{{short description|American philosopher}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = 21st-century philosophy |color = |image =Lara Denis.jpg |name = '''Lara Denis''' |birth_date = April 17, 1969 |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |school_tradition = | institutions = Agnes Scott College |main_interests = | thesis_title = Moral Self-Regard: Duties to Oneself in Kant's Moral Theory | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1996 | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas = | spouse = | education = Cornell University (PhD) | alma_mater = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |website = }}
'''Lara Denis''' (born April 17, 1969) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and Director of Ethics Program at Agnes Scott College.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara Denis, Ph.D. |url=http://www.compassion.life.edu/team/lara-denis-ph-d/ |website=Center for Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics}}</ref> She is known for her works on Kantian ethics.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Walla |first1=Alice Pinheiro |title=Review of Kant's Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |date=17 October 2016 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/kants-lectures-on-ethics-a-critical-guide/ |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mariña |first1=Jacqueline |title=Review of The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |date=15 February 2007 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/the-cambridge-companion-to-kant-and-modern-philosophy/ |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reath |first1=Andrews |title=Review of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical Guide |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |date=22 May 2012 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/kant-s-metaphysics-of-morals-a-critical-guide/ |issn=1538-1617}}</ref> Denis is a former President of Phi Beta Kappa (2007-2008).
==Books== *''Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015), co-editor with Oliver Sensen * ''Kant’s ‘Metaphysics of Morals’: A Critical Guide'' (Cambridge University Press, 2010) [editor] * ''Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals'' (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2005) [editor] * ''Moral Self-Regard: Duties to Oneself in Kant’s Moral Theory'' (New York: Garland 2001), part of the Studies in Ethics series, edited by Robert Nozick
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