Background
Wolff was born on 25 June 1959 to Herbert Wolff and Doris Wolff (née Polakoff).
Wolff was born on 25 June 1959 to Herbert Wolff and Doris Wolff (née Polakoff).
He earned his Master of Philosophy from University College London under the direction of Georgia
He is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London. Cohen.
He was formerly the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and has been Editor and then honorary secretary of the Aristotelian Society, which publishes Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. Recently, Wolff"s work has specialized in disadvantage and equality and public policy decision making.
He also co-edited (with Michael Rosen) Political Thought (), an introductionary reader on political philosophy.
He currently writes a monthly column for The Guardian and occasionally blogs at Brian Leiter"s "Leiter Reports" blog. Jonathan Wolff presented a 4 part series about the United Kingdom"s National Health Service for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Radio 3 programme "The Essay" during the week of 27 July 2009.
The series, entitled "Doctoring Philosophy", marked the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service and commenced by studying the philosophical background which led to the foundation of the service and the changing definitions of sickness and health. lieutenant went on to explore entitlement, issues of equality of service, and issues of priorities in a world of universal access.
As a scholar on the topic of Marxism, Wolff published "Marx and Exploitation", an article about Marxist thinking, in The Journal of Ethics. He has also published a critique of Robert Nozick"s Anarchy, State, and Utopia called Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State, a short book on Karl Marx, Why Read Marx Today?, and An Introduction to Political Philosophy. He has been a member of two of the Council’s Working Parties.
On the ethics of animal research, and the ethics of personalised healthcare.
He is currently a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.