John Hare

John Hare (1949-present) is an influential philosopher specializing in ethics and philosophy of religion. Currently Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, Hare has made significant contributions to understanding the relationship between morality and religious belief. His major work, "The Moral Gap" (1996), argues that human moral aspirations exceed our natural capacities, requiring divine assistance to bridge this gap. Hare has developed sophisticated defenses of divine command theory and explored how evolutionary theory relates to ethics and religious belief. His other notable works include "God's Call" (2001) and "God and Morality: A Philosophical History" (2009). Educated at Oxford and Princeton, where he studied under prominent philosophers including R.M. Hare (his father), John Hare brings both analytical rigor and theological sensitivity to questions about God's existence, nature, and relationship to human morality. His work represents a significant contemporary attempt to demonstrate the philosophical coherence and necessity of theistic ethics.