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Cheyney Ryan

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Cheyney Ryan
Academic background
EducationHarvard College (BA), Boston University (MA, PhD)
ThesisValue, Capital, and Crisis: A Study in Philosophy and Economics (1974)
Doctoral advisorAlasdair MacIntyre, Marx Wartofsky, Thomas A. McCarthy, Howard Zinn
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Oregon, Oxford University
Main interestsethics
Websitewww.cheyneyryan.com

Cheyney C. Ryan is an American philosopher and emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Oregon. He is also a senior research fellow at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, known for his works on nonviolence, pacifism, and the critique of just war theory. Ryan is a winner of the Joseph J. Blau Prize from the Society for Advancement of American Philosophy.[1]

Publications

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  • War, Sacrifice, and Personal Responsibility: The Chickenhawk Syndrome (Roman and Littlefield, 2009)[2][3]
  • Pacifism as War Abolitionism (Routledge, 2024)

References

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  1. ^ "Cheyney Ryan". Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.
  2. ^ Skinner, Daniel (1 July 2010). "Book Review: Ryan, Cheyney C. (2009). The Chickenhawk Syndrome:War, Sacrifice and Personal Responsibility Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. pp. 217. $44.95 Hardcover. ISBN 978-0742565036". Armed Forces & Society. 36 (4): 750–752. doi:10.1177/0095327X10366103. ISSN 0095-327X.
  3. ^ Vulin, Fred (17 July 2009). "Nonfiction review: 'The Chickenhawk Syndrome'". The Oregonian.
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