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Wayne Sumner

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy

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  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy
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BIO

Leonard Wayne Sumner is a Canadian philosopher notable for his work on normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. Since 2002, he has been the University Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty. In 1990 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2009 he was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • University Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2002 - 2008
  • University Professor Emeritus
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2008 - present
  • Visiting Fellow
    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel2015 - 2015
  • H.L.A. Hart Visiting Fellowship
    University College at Oxford, United Kingdom2011 - 2011
  • Visiting Professor
    Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden1998 - 1998
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor
    Bowling Green State University, Ohio1986 - 1986

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    Princeton University, Princeton, United States1965
  • M.A.
    Princeton University, Princeton, United States1964
  • B.A.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1962

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