Leif Wenar is an American philosopher and Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities at

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. He is known for his work on

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. Wenar has an AB in philosophy from Stanford and a

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in philosophy from

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. From 2008 to 2020 he held the Chair of Philosophy & Law at

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. In March 2024, he wrote an article for ''Wired'' magazine critiquing the

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movement called "The Deaths of Effective Altruism."

Books

* ''Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World'' (2016) * ''Beyond Blood Oil: Philosophy, Policy, and the Future'' (2018)

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External links

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