Annette Baier
Baier in 2008
Born	Annette Claire Stoop 11 October 1929 New Zealand
Died	2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 82) Dunedin,New Zealand
Education
Alma mater	University of Otago Somerville College, Oxford
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Ethics,feminist philosophy,philosophy of mind
Notable ideas	Givingtrust a significant role in ethics

Annette Claire Baier (néeStoop; 11 October 1929 – 2 November 2012)^[1][2] was a New Zealandphilosopher andHume scholar, focused in particular on Hume'smoral psychology. She was well known also for her contributions tofeminist philosophy and to the philosophy of mind, where she was strongly influenced by her former colleague,Wilfrid Sellars.

Baier earned bachelor's and master's degrees at theUniversity of Otago in her nativeDunedin,New Zealand. In 1952 she went toSomerville College, Oxford, where she earned her PhD and met fellow philosophersPhilippa Foot andG.E.M. Anscombe. For most of her career she taught in the philosophy department at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, having moved there fromCarnegie Mellon University. She retired to Dunedin.

She was former President of the Eastern Division of theAmerican Philosophical Association, an office reserved for the elite of her profession. Baier received an honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Otago in 1999.

Her husband was the philosopherKurt Baier.

Baier's approach to ethics is that women and men make their decisions about right and wrong based on different value systems: men take their moral decisions according to an idea ofjustice, while women are motivated by a sense oftrust orcaring. The history of philosophy having been overwhelmingly compiled by men, she suggests, leads to a body of thought which apparently ignores the role of nurture and trust in human philosophy.^[3]

• Baier, Annette (1985).Postures of the Mind: Essays on Mind and Morals.
• Baier, Annette (1991).A Progress of Sentiments: Reflections on Hume's Treatise.
• Baier, Annette (1995).Moral Prejudices. Harvard University Press.ISBN 9780674587151., including especially "What Do Women Want in an Ethical Theory?" and "The Need For More Than Justice".
• Baier, Annette (1997).The Commons of the Mind.Paul Carus lectures.
• Baier, Annette (2008).Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume. Harvard University Press.
• Baier, Annette (2009).Reflections on How We Live. Oxford University Press.
• Baier, Annette (2011).The Pursuits of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Life and Thought of David Hume. Harvard University Press.

• Baier, Annette (1983), "Knowing Our Place in the Animal World", in Miller, Harlan B.; Williams, William H. (eds.),Ethics and Animals, Clifton, New Jersey: Humana Press, pp. 61–77,ISBN 978-0-89603-053-4.
• Baier, Annette (2005), "The Need for More Than Justice", inCudd, Ann E.; Andreasen, Robin O. (eds.),Feminist theory: a philosophical anthology, Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 243–250,ISBN 9781405116619.

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