

Mortimer Kadish studied at City College of New York where he received a Bachelor of Social Science degree in 1938. He also attended Columbia University and received a Master of Arts degree in 1939 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1950.

Career

Mortimer Kadish performed his military service from 1941 to 1945. In 1947, he started his career as a lecturer at the City College of New York and held this post until 1948. In 1948 he became a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University. In 1950 he started to work as a professor of philosophy and in 1985 he became professor emeritus. Kadish also worked as director of the program of philosophical studies from 1964 to 1966. He was department head at Case Western Reserve University from 1965 to 1967 and from 1972 to 1976.

Mortimer Kadish published his first novel, Point of Honor, in 1952. In 1968, he published Reason and Controversy in the Arts. He also wrote a book, Discretion to Disobey: A Study of Lawful Departures from Legal Rules, together with Sanford H. Kadish. His last book was published in 1994. Kadish is the author of many articles and reviews in philosophical journals.

Achievements

• Mortimer Kadish was an American writer and educator who was famous for his books The Ophelia Paradox and Discretion to Disobey. He was a Rockefeller Foundation fellow in 1951 and Ford Foundation fellow from 1954 to 1955. He also received Guggenheim Fellowship.

Works

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  • Discretion to Disobey: A Study of Lawful Departures from Legal Rules

    (This recognized study by philosophy professor Mortimer Ka...)

    1973
  • Reason and Controversy in the Arts

    (This study is a fresh and original attempt to liberate th...)

    1968
  • The Ophelia Paradox: An Inquiry into the Conduct of Our Lives

    (In the present time of discontent and emphasis on change ...)

    1994
  • Point of honor

    (Realistic war novel of U.S. artillerymen in the Italian c...)

    1952

Membership

Mortimer R. Kadish was a member of the American Association of University Professors, American Philosophical Association and American Society of Legal and Political Philosophy.

Connections

Mortimer Kadish married Ruth Morman on February 10, 1948. The marriage produced a daughter. Mortimer and Ruth divorced. Kadish married Emily Kostoroski on February 11, 1973.

Father:

Samuel Kadish

Mother:

Frances Klein

ex-wife:

Ruth Morman

Wife:

Emily Kostoroski

Daughter:

Joanne Kadish