Robert C. Solomon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert C. Solomon
American philosopher
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1942
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jan-2007
Profession: philosopher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Robert C. Solomon
- Robert C.
- Solomon (September 14, 1942 – January 2, 2007) was an American professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for more than 30 years.
- Professor Solomon won many teaching honors, including the Standard Oil Outstanding Teaching Award in 1973; the University of Texas President's Associates Teaching Award (twice); a Fulbright Lecture Award; University Research and National Endowment for the Humanities Grants; and the Chad Oliver Plan II Teaching Award in 1998. Professor Solomon authored and edited more than 45 books, including The Passions, About Love, Ethics and Excellence, A Short History of Philosophy with Professor Kathleen Higgins, A Better Way to Think about Business, The Joy of Philosophy, Spirituality for the Skeptic, Not Passion's Slave, and In Defense of Sentimentality.
- He also wrote about business ethics in Above the Bottom Line, It’s Good Business, Ethics and Excellence, New World of Business and A Better Way to Think about Business.
- He had designed and provided programs for corporations and organizations around the world and his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His Ethics and Excellence renewed in business ethics - philosophers and managers alike - an interest in Aristotelian virtue ethics, which he explained so that it could be applied to management development and leadership training.
- This caused the misunderstanding with some authors (Crane/Matten, Business Ethics - A European Perspective) that virtue ethics was a modern approach,unaware of the roots in Aristotle.
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