David W. Shoemaker (born 1964) is an American philosopher who currently serves as the Wyn and William Y. Hutchinson Professor in Ethics and Public Life at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. He is known for his works on

moral philosophy Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied et ...

Books

* ''Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life'', forthcoming with University of Chicago Press 2024 * ''Responsibility from the Margins'', Oxford University Press 2015 * ''Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction'', Broadview Press, 2009

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Personal website

Curriculum Vitae
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