James Lenman

James W. Lenman is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield.^[1] He is known for his expertise on ethics.^[2][3] Lenman is a former president of the British Society for Ethical Theory (2002-2008).^[4]

James W. Lenman
Awards	Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize Grants from Arts and Humanities Research Board Research Leave Scheme Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship
Education
Education	High School of Dundee
Alma mater	University of St Andrews (MPhil, PhD) University of Oxford (BA)
Thesis	Realism and Idealism in the Theory of Value (1995)
Doctoral advisor	John Haldane
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	University of Sheffield
Main interests	ethics
Notable ideas	arguments against consequentialism, constructive expressivism
Website	https://www.jimmylenman.com/

Books

• Constructivism in Practical Philosophy, edited by James Lenman and Yonatan Shemmer, Oxford University Press, 2012
• The Possibility of Moral Community, Oxford University Press, 2024
• Should We Maximize Utility, with Ben Bramble, Routledge, 2025

See also

• Free will illusionism