Otfried Höffe (born 12 September 1943 in Leobschütz, Upper Silesia Province, Prussia) is a German philosopher and professor.

From 1964 to 1970, Höffe studied philosophy, history, sociology and theology at the universities of Münster, Tübingen, Saarbrücken and Munich.

In 2002, he also became constant guest professor for philosophy of law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

His main and most famous books, including Kant's Cosmopolitan Theory of Law and Peace translated by Cambridge University Press, deal with ethics, philosophy of law and economics, and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Aristotle.

In April 2020, Höffe was appointed by Minister-President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia to a 12-member expert group to advise on economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.