Professor David Oderberg, Head of the Department at the University of Reading, shared the following:
The Philosophy Department at the University of Reading is devastated to announce the death of Philip Stratton-Lake in December 2022, following a period of serious illness.
Philip was a much loved and respected colleague in the Department since he joined in 1998. He was an internationally reputed moral philosopher with expertise in a wide range of areas including meta-ethics, moral epistemology, Kantian ethics, contractualism, intuitionism, and Ross-style pluralism.
He was one of the world’s leading figures in the revival and defence of ethical intuitionism, writing the article on the topic for the Stanford Encyclopedia and editing a seminal volume (Ethical Intuitionism: Re-evaluations). He also edited the now standard edition of W.D. Ross’ The Right and the Good. Other work includes an important monograph on Kant (Kant, Duty and Moral Worth) along with many articles and chapters in collections.
The Department will miss Philip in so many ways: his jovial personality; his support for colleagues and students; the many teaching and managerial roles he took on with such success over the years; his fearsome philosophical skills, always tempered with fairness and open-mindedness; and his all-round collegiality, good sense, and down-to-earth nature.
A memorial notice will be available online in due course.
ADDENDUM: Comments are now open for those who want to share remembrances of Professor Stratton-Lake or comment on his work.
UPDATE: There is a longer memorial notice here. (Thanks to Professor Oderberg for the pointer.)
