Professor Dorsey, who moved a couple of years ago from the University of Kansas to Oxford University, was perhaps best-known for his work in moral philosophy. Philosopher Aaron Garrett writes:

It is with great shock and sadness that I report the sudden passing of Dale Dorsey. Dale recently moved to Somerville College Oxford after having taught for many years at Kansas. As those who knew him will attest, Dale was an exemplary philosopher and a wonderfully open-minded human being full of curiosity, wit, and overflowing with good humor. As a philosopher he had great range and depth and published widely. He was of course a central figure in discussions of well-being and welfarism. His book The Limits of Moral Authority challenged entrenched assumptions about our requirement to conform to moral demands. His forthcoming book On Fellowship, where Dale argues for the importance of the many sociable pleasurable human interactions in a good life which are not love or even friendship, captures the pleasures of casually speaking with Dale about Kraftwerk or the pleasures of crate digging. Dale was also an insightful historian of philosophy and wrote important work on Francis Hutcheson, including the SEP entry. Dale is and will be profoundly missed.”

Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Dorsey or for those who would like to comment on the significance of his work.