Christopher Warren Morris (born June 7, 1949) is professor and chair of philosophy at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the Flagship un ...

, where he is also a member of the Faculty of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy. His main research areas are moral,

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and

political philosophy Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

as well as practical rationality.

Early life

Morris gained his psychology and philosophy degree from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely fol ...

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in 1971, he went on to

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institu ...

to do both his philosophy master's (1974) and his philosophy doctorate (1977).

Academic career

From 1977 to 1982 he was the assistant professor of philosophy at the

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. Morris then spent a number of years as a visiting lecturer at a number of universities. In 1986 he took up a position as associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), he was made senior research fellow of BGSU's Social Philosophy & Policy Center in 1990, and from 1994 until he left in 2001 to go to the

, he was their professor of philosophy.

Selected bibliography

PhD thesis

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OCLC number 15826837

Books

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Chapters in books

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Journal articles

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References

External links

Profile: Christopher W. Morris
Professor & Chair, University of Maryland {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Christopher W. 21st-century Canadian philosophers Bowling Green State University faculty University of Maryland, College Park faculty University of Toronto alumni Vassar College alumni 1949 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)