Sissela Bok | |
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| Born | Sissela Myrdal 2 December 1934 Sweden |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental |
Main interests | Ethics |
Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She is considered one of the premier American women moral philosophers of the latter part of the 20th century.[1]