Barbara Herman
Barbara Herman | |
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Barbara Herman lecturing at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2011 | |
| Born | May 9, 1945 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Morality as Rationality: A Study of Kant's Ethics (1976) |
| Doctoral advisors | Stanley Cavell and John Rawls |
| Philosophical work | |
| Institutions | Department of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Main interests | |
| Website | philosophy |
Barbara Herman (born May 9, 1945) is the Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles Department of Philosophy. A well-known interpreter of Kant's ethics, Herman works on moral philosophy, the history of ethics, and social and political philosophy. Among her many honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship (1985-1986) and election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1995).