Leif Wenar

Leif Wenar is an American philosopher and Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities at Stanford University. He is known for his work on political science.^[1] Wenar has an AB in philosophy from Stanford and a PhD in philosophy from Harvard University.^[2] From 2008 to 2020 he held the Chair of Philosophy & Law at King’s College London.^[3][4] In March 2024, he wrote an article for Wired magazine critiquing the effective altruism movement called "The Deaths of Effective Altruism."^[5]

Leif Wenar
Academic background
Education	Harvard University (PhD), Stanford University (AB)
Academic work
Discipline	Philosopher
Institutions	Stanford University
Main interests	Ethics

Books

• Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World (2016)
• Beyond Blood Oil: Philosophy, Policy, and the Future (2018)