Deryck Beyleveld is founding Director of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics (SIBLE), but is now the Head of the Law School at Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

. He is on the editorial board of Medical Law International

Medical Law International

Medical Law International is an academic legal periodical . It was published by A B Academic Publishers from 1993 to 2011. It is peer reviewed, and deals with the legal and ethical aspects of medicine throughout the world, with a strong emphasis on international and comparative trends in law and...

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Professor Beyleveld is the leading exponent of the moral theory of the late Alan Gewirth

Alan Gewirth

Alan Gewirth was an American philosopher, a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, and author of Reason and Morality, , Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications , The Community of Rights , Self-Fulfillment , and numerous other writings in moral philosophy and political...

 and, as such, his work has attracted extensive academic support and criticism.

External links & references

• Staff profile at Durham University
  Durham University
  The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
  
  
• getCITED profile

External links

• SIBLE