David Lyons (1935-2026)

David Lyons, emeritus professor of philosophy and law at Boston University, has died. The following memorial notice is by Aaron Garret (Boston University). David Lyons David Lyons passed away at his home on October 24th at the age of 91. He had an extremely distinguished philosophical and legal academic career. David was John Rawls’ first doctoral student and his thesis became the groundbreaking book Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism. After a year at Oxford under the supervision of H. L. A. Hart, he taught at Cornell for over thirty years in the philosophy department (from 1964) and for over fifteen years as a professor of law (from 1979). Upon retiring from Cornell, he joined the Boston University law faculty in 1995 and later joined the Philosophy department. David retired from full-time teaching at Boston University in 2015 but continued teaching as an adjunct until Spring 2022, organizing and unionizing adjunct and part-time faculty, and helping to negotiate collective bargaining…

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