David Lyons

David Lyons (born February 6, 1935) is an American moral, political and legal philosopher who is emeritus professor of philosophy and of law at Boston University after having spent much of his career at Cornell University where he held joint appointment in the College and Arts and Sciences and School of Law.

Education and career In 1963, Lyons earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. joining it in 1964. His former students include David O. Brink.

Philosophical work Lyons has had a lengthy career as a moral and legal philosopher,

In 2010, Lyons was honored by the Boston University School of Law with a two-day event, "Rights, Equality, and Justice: A Conference Inspired by the Moral and Legal Theory of David Lyons". The resulting papers from the conference were published in the Boston University Law Review.

Books Moral Aspects of Legal Theory : Essays on Law, Justice and Political Responsibility. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. Translated into Spanish as Aspectos morales de la teoria juridica : ensayos sobre la ley, la justicia y la responsabilidad política Mill's Utilitarianism : Critical Essays (editor) Lanham (Md.) : Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Ethics and the Rule of Law. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Held in over 1000 worldCat libraries. Translated into Polish as Etyka i rządy prawa Rights. (editor) The Wadsworth series in social philosophy. Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth Pub. Co, 1979. Translated into Spanish as Ética y derecho In the Interest of the Governed; A Study in Bentham's philosophy of utility and law. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973. Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965.