L. W. Sumner

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| birth_name = Leonard Wayne Sumner

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| nationality = Canadian

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| alma_mater = Princeton University

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| awards = Molson Prize

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Leonard Wayne Sumner {{post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} (born 18 May 1941){{cite web |title= Sumner, L. W. |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80166779.html |publisher= Library of Congress |access-date= 5 March 2015 |quote= [Sumner, Leonard Wayne;] [b. May 18, 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.[http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/people/profile.html?id=308 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 }}

Education and career

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.'Normative Ethics and Metaethics', Princeton University, 1965, 269 pages; [https://www.proquest.com/docview/302154851 available] from ProQuest.

Since 2002, he has been a University Professor, the highest academic honour that the university accords its faculty.[http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/English/Complete-Index-of-University-Professors.html 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. In 1990 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page_id=96&lang_id=1&first_name=&last_name=sumner&academy=&institute_name=&year_election=&submit=Search List of Fellows], Royal Society of Canada's website. In 2009 he was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.{{cite journal|url=http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009-PDF-of-Philosophy-News.pdf |title=Sumner Wins Molson Prize |journal=Philosophy News |publisher=University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy |issue=Fall 2009 |page=1 |access-date=January 13, 2022}}

Philosophical work

Sumner is the author of four books, including Welfare, Happiness and Ethics.New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, {{ISBN|0-19-824440-1}}.

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 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/moralfoundationo0000sumn }}
{{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.|editor-link1=R. I. Sikora | editor-last2 = Barry | editor-first2 = Brian |editor-link2=Brian Barry | title = Obligations to future generations | pages = 91–111 | publisher = Temple University Press | location = Philadelphia | year = 1978 | isbn = 9781874267317 | postscript = .}}
{{citation | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | contribution = Something in between | editor-last1 = Crisp | editor-first1 = Roger |editor-link1=Roger Crisp| editor-last2 = Hooker | editor-first2 = Brad |editor-link2=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 | postscript = .}}
{{citation | last = Sumner | first = L.W. | contribution = Hate crimes, literature, and speech | editor-last1 = Frey | editor-first1 = R.G. | editor-link1 = R. G. Frey | editor-last2 = Heath Wellman | editor-first2 = Christopher | editor-link2 = Christopher Heath Wellman | title = A companion to applied ethics | pages = [https://archive.org/details/companiontoappli0000unse/page/89 89–101] | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | series = Blackwell Companions to Philosophy | location = Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/9780470996621.ch11 | isbn = 9781405133456 | postscript = . | url = https://archive.org/details/companiontoappli0000unse/page/89 }}

= 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 | doi = 10.2307/2214573 }}