L. W. Sumner

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

Sumner is currently Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and, since 2002, University Professor, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty. [ [http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/English/Complete-Index-of-University-Professors.html Complete index of University Professors] , University of Toronto's website. See also List of University of Toronto people.] Sumner received his doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1965, with a thesis supervised by Stuart Hampshire and Joel Feinberg. ['Normative Ethics and Metaethics', Princeton University, 1965, 269 pages; [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=756606751&sid=1&Fmt=1&clientId=12520&RQT=309&VName=PQD available] from ProQuest.] In 1990 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [ [http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page_id=96&lang_id=1&first_name=&last_name=sumner&academy=&institute_name=&year_election=&submit=Search List of Fellows] , Royal Society of Canada's website.]

Sumner is the author of four books, including "Welfare, Happiness and Ethics". [New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-824440-1.]

References

Selected Bibliography

By Sumner

*"A Matter of Life and Death", "Noûs" 10 (May, 1976), pp. 145-171
*"Classical Utilitarianism and the Population Optimum", in R.I. Sikora and B. Barry (eds.), "Obligations to Future Generations", Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978, ISBN 0-87722-132-4, pp. 91–111.
*"Abortion and Moral Theory", Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-691-07262-0.
*"The Moral Foundations of Rights", New York: Oxford University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-19-824751-6.
*"Welfare, Happiness and Ethics", New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-824440-1.
*"Something in between", in Roger Crisp and Brad Hooker (eds.), "Well-being and Morality: Essays in Honour of James Griffin", Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-823584-4, pp. 1-19.
*"The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression", Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8020-4239-2.

On Sumner

*William R. Carter. "Is There Life after Sumner-Death?" "The Southern Journal of Philosophy" 21 (1983), pp. 159-176.
*James Woods. "Utilitarian Abortion: Sumner on Abortion", "Dialogue" 24 (Fall 1985), pp. 671-682.
*David Sobel. "Sumner on Welfare", "Dialogue" 37 (Summer 1998), pp. 571-577.
*Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen. "L.W. Sumner’s Account of Welfare” in (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 on Desires and Well-being", "Canadian Journal of Philosophy" 32 (2002), pp. 475-490.
*John G. Slater. "Minerva's Aviary: Philosophy at Toronto, 1843-2003", Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8020-3870-0, pp. 458-466.
*Christopher Hugh Toner. "Aristotelian Well-Being: A Response to L. W. Sumner's Critique", "Utilitas" 18 (September 2006), pp. 218-231.

External links

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