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Michael Walzer

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Michael Walzer · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Political philosopher of just and unjust wars; Lippincott Award (1991)

When

1935, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Michael Walzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Political philosopher of just and unjust wars; Lippincott Award (1991)

How & why

Michael Walzer is a leading American political philosopher whose 'Just and Unjust Wars' (1977) revived just-war theory and earned him the APSA Lippincott Award; he taught at Harvard and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His work on justice, membership and communal ethics deeply engages the Jewish tradition. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize

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Political philosopher of just and unjust wars; Lippincott Award (1991)

1977

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize