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Arthur Ripstein

Arthur Stephen Ripstein 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. He is known for his works on Kantian philosophy and is a winner of Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize.

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Arthur Ripstein
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Arthur Stephen Ripstein

(1958-06-12)June 12, 1958
SpouseKaren Weisman
AwardsKillam Prize (2021)
Education
EducationUniversity of Manitoba (BA)
Yale Law School (LLM)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
ThesisExplanation and Empathy in Commonsense Psychology (1986)
John Haugeland
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Kantianism
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Doctoral students
Helga Varden
Main interests
Legal philosophy, political philosophy

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

  • 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

References

  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.