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Contents 1 Education and career 2 Philosophical Work 3 Books 4 References 5 External links Education and career[edit] Lyons earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University where he studied under John Rawls. He taught at Cornell University from 1964 until 1995, when he joined the BU faculty.[1] His former students include David O. Brink. Philosophical Work[edit] He is particularly well known for his interpretation of the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, arguing that Mill's utilitarianism is compatible with recognizing the importance of rights.[1] Books[edit] Moral Aspects of Legal Theory : Essays on Law, Justice and Political Responsibility. Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-521-43244-3 ISBN [2] Translated into Spanish as Aspectos morales de la teoria juridica : ensayos sobre la ley, la justicia y la responsabilidad política ISBN 978-84-7432-601-7 Mill's Utilitarianism : Critical Essays (editor) Lanham (Md.) : Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8476-8783-1 [3] Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 9780195082180 [4] Ethics and the Rule of Law. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-521-27712-9 Held in over 1000 worldCat libraries.[5] Translated into Polish as Etyka i rządy prawa ISBN 978-83-7261-058-4 Rights. (editor) The Wadsworth series in social philosophy. Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth Pub. Co, 1979. ISBN 978-0-534-00600-6 [6] Translated into Spanish as Ética y derecho ISBN 978-84-344-1521-8 In the Interest of the Governed; A Study in Bentham's philosophy of utility and law. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973. ISBN 978-0-19-824503-2 [7] Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. ISBN 978-0-19-824197-3 [8] References[edit] ^ http://www.bu.edu/philo/profiles/david-lyons/ ^ [ WorldCat] ^ WorldCat ^ WorldCat ^ WorldCat ^ WorldCat ^ WorldCat ^ WorldCat External links[edit] Personal page on the Boston U. website v t e Jurisprudence Legal theory Critical legal studies Comparative law Economic analysis Legal norms International legal theory Legal history Philosophy of law Sociology of law Philosophers Alexy Allan Aquinas Aristotle Austin Beccaria Bentham Betti Bickel Blackstone Bobbio Bork Brożek Cardozo Castanheira Neves Chafee Coleman Del Vecchio Durkheim Dworkin Ehrlich Feinberg Fineman Finnis Frank Fuller Gardner George Green Grisez Grotius Gurvitch Habermas Han Hart Hegel Hobbes Hohfeld Hägerström Jellinek Jhering Kant Kelsen Köchler Kramer Llewellyn Lombardía Luhmann Lundstedt Lyons MacCormick Marx Nussbaum Olivecrona Pashukanis Perelman Petrażycki Pontes de Miranda Posner Pound Puchta Pufendorf Radbruch Rawls Raz Reale Reinach Renner Ross Rumi Savigny Scaevola Schauer Schmitt Shang Simmonds Somló Suárez Tribe Unger Voegelin Waldron Walzer Weber Wronkowska Ziembiński Znamierowski Theories Analytical jurisprudence Deontological ethics Fundamental theory of canon law Interpretivism Legalism Legal moralism Legal positivism Legal realism Libertarian theories of law Natural law Paternalism Utilitarianism Virtue jurisprudence Concepts Dharma Fa Judicial interpretation Justice Legal system Li Rational-legal authority Usul al-Fiqh Related articles Law Political philosophy Index Category Law portal Philosophy portal WikiProject Law WikiProject Philosophy changes Authority control BNE: XX1097762 BNF: cb122352574 (data) CANTIC: a11763243 GND: 172234344 ISNI: 0000 0001 1578 2314 LCCN: n83208212 NKC: mzk2015871467 NTA: 071350918 PLWABN: 9810695865605606 SNAC: w6qs2q2m SUDOC: 031062202 VIAF: 93501566 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n83208212 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Lyons_(philosopher)&oldid=994068575" Categories: 1935 births Philosophers of law Political philosophers Moral philosophers Philosophers of ethics and morality Boston University faculty Living people Harvard University alumni Cornell University faculty Hidden categories: Articles lacking reliable references from July 2012 All articles lacking reliable references BLP articles lacking sources from July 2012 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Edit links This page was last edited on 13 December 2020, at 23:20 (UTC). 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