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| Name | John Hospers |
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, California , United States |
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June 09, 1918
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| Died | June 12, 2011
(93 years)
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| Contributor | Bob |
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| Info | John Hospers (born 9 June 1918) was the first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party, running in the 1972 presidential election. He has also been an educator, a magazine edior, and a prolific writer.
Hospers is presently Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. Hospers earned advanced degrees from the University of Iowa and Columbia University. He conducted research, wrote, and taught in areas of philosophy, including aesthetics and ethics. Early in his career, he taught philosophy at Brooklyn College and at California State University, Los Angeles.
Hospers' books include: Meaning and Truth in the Arts (1946), Introductory Readings in Aesthetics (1969), Artistic Expression (1971), Law and the Market (1985), Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (now in the 4th edition, 1996), Human Conduct (now in the 3rd edition, 1995), Understanding the Arts (1982), and Libertarianism – A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971). He was editor of three anthologies and has contributed to books edited by others. He has authored about 150 articles in various scholarly and popular journals.
Hospers was editor of The Personalist (1968-1982) and of The Monist (1982-1992). He is an editor of Liberty magazine.
He had become friends with Ayn Rand in 1961, and, according to the Daily Objectivist, "Hospers wasn't exactly a libertarian when he met Ayn Rand, but he largely came around to her way of thinking..." Recognizing that Rand's ethical system could also be supported by others unfamiliar with Objectivist epistemology and metaphysics, he codified a somewhat broader common principle that opposes the initiation of physical force (see non-aggression principle); this formulation later became the certification statement (or "pledge") required for membership in the United States Libertarian Party.
In the 1972 Presidential Election, Hospers and his vice-presidential running mate, Theodora Nathan, received 3,674 votes and one electoral vote from faithless elector Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia.
Following his unsuccessful presidential campaign, Hospers ran for governor of California as a Libertarian in 1974.
He endorsed George W. Bush for president of the United States in 2004.
In 2002, an hour-long video about his life, work, and philosophy was released by the Liberty Fund of Indianapolis as part of its Classics of Liberty series.
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