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| Gideon Yaffe | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gideon Yaffe |
| Birth date | 1970s |
| Birth place | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University; Oxford University; Stanford University |
| Occupation | Philosopher; Professor |
| Notable works | "The Movement of Desertants"; "Responsible Conduct" |
| Institutions | Yale University; University of Oxford; Princeton University |
Gideon Yaffe Gideon Yaffe is an American philosopher known for work on moral psychology, criminal law, and decision theory. He holds a professorship at Yale University and has held visiting positions at Oxford University, Stanford University, and Princeton University. Yaffe's research often engages with historical and contemporary figures such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and David Hume, situating analytic arguments in dialogue with jurisprudence and cognitive science.
Yaffe was born in the United States and completed undergraduate studies at Harvard University where he studied with scholars influenced by Willard Van Orman Quine, Saul Kripke, and Hilary Putnam. He pursued graduate work at Oxford University under supervision influenced by the Analytic philosophy tradition associated with Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore, followed by doctoral studies at Stanford University in philosophy and law, where he engaged with faculty connected to H. L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin. During his education Yaffe interacted with contemporary philosophers including Thomas Nagel, Christine Korsgaard, and Martha Nussbaum.
Yaffe began his academic appointments with lectureships and fellowships at institutions such as Princeton University and later joined the faculty of Yale University. He has held visiting appointments at University of Oxford colleges and contributed to programs at Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School. Yaffe has supervised doctoral candidates who have gone on to positions at Columbia University, New York University, and University of Chicago. He has served on editorial boards for journals connected to American Philosophical Association conferences and has been involved in organizing symposia alongside scholars from The British Academy and the National Academy of Sciences.
Yaffe's work spans moral psychology, criminal responsibility, and the philosophy of action, drawing on debates initiated by figures like Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and David Hume. He has developed accounts of responsibility that interact with jurisprudential traditions traced to H. L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin, and engages with contemporary theorists such as John Martin Fischer, Michael Moore, and Gary Watson. In moral psychology Yaffe explores intentions and practical reasoning in conversation with work by Elizabeth Anscombe, Donald Davidson, and Philippa Foot. His analyses of criminal law interrogate doctrines influenced by cases from United States Supreme Court jurisprudence and statutes debated in legislatures including the United Kingdom Parliament and state assemblies in the United States Congress.
Yaffe advances a model of responsibility that integrates empirical findings from cognitive neuroscience produced at institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University College London with normative theorizing associated with John Rawls and Robert Nozick. He has argued about the normative implications of diminished control, drawing on experiments from laboratories such as those led by Daniel Kahneman and Antonio Damasio, while situating such empirical work within analytic frameworks developed by Gilbert Ryle and Wilfrid Sellars.
Yaffe is author of multiple monographs and a range of articles in leading outlets. His books include titles interacting with classic works, often cited alongside texts by Aristotle and Immanuel Kant. He has published in journals edited by organizations like the American Philosophical Association and contributed chapters to volumes produced by presses including Oxford University Press and Princeton University Press. Yaffe's essays appear in collections alongside contributions from Thomas Nagel, Martha Nussbaum, Christine Korsgaard, and Philip Pettit. He has also written shorter pieces for public venues connected to The New York Times opinion pages and fora hosted by Brookings Institution.
Representative articles and chapters by Yaffe examine issues such as mens rea, excuses, and moral luck, engaging with canonical legal cases decided by the United States Supreme Court and statutory frameworks like the Model Penal Code. His scholarly output has been cited in works by philosophers based at Harvard University, University of Oxford, Yale University, and Stanford University.
Yaffe has received fellowships and awards from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has been awarded prizes for essays by societies including the Philosophical Society and has been elected to fellowships in organizations like The British Academy and invited to lecture at the Columbia University Templeton Lectures series. He has also held named chairs supported by foundations associated with Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Yaffe participates in public discourse on law and ethics through media appearances on outlets such as NPR, BBC Radio, and op-eds in newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. He has testified before legislative committees in state capitals and engaged in amicus briefing in cases before the United States Supreme Court. Yaffe collaborates with interdisciplinary teams at centers including Yale Law School clinics, cognitive science laboratories at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and ethics centers affiliated with Oxford University.
Category:American philosophers Category:Yale University faculty