Allen William Wood[2] (born October 26, 1942)[3] is an American philosopher specializing in the work of Immanuel Kant and German Idealism, with particular interests in ethics and social philosophy.
One of the world's foremost Kant scholars, he is the Ruth Norman Halls professor of philosophy at Indiana University,[1] Ward W. and Priscilla B.
In addition to popularising and clarifying the ethical thought of Kant, Wood has also mounted arguments against the validity of trolley problems in moral philosophy.
"[22] Along with Paul Guyer, Wood is general editor of the Cambridge Edition of Kant's Writings in English Translation,[23] having contributed to six volumes,[1] in particular the one of Critique of Pure Reason.
"[22] He has suggested that John Rawls and Onora O'Neill have "made people pay more serious attention to Kantian ethical theory.
[22] He has suggested that "the first fifty times I read the Groundwork I did not understand it at all, but accepted many of the common errors, because they were easy to commit and had become hallowed by generations of misreading by others.