b. 1959
Alastair Norcross is a contemporary moral philosopher best known for his work in normative ethics, particularly his defense of scalar consequentialism. He argues that moral evaluation is a matter of degree rather than binary right/wrong categorization, and has contributed influential work on the ethics of our treatment of animals.
Developed and defended scalar consequentialism as an alternative to traditional maximizing consequentialism
Authored 'Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Cases', a widely cited argument against factory farming
Advanced the distinction between harmful conduct and moral wrongdoing
Contributed influential work on the doctrine of doing and allowing harm
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder