{{Short description|American philosopher}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = 21st century Philosophy |color = |image = |name = '''Susan Meld Shell''' |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|3|24}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |school_tradition = German idealism | institutions = Boston College |main_interests = political philosophy, Kantian philosophy | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas = | spouse =Marc Shell | education = | alma_mater = Cornell University (A.B.), Harvard University (Ph.D.) |awards = NEH Fellowship, Bradley Foundation Fellowship, ACLS Fellowship |website = }}
'''Susan Meld Shell''' (born March 24, 1948) is an American philosopher and Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston College. She is known for her research on Kantian philosophy.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Riley|first1=Patrick|title=On Susan Shell's 'Kant's Theory of Property'|journal=Political Theory|volume=6|issue=1|pages=91–99|doi=10.1177/009059177800600106|year=1978|s2cid=144414954}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Shell, Boston College · The Murphy Institute|url=http://murphy.tulane.edu/events/1178/1054|website=Murphy Institute|accessdate=25 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Kant and the Limits of Autonomy'' (Harvard University Press, 2009) * ''The Embodiment of Reason: Kant on Spirit, Generation and Community'' (University of Chicago Press, 1996) * ''The Rights of Reason: A Study of Kant's Philosophy and Politics'' (University of Toronto Press, 1980) * ''America at Risk: Threats to Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty'', edited by Susan Shell and Robert K. Faulkner (University of Michigan Press, 2009) * ''Kant's 'Observations' and 'Remarks': A Critical Guide'', edited by Susan Shell and Richard Velkley (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
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==External links== * [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/political-science/people/faculty-directory/susan-shell.html Susan Shell at Boston College]
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