Richard Kraut Distinguished Visiting Professor

Richard Kraut interest's include moral and political philosophy, particularly in Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Some publications include: "Socrates and the State," Princeton (1984); "Aristotle and the Human Good," Princeton (1989); "Aristotle Politics Books VII and VIII," translation with commentary, Clarendon (1997); "Aristotle: Political Philosophy," Oxford (2002); "What is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being," Harvard (2007). Books edited include: "The Cambridge Companion to Plato," (1992); "Plato's Republic: Critical Essays," (1997); "Aristotle's Politics: Critical Essays," with Skultety, Rowman and Littlefield (2005); "The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics," (2006). Selected articles and recent work includes: "Return to the Cave: Republic 519-521", Oxford Reading in Philosophy: Plato: Ethics, Politics, Religion, and the Soul, ed. by Fine (1999); "Socrates," Encyclopaedia Britannica (2003); "Doing Without Morality: Reflections on the Meaning of Dein in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (2006); "How to Justify Ethical Propositions," The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, ed. by Kraut (2006); "The Examined Life," A Companion to Socrates, ed. by Ahbel-Rappe and Kamtekar (2006).[Complete CV]

phone: (919)962-2611

email: kraut@email.unc.edu