Name Debra Satz | Role Philosopher | |
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Main interests Political philosophyPhilosophy of social sciencePhilosophy of economicsPhilosophy of educationEthicsFeminist philosophyFreedom of speechGlobal justiceDemocracyJusticeEthics and International relationsEthical Limits of Markets Books Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale: The Moral Limits of Markets Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1987), City College of New York (1978) Similar Harry Frankfurt, John Perry, Kenneth Allen Taylor | ||
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Debra Satz is an American philosopher at Stanford University. She is the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science. She is the Director of Stanford's Center on Ethics. She teaches courses in ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of social science.
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Her research has focused on the ethical limits of markets, the place of equality in political philosophy, theories of rational choice, democratic theory, feminist philosophy, and issues of international justice. She has had literature published in Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, The Journal of Philosophy, and World Bank Economic Review.

Satz received the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford’s highest teaching award, in 2004. The award cited her "extraordinary teaching that combines rigorous thought with serious engagement in the moral dilemmas facing humanity." She also co-founded and teaches in the Hope House Scholars Program, through which incarcerated women and volunteer faculty examine personal experience in the context of ethics, moral philosophy and social justice. Satz is now the Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities and the Arts.

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