'''Fred Feldman''' (born Newark,_New_Jersey, 1941) is an American Philosopher who specializes in ethical theory. He received his PhD. in philosophy from Brown_University, where he studied with Roderick_Chisholm. His doctoral dissertation concerned the metaphysics of identity. He is professor of philosophy at the University_of_Massachusetts – Amherst. His books include ''Doing the Best We Can'' (Kluwer, 1986), ''Confrontations with the Reaper'' (Oxford, 1992) and ''Pleasure and the Good Life'' (Oxford, 2004). He has written a number of journal articles on metaphysics, deontic logic, theory of intrinsic value, theory of personal welfare, morally right action, and death. Feldman, Fred Feldman, Fred