James Lenman
James W. Lenman | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize Grants from Arts and Humanities Research Board Research Leave Scheme Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship |
| Education | |
| Education | High School of Dundee |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews (MPhil, PhD) University of Oxford (BA) |
| Thesis | Realism and Idealism in the Theory of Value (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Haldane |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of Sheffield |
| Main interests | ethics |
| Notable ideas | arguments against consequentialism, constructive expressivism |
| Website | https://www.jimmylenman.com/ |
James W. Lenman is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield.[1] He is known for his expertise on ethics.[2][3] Lenman is a former president of the British Society for Ethical Theory (2002-2008).[4]
Books
- Constructivism in Practical Philosophy, edited by James Lenman and Yonatan Shemmer, Oxford University Press, 2012
- The Possibility of Moral Community, Oxford University Press, 2024
- Should We Maximize Utility, with Ben Bramble, Routledge, 2025
See also
References
- ^ "James W. Lenman". ethics.harvard.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Burch-Brown, Joanna M. (March 2014). "Clues for Consequentialists". Utilitas. 26 (1): 105–119. doi:10.1017/S0953820813000289. hdl:1983/3c9b5c55-0e96-4c84-98f1-9d36c5d8e10a. ISSN 1741-6183. S2CID 53629805. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Frost, Evan (15 July 2013). "A Defense of Consequentialism Against James Lenman's Epistemic Objection". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Jimmy Lenman. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
External links
- Personal Website
- James Lenman at the University of Sheffield
- James Lenman, Google Scholar
- Science, Ethics and Observation on YouTube
