Yishai Cohen is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in normative ethics and metaethics, with particular focus on the temporal dimensions of moral obligation. His work examines how obligations are indexed to times and agents, contributing to debates about prospective duties and the structure of practical reason.
Developed accounts of time-indexed moral obligations and their constraints
Contributed to debates on prospective duties and future-directed obligations
Examined the relationship between practical reason and temporal indexing of norms