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Hilary Bok

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Hilary Bok (born 1959) is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral & Political Theory at the Johns Hopkins University. [1]

26 relations: Alva Myrdal, Analytic philosophy, Bioethics, Contemporary philosophy, Curtis Bok, Derek Bok, Ethics, Free will, Gunnar Myrdal, Harvard University, Henry Luce, Immanuel Kant, Johns Hopkins University, Kantianism, Libertarianism (metaphysics), List of Nobel laureates, Morality, Pomona College, Princeton University, Rockefeller Foundation, Ruth Faden, Sissela Bok, Stem cell, The Lancet, Washington Monthly, Western philosophy.

Alva Myrdal

Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician.

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Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy (sometimes analytical philosophy) is a style of philosophy that became dominant in the Western world at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Bioethics

Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine.

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Contemporary philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the end of the 19th century with the professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

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Curtis Bok

William Curtis Bok (September 7, 1897 - May 22, 1962) was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, philanthropist and writer.

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Derek Bok

Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University.

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Ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

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Free will

Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded.

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Gunnar Myrdal

Karl Gunnar Myrdal (6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henry Luce

Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day".

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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Kantianism

Kantianism is the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

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Libertarianism (metaphysics)

Libertarianism is one of the main philosophical positions related to the problems of free will and determinism, which are part of the larger domain of metaphysics.

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List of Nobel laureates

The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset, Nobelprisen) are prizes awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.

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Morality

Morality (from) is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper.

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Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

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Ruth Faden

Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH, is the founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

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Sissela Bok

Sissela Bok (born Sissela Myrdal on 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

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Stem cell

Stem cells are biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells and can divide to produce more of the same type of stem cells.

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The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.

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Washington Monthly

Washington Monthly is a bimonthly nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine is known for its annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which serve as an alternative to the Forbes and U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy is the philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Bok

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