Wlodek Rabinowicz (Włodzimierz Rabinowicz, born on 14 January 1947) is a Polish-Swedish philosopher and Professor Emeritus at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. Rabinowicz's areas of expertise include

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

norm Norm, the Norm or NORM may refer to: In academic disciplines * Normativity, phenomenon of designating things as good or bad * Norm (geology), an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock * Norm (philosophy), a standard in normative e ...

ativity,

decision theory Decision theory or the theory of rational choice is a branch of probability theory, probability, economics, and analytic philosophy that uses expected utility and probabilities, probability to model how individuals would behave Rationality, ratio ...

and

utilitarianism In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. In other words, utilitarian ideas encourage actions that lead to the ...

. From 1995 to 1998, he was

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of ''

Theoria Christian mysticism is the tradition of mysticism, mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation f the personfor, the consciousness of, and the effect of ..a direct and transformative pr ...

''.

Biography

He began his undergraduate studies at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

,Wlodek Rabinowicz's profile at the website of Lund University
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1968 Polish political crisis A series of major student, intellectual and other protests against the ruling Polish United Workers' Party of the Polish People's Republic took place in Poland in March 1968. The crisis led to the suppression of student strikes by security forces ...

he moved to the

University of Uppsala Uppsala University (UU) () is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially founded in the 15th century, the university rose to s ...

, where he graduated in 1970. He received his doctorate in 1979.

Bibliography

*''Universalizability. A study in morals and metaphysics'', D.Reidel Publ. Comp., Dordrecht 1979. *''Logic for a Change, Festschrift for Sten Lindström'', redakcja, wraz z Svenem Ove Hanssonem, Uppsala Prints and Preprints in Philosophy 1995. *''Preference and Value - Preferentialism in Ethics'', redakcja, Studies in Philosophy, Lund 1996. *''Value and Choice – Some Common Themes in Decision Theory and Moral Philosophy'', redaktor, Lund Philosophy Reports 2000:1 *''Value and Choice – Some Common Themes in Decision Theory and Moral Philosophy'', vol. 2, redaktor, Lund Philosophy Reports 2001:1. *''Patterns of Value – Essays on Formal Axiology and Value Analysis'', vol. 2, redaktor, wraz z Toni Rønnow-Rasmussenem, Lund Philosophy Reports 2004:1,

References

External links

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Wlodek Rabinowicz
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W. Rabinowicz's CV
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', ed. Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Björn Petersson, Jonas Josefsson & Dan Egonsson, 2007. 1947 births Living people Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Analytic philosophers Utilitarians 20th-century Polish philosophers 21st-century Swedish philosophers Writers from Warsaw Polish emigrants to Sweden Academic staff of Lund University {{Sweden-philosopher-stub