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Sissela Bok

Swedish-American philosopher

Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December ) 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 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 and , and her Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in She worked at Simmons University (–72), the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (–82), Brandeis University (–92), and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health (–).[2][1]

Bok is married to Derek Bok, former president (&#;, interim &#;) of Harvard. Her daughter, Hilary Bok, is also a philosopher. Her brother, Jan Myrdal, was a political writer and journalist.

Bok was awarded the Orwell Award in for Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life.

Bok was awarded the Courage of Conscience award on 24 April "for her contributions to peacemaking strategies in the tradition of her mother."[3]

Books

  • Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Pantheon Books, ; Vintage paperback editions, , , ).
  • Secrets: on the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation (Pantheon Books, ; Vintage paperback editions, , ).
  • A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War (Pantheon Books, ; Vintage paperback edition, ).
  • Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir (Addison-Wesley, ; paperback edition ).
  • Common Values (University of Missouri Press, ; paperback edition ).
  • Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment (Perseus, ; paperback edition ).
  • Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide, with Gerald Dworkin and Ray Frey (Cambridge University Press, ).
  • Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science (Yale University Press, ).[4]

References

External links

  • "Interview with Bill Moyers". Now on PBS.
  • The Pursuits of Happiness - Lowell Lecture, October
  • Transcript of interview by David Gergen on PBS' NewsHour "Mayhem" as Entertainment" Archived at the Wayback Machine
  • "The Pursuits of Happiness", Alumni Bulletin, Harvard University Extension School, Vol. 37, Fall , pp.&#;3–
  • "Rethinking the WHO Definition of Health"[permanent dead link&#;], Working Paper, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Vol. 14, No. 7 October []
  • Sissela Bok: Honesty in Public Life (Real Audio from WETS FM)Archived at the Wayback Machine
  • "Sissela Myrdal Bok: Exploring Happiness" at
  • Appearances on C-SPAN