b. 1942
Allen Wood (b. 1942) is an American philosopher best known for his scholarly work on Immanuel Kant's ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, as well as significant contributions to Hegel and Marx studies. He has taught at Yale, Cornell, Stanford, and Indiana University, and is regarded as one of the foremost Anglophone interpreters of the German idealist tradition. His work engages both the historical reconstruction of Kant's thought and its systematic application to contemporary moral problems.
Authored 'Kant's Ethical Thought' (1999), a definitive scholarly treatment of Kantian moral philosophy
Produced influential studies of Hegel's ethical and social philosophy
Contributed major works on Karl Marx's philosophy within the German idealist lineage
Developed systematic accounts of deception and self-deception as moral wrongs within a Kantian framework
Explored Kant's philosophy of religion including arguments about divine attributes and theodicy