Geoffrey Sayre-McCord

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
Born (1956-12-10) December 10, 1956
Boston, Massachusetts
Residence Durham, North Carolina
Nationality United States
Education BA from Oberlin College and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh
Occupation philosopher, professor, author
Employer University of North Carolina
Website http://philosophy.unc.edu/sayre-mccord.htm

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (né McCord, born December 10, 1956) is a philosopher who works in moral theory, meta-ethics, the history of ethics, and epistemology. He has written extensively in these areas. He is known especially for his work on moral realism and on David Hume's moral theory. He has also written on contractualism. His Essays on Moral Realism is widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses on meta-ethics and he was, for five years, a co-editor of the journal Noûs. Sayre-McCord received his BA from Oberlin College and his PhD (under the direction of David Gauthier) from the University of Pittsburgh. The recipient of several university-wide teaching awards, Sayre-McCord is the Morehead-Cain Alumni Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program at the University of North Carolina, where he has taught since 1985.

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