Contemporary (20th-21st century) · Ethics & Epistemology
Michele Moody-Adams is a contemporary American philosopher specializing in ethics, political philosophy, and epistemology, with particular focus on moral progress, moral disagreement, and the social dimensions of knowledge. She has held academic positions at Cornell University and Columbia University, where she also served as Dean of Columbia College. Her work critically engages with the limits of cultural relativism and examines how societies can achieve moral improvement despite deep-seated disagreements.