伊丽莎白-安德森 哲学家

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Elizabeth Anderson
Philosopher | Class of 2019
Employing pragmatist methods to examine the ways that various institutions, policies, and social practices serve to promote or hinder conditions of democratic equality


Portrait of Elizabeth Anderson

Title
Philosopher
Affiliation
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Age
59 at time of award
Area of Focus
Philosophy
Website
Personal Website
University of Michigan: Elizabeth Anderson
Published September 25, 2019
ABOUT ELIZABETH'S WORK
Elizabeth Anderson is a philosopher examining how evolving concepts of freedom and equality are experienced in our daily lives. She combines a high level of analytical rigor with a pragmatist methodology in her investigations of the ways various institutions, policies, and social practices structure relations among people and serve to promote or hinder conditions of democratic equality and human flourishing.

In an extensive body of work, Anderson formulates principles based on empirical evidence about problems of practical importance and urgency—from the persistence of racial segregation to the authoritarian aspects of the modern workplace—instead of engaging in thought experiments or posing hypothetical questions about an ideal world. She has made pivotal contributions to a number of philosophical debates on such subjects as the ethical limitations of markets, the effects of gendered distributions of power on the production and reception of knowledge, and the concept of equality. As she articulates in her 1999 paper “What Is the Point of Equality?” Anderson understands equality to be fundamentally concerned with equal relations among people rather than the equal distribution of goods, such as income and wealth. She builds upon this landmark paper in her book The Imperative of Integration (2010), which incorporates decades of economic, sociological, and psychological research on the effects of racial segregation as a cause of status inequality between black and white Americans. In her lectures-turned-book Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk About It) (2017), Anderson calls attention to the ways that many employers—from corporate firms and retail stores to processing plants and restaurants—exercise a far more sweeping scope of power and arbitrary authority over workers’ lives, speech, and privacy than is fully acknowledged in public discourse surrounding the liberating effects of a free market economy. Her argument offers a valuable lens through which to consider how workers might be given more of a voice in workplace governance, particularly for those at the lower levels of the labor market.

Anderson is currently working on a history of egalitarianism, focusing on the history of the abolitionist movement in Britain as a central case study to demonstrate how the collective updating of normative beliefs can lead to progressive change and the broad transformation of moral consciousness. By applying a pragmatist’s approach to critical issues facing American society and the world at large, Anderson is demonstrating how philosophy conducted in close engagement with social science and historical research can offer profound, practical insights into how we might live together more justly.

BIOGRAPHY
Elizabeth Anderson received a BA (1981) from Swarthmore College and an AM (1984) and PhD (1987) from Harvard University. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1987, where she is currently John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. Anderson’s additional publications include Value in Ethics and Economics (1993) as well as numerous journal articles and essays in anthologies and collections.



伊丽莎白-安德森
哲学家 | 2019级
采用实用主义方法研究各种机构、政策和社会实践如何促进或阻碍民主平等的条件。


伊丽莎白-安德森的肖像

标题
哲学家
工作单位
密歇根大学哲学系
工作地点
安阿伯，密歇根州
年龄
获奖时59岁
重点领域
哲学
网站
个人网站
密歇根大学。伊丽莎白-安德森
2019年9月25日发布
关于Elizabeth的工作
伊丽莎白-安德森是一位哲学家，研究不断发展的自由和平等概念如何在我们的日常生活中得到体验。她在调查各种机构、政策和社会实践如何构建人与人之间的关系，以及如何促进或阻碍民主平等和人类繁荣的条件时，将高度的分析严谨性与实用主义方法相结合。

在大量的工作中，安德森根据对具有实际重要性和紧迫性的问题--从种族隔离的持续存在到现代工作场所的专制方面--的经验证据来制定原则，而不是参与思想实验或提出关于理想世界的假设性问题。她对一些哲学辩论做出了关键性的贡献，如市场的伦理限制、权力的性别分配对知识的生产和接受的影响以及平等的概念等问题。正如她在1999年的论文《平等的意义何在？安德森认为，平等从根本上说涉及到人与人之间的平等关系，而不是商品的平等分配，如收入和财富。她在《融合的必要性》（2010年）一书中以这篇具有里程碑意义的论文为基础，将几十年来关于种族隔离作为美国黑人和白人之间地位不平等的原因的经济、社会学和心理学研究融入其中。在她由讲座变成的书中，私人政府。雇主如何统治我们的生活（以及为什么我们不谈论它）（2017年），安德森呼吁注意许多雇主--从公司和零售店到加工厂和餐馆--对工人的生活、言论和隐私行使更广泛的权力和任意的权力，而不是在围绕自由市场经济的解放效应的公共讨论中被完全承认。她的论点提供了一个有价值的视角，通过这个视角可以考虑如何在工作场所管理中给予工人更多的话语权，特别是对于那些处于劳动力市场低层的工人。

安德森目前正在研究平等主义的历史，重点是将英国废奴运动的历史作为一个核心案例，以证明规范性信仰的集体更新如何能够导致进步的变化和道德意识的广泛转变。通过将实用主义者的方法应用于美国社会和整个世界面临的关键问题，安德森展示了在社会科学和历史研究的密切参与下进行的哲学如何能够为我们如何更公正地生活在一起提供深刻的、实用的见解。

个人简历
伊丽莎白-安德森在斯沃斯莫尔学院获得学士学位（1981年），在哈佛大学获得硕士学位（1984年）和博士学位（1987年）。她于1987年加入密歇根大学，目前是约翰-杜威杰出大学哲学和妇女研究教授以及阿瑟-F-图尔瑙教授。安德森的其他出版物包括《伦理学和经济学的价值》（1993年）以及许多期刊文章和文集中的论文。