Robert Cavalier (born 1947) is an American philosopher and Teaching Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. Cavalier is currently Director of the Department of Philosophy’s Program for Deliberative Democracy (a winner of Good Government Award from the Pittsburgh League of Women Voters) and is known for his works on ethics and political philosophy. He is a former president of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy and a former director of CMU's Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy (2005-2007).

Books

* ''Approaching Deliberative Democracy: Theory and Practice'' (ed.), Carnegie Mellon University Press (2011) * ''Democracy for Beginners. For Beginners LLC'' (2009) * ''The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives'' (ed.), SUNY Press (2005)

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* * 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics 1947 births American political philosophers Living people New York University alumni Duquesne University alumni Carnegie Mellon University faculty American ethicists {{US-philosopher-stub