Dr. Brian Leiter

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Biography

Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values at the University of Chicago. His research specializes in various areas including Marx, Nietzsche, and philosophical issues concerning law, particularly general jurisprudence, moral psychology, and metaethics. He has authored several influential works including 'Nietzsche on Morality' (Routledge, 2002; 2nd ed. 2015), 'Naturalizing Jurisprudence' (Oxford, 2007), 'Tolerate Religion?' (Princeton, 2013), and 'Moral Psychology and Nietzsche' (Oxford, 2019). He is also the co-editor of 'Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law' and the 'Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy' (2007). Leiter has been involved in numerous courses related to moral, political, and legal philosophy, discussing key themes from both historical and contemporary perspectives. He focuses on the interplay between law and morality, and has been teaching at the University of Chicago since 2006.

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Department of Philosophy