Jonathan Wolff (philosopher)

Jonathan Wolff (born 1959) is a Professor and Head of Department specialising in political philosophy at University College London, in England. Wolff earned his MPhil from UCL [cite web | first=Jonathan | last=Wolff | title=Personal Homepage | url = http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctyjow/ | accessdate=2007-12-11] under the direction of G.A. Cohen. He is the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and honorary secretary of the Aristotelian Society, which publishes "Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society". Recently, Wolff's work has specialized in disadvantage and equality and public policy decision making.

As a leading scholar on the topic of Marxism, Wolff published " [http://www.springerlink.com/content/x242215475p21854/?p=a9f609e327aa419ab1abcef2ff2ee43e&pi=0 Marx and Exploitation] ", an influential article about Marxist thinking, in "The Journal of Ethics". He also co-edited (with Michael Rosen) "Political Thought" (ISBN 0-19-289278-9), a collection of essays on questions involving the relationship between human nature and the structure of society.

He has also published a critique of Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia" called "Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State", a short book on Karl Marx, "Why Read Marx Today?", and a leading introduction to political philosophy, "An Introduction to Political Philosophy". He currently writes a monthly column for "The Guardian" and occasionally blogs at Brian Leiter's "Leiter Reports" blog.

Bibliography

*cite book | title = Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State | publisher = Polity in association with Basil Blackwell | location = Oxford | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780745606033
*cite book | title = An Introduction to Political Philosophy | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford Oxfordshire | year = 1996 | isbn = 9780192892515
*cite book | coauthors= Michael Rosen | title = Political Thought | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford Oxfordshire | year = 1999 | isbn = 0192892789
*cite book | title = Why Read Marx Today? | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford Oxfordshire | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780192803351
*cite book | title = Disadvantage | publisher = Oxford University Press, USA | location = City | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780199278268

References

External links

* [http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctyjow/ Wolff's website at UCL]
* [http://philosophytalk.org/pastShows/KarlMarx.htm Radio interview] on Philosophy Talk