# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-feinberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:12.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-feinberg"
name: "Joel Feinberg"
slug: "joel-feinberg"
description: "Joel Feinberg was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political philosophy as well as individual rights and the authority of the state. Feinberg was one of the most influential figures in American law, jurisprudence and political science over the last fifty years."
tagline: "American legal philosopher (1926–2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-10-19"
deathDate: "2004-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.688950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joel Feinberg"
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    title: "جويل فاينبيرغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Feinberg"
    title: "Joel Feinberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joel_Feinberg"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Feinberg"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Feinberg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump