David gauthier biography

  • David gauthier biography

    • David gauthier biography

  • David gauthier biography wikipedia
  • The prisoners dilemma
  • David gauthier lmg
  • David gauthier ltt wife

    • The prisoners dilemma!

    David Gauthier

    Canadian philosopher (1932–2023

    David Gauthier

    FRSC

    Born(1932-09-10)10 September 1932

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada[3]

    Died9 November 2023(2023-11-09) (aged 91)
    EducationUniversity of Toronto (B.A.

    (Hons.), 1954)
    Harvard University (A.M., 1955)
    University of Oxford (B.Phil., 1957; D.Phil., 1961)

    EraContemporary philosophy
    RegionWestern philosophy
    SchoolAnalytic
    Contractarianism
    Contractarian ethics
    Classical liberalism[1]

    Main interests

    		Political philosophy, game theory, rational choice theory

    Notable ideas

    		Contractarian ethics (morals by agreement), constrained maximization, Gauthier's Lockean proviso[2]

    David GauthierFRSC (; 10 September 1932 – 9 November 2023) was a Canadian philosopher best known for his neo-Hobbesian or contractarian theory of morality, as developed in his 1986 book Morals by Agreement.

    Life and career

    David Gauthier was born in Toronto on 10 Sept