David Copp

{{short description|Canadian philosopher}}

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| institutions =University of California, Davis (2009-), Simon Fraser University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bowling Green State University (BGSU), University of Florida

|main_interests = moral philosophy, political philosophy

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| education = Cornell University (MA, PhD), York University (BA)

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David Copp is a Canadian philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California, United States. He is known for his work on moral and political philosophy.{{cite journal |last1=Shemmer |first1=Yonatan |title=Review of Constructivism in Ethics |journal=NDPR |date=17 March 2014 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/constructivism-in-ethics/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal |last1=Gampel |first1=Eric |title=Review of Morality in a Natural World: Selected Essays in Metaethics |journal=NDPR |date=11 April 2008 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/morality-in-a-natural-world-selected-essays-in-metaethics/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Richmond |title=David Copp, Morality, Normativity, and Society. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press1995. Pp. xii + 262. |journal=Canadian Journal of Philosophy |date=September 1997 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=423–444 |doi=10.1080/00455091.1997.10715959 |language=en |issn=0045-5091}}