b. 1972
David Enoch is a moral philosopher and legal theorist at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, best known for defending robust moral realism — the view that objective, mind-independent moral facts exist and matter. His 2011 book Taking Morality Seriously offers one of the most systematic contemporary defenses of non-naturalist realism, engaging seriously with the epistemological and metaphysical challenges the view faces. He also works in legal philosophy, examining the normative foundations of law and authority.
Authored Taking Morality Seriously (2011), a landmark defense of robust non-naturalist moral realism
Developed influential responses to the companions-in-guilt argument linking moral and mathematical ontology
Advanced the 'why be moral' debate by grounding the normativity of morality in irreducibly normative facts
Contributed to philosophy of law on the nature of legal authority and its relationship to moral reasons
Challenged quasi-realist and constructivist metaethical positions through systematic argument