Sissela bok biography
Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December ) is a..
Sissela Bok
Swedish-American philosopher
Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
She is considered one of the premier American women moral philosophers of the latter part of the 20th century.[1]
Biography
Bok received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology from George Washington University in 1957 and 1958, and her Ph.D.
Sissela Bok is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in , and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in
in philosophy from Harvard University in 1970. She worked at Simmons University (1971–72), the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (1975–82), Brandeis University (1985–92), and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health (1993–2022).[2][1]
Bok is married to Derek Bok, former president (1971–1991, interim 2006–2007) of Harvard.
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