Frank Chapman Sharp

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Frank Chapman Sharp (July 30, 1866 – May 4, 1943) was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics, including business ethics and the ethical conduct of war.

Career

He received his BA from

University of Wisconsin, where he was promoted to full professor in 1905. He served as President of the Western Division of the American Philosophical Society
during the 1907-1908 term. Among Sharp's other publications are Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Moral Life (1902); A Study of the Influence of Custom on Moral Judgment (1908); A Course in Moral Instruction for the High School (1909); Syllabus on Moral Instruction (with Frederic James Gould, 1911); Ethics (1928); Business Ethics: Studies in Fair Competition (1937); Problems in Business Ethics (1937); and Good Will and Ill Will: A Study in Moral Judgments (1950), the last of which was published posthumously.

Philosophy

Sharp was among the first philosophers to focus on

utilitarian ethical positions. He is credited with being the first moral philosopher to use a variant of the now famous trolley problem in which a switchman must choose between saving many strangers or his own daughter from a runaway train.[2] A brief summary of Sharp's philosophy may be found in Richard Brandt's review of Sharp's Good Will and Ill Will.[3]

Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize

The Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize was established by the American Philosophical Society in 1990 to honor Sharp's memory. It is awarded every other year to the best unpublished essay or monograph on the philosophy of war and peace.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sharp, Frank Chapman; Fox, Philip G (1937). Business Ethics: Studies in Fair Competition.
  2. JSTOR 1411759
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  3. ^ The Philosophical Review, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Jul., 1951), pp. 400-402
  4. ^ "Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize - the American Philosophical Association".
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