 | John E. Hare |
John E. Hare, the newly named Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, has a wide scope of scholarly interests, from ancient philosophy and medieval Franciscan philosophy to the theory of the atonement and medical ethics.
He is especially known for his work in moral philosophy, particularly for examining the concept of morality from both the Christian perspective and the non-Christian approach of modern philosophers. He has written widely on the philosophers Kant and Kierkegaard.
In his best-known book, "The Moral Gap," Hare developed an account of humans' need for God's assistance to lead moral lives. The book was co-winner of the 1997 Institute for Advanced Christian Studies Book Prize. His book "God's Call" examines the divine command theory of morality, and his most recent book, "Why Bother Being Good?," explores both whether humans can be morally good and why they should be.
Hare is also author of "Plato's Euthyphro" and co-author of "Ethics and International Affairs."
The Yale theologian is a published composer of church music, and has sung with various choirs and orchestras. He directs singing groups in concerts and theatrical productions, and is an accomplished pianist.
A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, Hare earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He taught at Lehigh University for nearly 15 years before joining the faculty at Calvin College in 1989, and won Lehigh's Junior Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. He joined the Yale faculty in 2003. He has also served as a staff associate for the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., and was a high school teacher in Kashmir (India).
Hare was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and a visiting fellow in the humanities at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He also was an American Philosophical Association Congressional Fellow. He held prestigious lectureships at various universities (including the Stob Lectureship at Yale in 1999) and has been named the 2005 Gifford Lecturer -- an honor accorded to internationally noted theologians that invites them to lecture at universities in Scotland. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association.
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