Jonathan Wolff (philosopher)

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Jonathan Wolff (1959 - ) is a Professor and Head of Department specialising in political philosophy at University College London, in England. He is married, and has one son named Max. Wolff earned his MA from University College 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 Marx and Exploitation, an influential article about Marxist thinking, in The Journal of Ethics [1]. 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 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.