Elizabeth Anderson
Philosophy professor
Elizabeth Anderson is a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan who writes on democracy, equality and the ethics of markets.
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Born 1959 in the United States
About Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson is a faculty member at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she has taught since 1987. Her fields are philosophy and women's studies. She designed the Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) major there and was its first director. Her research covers democratic theory, equality, racial integration, the ethical limits of markets and social epistemology. She wrote Value in Ethics and Economics and The Imperative of Integration, which received a 2011 Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Philosophical Association. Private Government is also among her books. She has also studied the political economy of work, including problems with how jobs are organized today and ways to improve life for workers.