David Copp is a Canadian philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

in Davis, California, United States. He is known for his work on

moral A moral (from Latin ''morālis'') is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. ...

and

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

Books

* ''Morality, Normativity, and Society'' (Oxford University Press, 1995) * ''Morality in a Natural World'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

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* 21st-century Canadian philosophers Canadian philosophy academics Living people University of California, Davis faculty Canadian political philosophers Cornell University alumni York University alumni Canadian ethicists University of Florida faculty Bowling Green State University faculty University of Illinois Chicago faculty Academic staff of Simon Fraser University Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-philosopher-stub