Lori Gruen
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Lori Gruen is an American philosopher, ethicist, and author who is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.[3] Gruen is also Professor of Science in Society, and Professor of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan.[3]
Lori Gruen | |
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Education | University of Colorado (BA, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | William Griffin Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University |
Known for | Feminist philosophy, animal ethics, political philosophy |
Awards | Wesleyan Prize for Excellence in Research[1] |
Notable ideas | Entangled empathy[2] |
Website | www |
A scholar specializing in animal ethics, Gruen is the author of several books, including Ethics and Animals: An Introduction (2011) and Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals (2015). She is the creator of first100chimps.wesleyan.edu, a memorial for the first 100 chimpanzees used in research in the United States.[4][5]
Gruen has written for Time magazine,[6] Al Jazeera,[7] and the Washington Post.[8]