Dr. Sharon Lloyd

Biography

Sharon Lloyd is a foremost scholar in the theory of philosopher Thomas Hobbes and holds a joint appointment at the USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. Her research focuses on contemporary moral and social issues, political philosophy, history, animal rights, and liberal feminist philosophy. Lloyd teaches courses in contemporary and historical political philosophy, as well as historical moral philosophy and the philosophy of law. She co-directs the USC Center for Law and Philosophy and serves as co-editor of the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. Lloyd is also an editorial associate for Law and Philosophy. Her notable works include 'Ideals and Interests in Hobbes’s Leviathan' published by Cambridge University Press in 1992, and her forthcoming publication 'Cases in Law and Nature: Moral Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes'.

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