Arthur Ripstein

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Arthur Ripstein
Born
Arthur Stephen Ripstein

(1958-06-12)June 12, 1958
SpouseKaren Weisman
AwardsKillam Prize (2021)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba (BA)
Yale Law School (LLM)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
ThesisExplanation and Empathy in Commonsense Psychology (1986)
Academic work
Era21st-century philosophy
School or traditionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Doctoral studentsHelga Varden
Main interestsKantian philosophy
Notable worksForce and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy
Private Wrongs
Kant and the Law of War

Arthur Stephen Ripstein (born 12 June 1958) is a Canadian philosopher and Professor of Law and Philosophy and University Professor at the University of Toronto where he is Howard Beck QC Chair in law.[1] He is known for his works on Kantian philosophy and is a winner of Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize.[2]

Books[edit]

  • Private Wrongs (Harvard University Press, 2016)
  • Rules for Wrongdoers (Oxford University Press, 2021)
  • Kant and the Law of War (Oxford University Press, 2021)
  • Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 2009)
  • Equality, Responsibility and the Law (Cambridge University Press, 1998)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arthur Ripstein". University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
  2. ^ Wood, Allen. "Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.