Richard W. Miller

Richard W. Miller (1945 to 2023) was the Wyn and William Y. Hutchinson Professor in Ethics and Public Life in the Department of Philosophy at Cornell University and director of its Program on Ethics and Public Life. He specialized in moral philosophy, political philosophy and the philosophy of science. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1975 and spent his whole academic career at Cornell. He is best known for work in social and political philosophy, and his books include Analyzing Marx: Morality, Power and History, published in 1984, Fact and Method, published in 1987, and Moral Differences, published in 1992.