Nationality Canadian Role Philosopher | Main interests Philosophy of law Name L. Sumner | |
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Full Name Leonard Wayne Sumner Born May 18, 1941 (age 83) ( 1941-05-18 ) Books Welfare - happiness - and ethics, Assisted Death: A Study in, Abortion and moral theory, The moral foundation of rights, The Hateful and the Obscene | ||
Leonard Wayne Sumner (born 18 May 1941), 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. Since 2002, he has been a University Professor, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty. 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. 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.
Sumner is the author of four books, including Welfare, Happiness and Ethics.