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Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy (3238)

240 E. Cameron, 101-B Caldwell Hall
Campus Box 3125
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3125
919-627-1403 (phone)
sayre-mccord@unc.edu

B.A. Oberlin College, 1979
M.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1981
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1986

Research Interests

Professor Sayre-McCord has published extensively on moral theory, epistemology, and modern philosophy, and has edited Essays on Moral Realismand Hume: Moral Philosophy. Currently, his research has focused on the nature of normative concepts, on evolution and morality, and on Adam Smith’s theory of moral sentiments.

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