Elijah "Lije" Millgram (born 1958) is an American

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He is E. E. Ericksen Professor of Philosophy at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...

. His research specialties include practical reason and

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 ...

. Elijah Millgram received his Ph.D. from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in 1991. He taught at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

and

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...

before moving to Utah. He is a former fellow of the

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research institution at Stanford University designed to advance the frontiers of knowledge about human behavior and society, and contribute to the resoluti ...

and of the

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

, and is a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow.https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/elijah-millgram/ Guggenheim

Bibliography

* Millgram, E. (2019). ''John Stuart Mill and the Meaning of Life'

Oxford University Press. * Millgram, E. (2015). ''The Great Endarkenment: Philosophy for an Age of Hyperspecialization'

Oxford University Press. *Millgram, E. (2009). ''Hard Truths''

Wiley-Blackwell. * Millgram, E. (2005). ''Ethics Done Right: Practical Reasoning as a Foundation for Moral Theory'

Cambridge University Press. * Millgram, E. ed. (2001). ''Varieties of Practical Reasoning'

MIT Press. * Millgram, E. (1997). ''Practical Induction'

Harvard University Press.

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