Bok, Sissela Ann
Born: Dec 02, 1934 AD
Currently alive, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Philosophers
Currently alive, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Philosophers
1934 - Sissela Bok was born in Sweden. American Swedish-born ethicist and philosopher.
1955 - Married to Derek Bok.
1957-1958 - She received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology at the George Washington University.
1970 - Received her Ph. D. in philosophy at Harvard University.
1975 - She is co-editor of The Dilemmas of Euthanasia.
1978 - Wrote the third edition of her book, Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life, for which she received the George Orwell Award and the Melcher Book Award, was reissued with a new preface.
1980 - Wrote "Ethics Teaching in Higher Education" with Daniel Callahan.
1982 - Authored the book Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation.
1989 - Wrote "A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War".
1991 - She wrote "Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir" for which she received the Melcher Book Award.
1996 - Wrote the book, Common Values.
- She has written introductions to Mohandas Gandhi, An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth; Gunnar Myrdal, An American Dilemma, 50th Anniversary Edition; and the 100-year anniversary reissue of Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics.
1998 - She wrote "Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment".
- Served as professor of philosophy at Brandeis University.
- She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
1955 - Married to Derek Bok.
1957-1958 - She received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology at the George Washington University.
1970 - Received her Ph. D. in philosophy at Harvard University.
1975 - She is co-editor of The Dilemmas of Euthanasia.
1978 - Wrote the third edition of her book, Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life, for which she received the George Orwell Award and the Melcher Book Award, was reissued with a new preface.
1980 - Wrote "Ethics Teaching in Higher Education" with Daniel Callahan.
1982 - Authored the book Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation.
1989 - Wrote "A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War".
1991 - She wrote "Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir" for which she received the Melcher Book Award.
1996 - Wrote the book, Common Values.
- She has written introductions to Mohandas Gandhi, An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth; Gunnar Myrdal, An American Dilemma, 50th Anniversary Edition; and the 100-year anniversary reissue of Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics.
1998 - She wrote "Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment".
- Served as professor of philosophy at Brandeis University.
- She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
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