| John Hospers Born: 9-Jun-1918
Birthplace: Pella, IA
Died: 12-Jun-2011
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Politician Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First Libertarian presidential candidate Received one electoral vote in 1972.
[1] Jesse Walker, "John Hospers, RIP", Reason, 13 June 2011.
University: BA, Central College, Pella, IA (1939)
University: MA Literature, University of Iowa (1941)
University: PhD Philosophy, Columbia University (1944)
Professor: Brooklyn College
Professor: California State University at Los Angeles
Professor: Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California
Advocates for Self-Government Board of Advisors
Objectivists
Dutch Ancestry
Author of books:
Meaning and Truth in the Arts (1946)
Readings in Ethical Theory (1952, ed., with Wilfrid Sellars)
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1957)
Readings in Introductory Philosophical Analysis (1968, ed.)
Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971)
Artistic Expression (1971)
The Literature of Ethics in the Twentieth Century (1980)
Human Conduct: Problems of Ethics (1982)
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