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{{Infobox philosopher | honorific_prefix = | name = L. W. Sumner | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = Leonard Wayne Sumner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|05|18}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = Canadian | religion = | alma_mater = Princeton University | notable_works = | awards = Molson Prize | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | era = | region = | school_tradition = | institutions = University of Toronto | main_interests = Law and philosophy | notable_ideas = | influences = Stuart Hampshire, Joel Feinberg | influenced = | website = }}Leonard Wayne Sumner (born 18 May 1941),[1] is a Canadian philosopher notable for his work on normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. Sumner is University Professor Emeritus of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.[2] Since 2002, he has been a University Professor, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty.[3] Educated at the University of Toronto Schools, Sumner received his bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1965, with a thesis supervised by Stuart Hampshire and Joel Feinberg.[4] In 1990 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5] In 2009 he was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.[6] Sumner is the author of four books, including Welfare, Happiness and Ethics.[7] Selected bibliography Books - {{cite book | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | title = Abortion and moral theory | publisher = Princeton University Press | location = Princeton, New Jersey | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780691072623 }}
- {{cite book | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | title = The moral foundations of rights | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780198247517 }}
- {{cite book | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | title = Welfare, happiness and ethics | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 1996 | isbn = 9780198244400 }}
- {{cite book | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | title = The hateful and the obscene: studies in the limits of free expression | publisher = University of Toronto Press | location = Toronto | year = 2004 | isbn = 9780802042392 }}
Chapters in books - {{citation | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | contribution = Classical utilitarianism and the population optimum | editor-last1 = Sikora | editor-first1 = R.I.|editorlink1=R. I. Sikora | editor-last2 = Barry | editor-first2 = Brian |editorlink2=Brian Barry | title = Obligations to future generations | pages = 91–111 | publisher = Temple University Press | location = Philadelphia | year = 1978 | isbn = 9781874267317 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}
- {{citation | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | contribution = Something in between | editor-last1 = Crisp | editor-first1 = Roger |editorlink1=Roger Crisp| editor-last2 = Hooker | editor-first2 = Brad |editorlink2=Brad Hooker| title = Well-being and morality: essays in honour of James Griffin | pages = 1–19 | publisher = Clarendon Press Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780198235842 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}
- {{citation | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | contribution = Hate crimes, literature, and speech | editor-last1 = Frey | editor-first1 = R.G. |editorlink1=R. G. Frey | editor-last2 = Heath Wellman | editor-first2 = Christopher|editorlink2=Christopher Heath Wellman | title = A companion to applied ethics | pages = 89–101 | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | series = Blackwell Companions to Philosophy | location = Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/9780470996621.ch11 | isbn = 9781405133456 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}
Journal articles - {{Cite journal | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | title = A matter of life and death | journal = Noûs | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 145–171 | publisher = Wiley | date = May 1976 | jstor = 2214573 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}
References1. ^{{cite web |title= Sumner, L. W. |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80166779.html |publisher= Library of Congress |accessdate= 5 March 2015 |quote= [Sumner, Leonard Wayne;] [b. May 18, 1941] }} 2. ^University of Toronto, Philosophy Department {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310204152/http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/people/profile.html?id=308 |date=2007-03-10 }} 3. ^Complete index of University Professors {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516083215/http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/English/Complete-Index-of-University-Professors.html |date=2006-05-16 }}, University of Toronto's website. See also List of University of Toronto people. 4. ^'Normative Ethics and Metaethics', Princeton University, 1965, 269 pages; available from ProQuest. 5. ^List of Fellows, Royal Society of Canada's website. 6. ^Philosopher Wayne Sumner wins Molson Prize{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 7. ^New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, {{ISBN|0-19-824440-1}}.
Further reading - William R. Carter. "Is There Life after Sumner-Death?" The Southern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1983), pp. 159–176.
- James Woods. "Utilitarian Abortion: Sumner on Abortion", Dialogue 24 (Fall 1985), pp. 671–682.
- David Sobel. "Sumner on Welfare", Dialogue 37 (Summer 1998), pp. 571–577.
- Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen. "L.W. Sumner’s Account of Welfare" in (Eds.) Juan José Acero, Francesc Camós Abril, Neftalí Villanueva Fernández Actas del III Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica, Granada (2001), 281-285.
- Krister Bykvist. "Sumner on Desires and Well-being", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 32 (2002), pp. 475–490.
- John G. Slater. Minerva's Aviary: Philosophy at Toronto, 1843-2003, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005, {{ISBN|0-8020-3870-0}}, pp. 458–466.
- Christopher Hugh Toner. "Aristotelian Well-Being: A Response to L. W. Sumner's Critique", Utilitas 18 (September 2006), pp. 218–231.
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310204152/http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/people/profile.html?id=308 Academic home page]
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