Abraham Edel
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Abraham Edel was a North American philosopher and ethicist.
He was the younger brother of North American literary critic and biographer Leon Edel
, the uncle of composer Joel Mandelbaum
. He was married three times; the first two were fellow academics and co-authors.
Born in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
, he grew up in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
. Edel attended McGill University
, Oxford University, and Columbia University
. He taught at City College
for more than 40 years, and then held a research appointment at the University of Pennsylvania
until his death. He was the recipient of numerous academic honors.
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
He was the younger brother of North American literary critic and biographer Leon Edel
Leon Edel
Joseph Leon Edel was a North American literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel....
, the uncle of composer Joel Mandelbaum
Joel Mandelbaum
Joel Mandelbaum is an American music composer and teacher, best known for his use of microtonal tuning . He also has written the first Ph.D. dissertation on microtonality, in 1961. He is married to stained glass artist , and is the nephew of Abraham Edel.-Life & Music:Mandelbaum received his Ph.D...
. He was married three times; the first two were fellow academics and co-authors.
Born in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, he grew up in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton is a city located in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Founded and incorporated in 1882 by a group of settlers from Ontario, it has grown to 15,038 residents as of the 2006 census. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244 and the Rural...
. Edel attended McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Oxford University, and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He taught at City College
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
for more than 40 years, and then held a research appointment at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
until his death. He was the recipient of numerous academic honors.
Selected bibliography
- Ethical Judgment: The Use of Science in Ethics (1955)
- Method in Ethical Theory (1963)
- Anthropology and Ethics (1959) (with May Mandelbaum Edel)
- Exploring Fact and Value (1980)
- Analyzing Concepts in Social Science (1979)
- The Struggle for Academic Democracy: Lessons from the 1938 "Revolution" in New York's City Colleges (1990)
- Critique of Applied Ethics: Reflections and Recommendations (1994) (with Elizabeth Flower and Finbarr W. O'Connor)
External links
- Obituary at the CUNY Graduate Center
- Obituary at the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
- University of Pennsylvania faculty listing
- Abraham Edel Papers, 1925-1974 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Special Collections Research Center