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Leonard Wayne Sumner (born 18 May 1941) [ 1 ] is a Canadian philosopher notable for his work on normative and applied ethics , political philosophy , and the philosophy of law ....

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Leonard Wayne Sumner (born 18 May 1941)[1] is a Canadianphilosopher notable for his work on normative and appliedethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. Sumner is University Professor Emeritus of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.[2]

Education and career

Educated at the University of Toronto Schools, Sumner received his bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1965, with a thesis supervised by Stuart Hampshire and Joel Feinberg.[3]

Since 2002, he has been a University Professor, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty.[4] In 1990 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5] In 2009 he was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.[6]

Philosophical work

Sumner is the author of four books, including Welfare, Happiness and Ethics.[7]

Selected bibliography

Books

  • Sumner, L.W. (1981). Abortion and moral theory. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691072623.
  • Sumner, L.W. (1987). The moral foundations of rights. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198247517.
  • Sumner, L.W. (1996). Welfare, happiness and ethics. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198244400.
  • Sumner, L.W. (2004). The hateful and the obscene: studies in the limits of free expression. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802042392.

Chapters in books

  • Sumner, L.W. (1978), "Classical utilitarianism and the population optimum", in Sikora, R.I.; Barry, Brian (eds.), Obligations to future generations, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, pp. 91–111, ISBN 9781874267317.
  • Sumner, LW (2000), «Something in between», en Crisp, Roger ; Hooker, Brad (eds.), Well-being and morality: essays in honour of James Griffin , Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, pp. 1–19 , ISBN  9780198235842.
  • Sumner, LW (2005), «Crímenes de odio, literatura y discurso», en Frey, RG ; Heath Wellman, Christopher (eds.), A companion to applied ethics , Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, Oxford, Reino Unido Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing , pp. 89–101 , doi : 10.1002/9780470996621.ch11 , ISBN  9781405133456.

Artículos de revistas

  • Sumner, LW (mayo de 1976). "Una cuestión de vida o muerte". Noûs . 10 (2). Wiley : 145–171 . doi : 10.2307/2214573 . JSTOR 2214573 . 

Referencias

  1. ↑ "Sumner, LW" Biblioteca del Congreso . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2015. [Sumner, Leonard Wayne;] [n. 18 de mayo de 1941]
  2. ↑ Universidad de Toronto, Departamento de Filosofía. Archivado el 10 de marzo de 2007 en Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ 'Ética normativa y metaética', Universidad de Princeton, 1965, 269 páginas; disponible en ProQuest .
  4. ↑ Índice completo de profesores universitarios archivado el 16 de mayo de 2006 en Wayback Machine , sitio web de la Universidad de Toronto. Véase también Lista de personas de la Universidad de Toronto .
  5. ↑ Lista de miembros , sitio web de la Real Sociedad de Canadá.
  6. ↑ "Sumner gana el premio Molson" (PDF) . Noticias de filosofía (otoño de 2009). Universidad de Toronto, Departamento de Filosofía: 1. Consultado el 13 de enero de 2022 .
  7. ↑ Nueva York: Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-824440-1.

Lecturas adicionales

  • William R. Carter. "¿Hay vida después de la muerte de Sumner?" The Southern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1983), pp.  159–176.
  • James Woods. "Aborto utilitario: Sumner sobre el aborto", Dialogue 24 (otoño de 1985), págs.  671–682.
  • David Sobel. "Sumner sobre el bienestar", Dialogue 37 (verano de 1998), págs.  571–577.
  • Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen. "LW Sumner's Account of Welfare" en (Eds.) Juan José Acero, Francesc Camós Abril, Neftalí Villanueva Fernández Actas del III Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica , Granada (2001), 281–285.
  • Krister Bykvist. "Sumner sobre los deseos y el bienestar", Revista Canadiense de Filosofía 32 (2002), págs.  475–490.
  • John G. Slater. El aviario de Minerva: Filosofía en Toronto, 1843-2003 , Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8020-3870-0, págs.  458–466.
  • Christopher Hugh Toner. "El bienestar aristotélico: una respuesta a la crítica de LW Sumner", Utilitas 18 (septiembre de 2006), págs.  218-231.
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