Wayne Sumner, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Matters of life and death
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$41,503
Classical utilitarianism: a retrospective
SSHRC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$31,000
Reason and Nature: An International Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$2,925

All 3 grants and awards

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Matters of life and death

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sumner, Wayne L.

Keywords: ethics; bioethics; death and dying; end of life; assisted suicide; euthanasia; law

$41,503

Classical utilitarianism: a retrospective

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sumner, Wayne

Keywords: ethics; utilitarianism

$31,000

Reason and Nature: An International Graduate Student Philosophy Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Sumner, Wayne

Keywords: philosophy; reason; nature; ethics; epistemology; metaphysics; aesthetics; history; mathematics; environment

$2,925

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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