Charles Taylor (1931–) "is a Canadian philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian. His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"—a humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to cultural, social, or political life.

Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, Ph.D in 1961).

He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and Philosophy at Northwestern University...." (from Wikipedia.com)

He is currently working on topics in social and political theory having to do with multiculturalism, secularization, and alternative modernities. (from faculty webpage at Northwestern)

His publications include Hegel (1975), Hegel and Modern Society (1979), Philosophical Papers, V.1: Human Agency & Language (1985); Philosophical Papers, V.2: Philosophy and the Human Sciences (1985); Sources of the Self (1989); and The Ethics of Authenticity (1991), and Multiculturalism (1994).