Jonathan Wolff (philosopher)

Jonathan Wolff
Born (1959-06-25) 25 June 1959
Nationality British
Alma mater University College London
Main interests
Political philosophy

Jonathan Wolff (born 25 June 1959) is a British philosopher and academic. He is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London.

Early life

Wolff was born on 25 June 1959 to Herbert Wolff and Doris Wolff (née Polakoff).[1] He earned his MPhil from UCL[2] under the direction of G.A. Cohen.[3]

Academic career

He was formerly the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and has been Editor and then 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 scholar on the topic of Marxism, Wolff published "Marx and Exploitation", an article about Marxist thinking, in The Journal of Ethics. He also co-edited (with Michael Rosen) Political Thought (ISBN 0-19-289278-9), an introductionary reader on political philosophy.

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 An Introduction to Political Philosophy. He currently writes a monthly column for The Guardian and occasionally blogs at Brian Leiter's "Leiter Reports" blog.

Jonathan Wolff presented a 4 part series about the UK's National Health Service for the BBC's Radio 3 programme 'The Essay' during the week of 27 July 2009.[4] The series, entitled "Doctoring Philosophy", marked the 60th anniversary of the NHS and commenced by studying the philosophical background which led to the foundation of the service and the changing definitions of sickness and health. It went on to explore entitlement, issues of equality of service, and issues of priorities in a world of universal access.

He is currently a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. He has been a member of two of the Council’s Working Parties; on the ethics of animal research,[5] and the ethics of personalised healthcare[6]

Bibliography

References

  1. "WOLFF, Prof. Jonathan". Who's Who 2014. A & C Black. December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Wolff, Jonathan. "Personal Homepage". University College London. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
  3. O'Grady, Jane (10 August 2009). "GA Cohen". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. "BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Doctoring Philosophy". Bbc.co.uk. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  5. Nuffield Council on Bioethics official website-animal research
  6. Nuffield Council on Bioethics official website-personalised healthcare

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