Fred Miller (philosopher)
Fred Dycus Miller Jr. is an American philosopher who specializes in Aristotelian philosophy, with additional interests in political philosophy, business ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy in science fiction. He is a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University.
Education and career
Miller is a 1966 graduate of Portland State University. and earned a Ph.D. in 1971 at the University of Washington. He took a faculty position at Bowling Green State University in 1972, was promoted to associate professor in 1977, and to full professor in 1982. He was executive director of the university's Social Philosophy and Policy Center from 1981 to 2012. He retired as a professor emeritus in 2013.He served as president of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy from 1998 to 2004.
Books
Miller is the author of Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics. He is the translator of Aristotle On the Soul: and Other Psychological Works, and of Alexander': On Aristotle Metaphysics 12.His edited volumes include:
- Human Rights
- Ethics & Economics
- A Companion to Aristotle's Politics
- The Good Life and the Human Good
- Economic Rights
- Altruism
- Liberalism and the Economic Order
- Property Rights
- Cultural Pluralism and Moral Knowledge
- Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy
- Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy
- Problems of Market Liberalism
- Bioethics
- Autonomy
- Freedom, Reason, and the Polis: Essays in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy
- Moral Obligation
- Liberalism and Capitalism
- ''Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Honor of David Keyt''