William Frankena
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William Klass Frankena (June 21, 1908, Manhattan, Montana - October 22, 1994, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American philosopher, professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Michigan, and author of several introductory textbooks on moral philosophy and the philosophy of education.
Frankena did his undergraduate studies at Calvin College, earned an M.A. from the University of Michigan, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was president of the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
The University of Michigan awards the Frankena Prize for Excellence in the Undergraduate Concentration in his honor.
[edit] Moral philosophy
William Frankena wrote primarily on virtue ethics.
[edit] Books
- Ethics, (Prentice-Hall Foundations of Philosophy Series).
- Introductory Readings in Ethics
- Philosophy of Education
- Thinking About Morality
- Three Historical Philosophies of Education: Aristotle, Kant, Dewey
- Perspectives on Morality
- Three Questions About Morality
