Gerald Gaus

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Gaus (1952 – 19 August 2020) was an American philosopher and the founding editor of the academic journal ''Politics, Philosophy & Economics''. His last academic post was as the James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. His books include ''Public Reason and Diversity: Reinterpretations of Liberalism'' (2022), ''The Open Society and Its Complexities'' (2021), ''The Tyranny of the Ideal: Justice in a Diverse Society'' (2016), ''The Order of Public Reason'' (2011), ''On Philosophy, Politics, and Economics'' (2008), ''Contemporary Theories of Liberalism'' (2003), ''Political Concepts and Political Theories'' (2000), ''Justificatory Liberalism'' (1996), ''Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory'' (1990), and ''The Modern Liberal Theory of Man'' (1983).

Summing up his views on the modern state of ethical discussion in terms of present philosophy, Gaus remarked, Provided by Wikipedia