Facts: - employer: new for social research york university , brooklyn college , new school - known for: editor-in-chief of macmillan 's '' encyclopedia of philosophy '' - death date: 09 december 2004 - education: ba , 1949 -rrb- , ma in philosophy -lrb- university of melbourne - birth date: 02 september 1923 - name: paul edwards - death place: new york - birth place: vienna , austria - occupation: philosopher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul edwards -lrb- philosopher -rrb- .
paul edwards -lrb- september 2 , 1923 -- december 9 , 2004 -rrb- was an austrian-american moral philosopher .he was the editor-in-chief of macmillan 's eight-volume '' encyclopedia of philosophy '' from 1967 , and lectured at new york university , brooklyn college and the new school for social research from the 1960s to the 1990s .