Herbert Morris (philosopher)

Herbert Morris (1928 – December 14, 2022) was an American philosopher, legal scholar, and literary critic, who spent his career at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He chaired the Board of Governors of the University's Humanities Research Institute from 1988 to 1990.

[1] After retirement, Morris continued to teach a popular lecture course at UCLA on Law, Philosophy and Literature.

Morris died at his home in Los Angeles on December 14 2022, at the age of 94.

[2] Professor Morris lectured and wrote widely on moral and legal philosophy and is best known for his ground-breaking book On Guilt and Innocence: Essays in Legal Philosophy and Moral Psychology (University of California Press, 1976).