Laurence Houlgate

**Laurence D. Houlgate**
Laurence D. Houlgate
Born	Pasadena, California
Education	doctorate: University of California, Los Angeles
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.), California State University, Los Angeles (B.A.)
Spouse(s)	Torre Houlgate-West
Era	21st century Philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Institutions	California Polytechnic State University
Thesis	Knowledge, Action and Responsibility (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Herbert Morris
Main interests	political philosophy ethical theory philosophy of law
	Influences Plato, John Locke John Stuart Mill;

Laurence D. Houlgate (born 1938 in Pasadena, California) is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University. He was the Democratic Party candidate in the California State Assembly election, 2000 and California State Assembly election, 2002.^[1]^[2]

Books

Understanding Plato: The Smart Student's Guide to the Socratic Dialogues and The Republic (Smart Student's Guides to Philosophical Classics)
Understanding John Locke: The Smart Student's Guide to Locke's Second Treatise of Government (Smart Student's Guides to Philosophical Classics)
Understanding John Stuart Mill: The Smart Student's Guide to Utilitarianism and On Liberty (Smart Student's Guides to Philosophical Classics)
Morals, Marriage, and Parenthood: An Introduction to Family Ethics
Philosophy, Law and the Family: A New Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice)
The Child and the State: A Normative Theory of Juvenile Rights
Family and State: The Philosophy of Family Law
Children's Rights, State Intervention, Custody And Divorce: Contradictions in Ethics And Family Law (Problems in Contemporary Philosophy)

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