Martin van Hees | |
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Born | Martin Vinzenz Baldur Paul Maria van Hees 26 July 1964 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Institutions | VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam University College |
Main interests | Ethics |
Website | Official website |
Martin Vinzenz Baldur Paul Maria (Martin) van Hees (born 26 July 1964 in Beilen) is a Dutch philosopher.
Van Hees was professor of ethics at the University of Groningen and since April 2013 professor of political theory at the University of Amsterdam. He received a VICI-grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to further research and develop the program Modelling Freedom: Formal Analysis and Normative Philosophy. Van Hees is a vegetarian.[1][2]
In August 2014, van Hees became professor of Ethics at VU University Amsterdam.[3] He is also a senior editor of the journal Economics and Philosophy.[4] In 2016, van Hees became Dean of the John Stuart Mill College of the VU Amsterdam and programme director for the VU's recently established Philosophy, Politics & Economics Bachelor's programme.[5] Since 1 March 2021, van Hees became Dean of Amsterdam University College.[6]
van Hees disputes the claim that there exists an incompatibility between Pareto efficiency and liberalism (Arrow's impossibility theorem). He suggests that the paradox can be solved through legal-political games which add the right to stay passive on a given issue. [7]