Christopher Cordner

{{short description|Australian philosopher}}

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|name = Christopher Cordner

|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|30 December 1949}}

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|school_tradition = Analytic

| institutions = University of Melbourne

|main_interests = ethics

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| education = University of Oxford (PhD)

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|influences = Plato, Raimond Gaita

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|awards = Rhodes Scholarship (1972)

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Christopher Donald Cordner (born 30 December 1949) is an Australian philosopher and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.{{cite web |title=Christopher Cordner |url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/christopher-cordner |website=The Wheeler Centre |access-date=27 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=Christopher Cordner |url=https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/prof-christopher-cordner |website=Centre for ethics |access-date=27 October 2018 |language=en}}

He is known for his expertise on ethics.{{cite journal |title=Book Reviews |journal=The Philosophical Quarterly |date=October 2003 |volume=53 |issue=213 |pages=605–632 |doi=10.1111/1467-9213.00337 |language=en |issn=0031-8094}}{{cite journal |last1=Curthoys |first1=Jean |title=Understanding Others. "Ethical Encounter: The Depth of Moral Meaning", by Christopher Cordner. [review] |journal=Australian Book Review |date=September 2002 |url=https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/handle/2328/1626 |access-date=27 October 2018 |language=en |issn=0155-2864}}{{cite journal |last1=Westlund |first1=Andrea C. |title=Review of (Book 1) Narrative Identity and Moral Identity: A Practical Perspective; (Book 2) Practical Identity and Narrative Agency |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |date=2 April 2009 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/book-1-narrative-identity-and-moral-identity-a-practical-perspective-book-2-practical-identity-and-narrative-agency/ |access-date=27 October 2018 |issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal |last1=Gleeson |first1=Andrew |title='Philosophy, Ethics, and a Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita', edited by Christopher Cordner |journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy |date=30 August 2012 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=193–196 |doi=10.1080/00048402.2012.717955 |s2cid=170085391 |language=en |issn=0004-8402}}{{cite journal |last1=Lemmens |first1=Willem |title=Book Review: Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita, edited by Christopher Cordner |journal=Journal of Moral Philosophy |date=22 March 2014 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=233–236 |doi=10.1163/17455243-01102001 |language=en |issn=1745-5243}}{{cite journal |last1=Fetterolf |first1=Elianna |title=Philosophy, Ethics and A Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita Edited by Christopher Cordner Routledge, 2011, £65, pp. xv + 233 |journal=Philosophy |date=July 2012 |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=456–461 |doi=10.1017/S0031819112000228 |s2cid=170208153 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/philosophy-ethics-and-a-common-humanity-essays-in-honour-of-raimond-gaita-edited-by-cordner-christopherroutledge-2011-65-pp-xv-233/C08E39E3615D82A2E510D5AE3B4C910E |access-date=27 October 2018 |language=en |issn=1469-817X|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=McGhee |first1=Michael |title=ChristopherCordner (ed.), Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita (London: Routledge, 2011). xv + 239, price £65.00 hb. |journal=Philosophical Investigations |date=2 June 2014 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=281–285 |doi=10.1111/phin.12056 |language=en |issn=0190-0536}}

Cordner is a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship (1972).{{cite web |title=THEORY AND ANTI-THEORY IN ETHICS |url=http://www.flinders.edu.au/ehl/fms/hums_research/firthfocus/Philosophy%20Workshop.pdf |access-date=27 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=Rhodes Scholars at the University of Melbourne |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/rhodes-scholars |website=University of Melbourne |access-date=27 October 2018 |date=16 November 2017}}