James Patrick Griffin (8 July 1933 – 21 November 2019)[1] was an American-born philosopher, who was White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1996 to 2019.
Griffin was educated at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, and Yale University, obtaining a BA in 1955.
[3] Griffin visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong in spring, 2010, as its thirteenth Tang Chun-I Visiting Professor,[4] conducting a four-week graduate seminar What, if anything, can Philosophy Contribute to Normative Ethics?
[6] Griffin published five books: Wittgenstein’s Logical Atomism (1965);[7] Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement, and Moral Importance (1988);[8] Value Judgement: Improving our Ethical Beliefs (1996);[9] On Human Rights (2008);[10] What Can Philosophy Contribute to Ethics?
[12] His publications include: "Professor Jim Griffin, moral philosopher who inspired his Oxford undergraduates for more than three decades" – Daily Telegraph obituary archived by Wayback Machine