Martin van Hees

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Martin van Hees
Born
Martin Vinzenz Baldur Paul Maria van Hees

(1964-07-26) 26 July 1964 (age 59)
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.

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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]

Education

After receiving degrees in political science and philosophy at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, van Hees obtained his PhD in social sciences at the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1994 with the dissertation: Rights, liberalism and social choice: a logical and game-theoretical analysis of individual and collective rights. [8]

Van Hees became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013. [9]

Bibliography

Books

Chapters in books

Journal articles

  • Response article by Ian Carter and Matthew H. KramerIan, Carter; Kramer, Matthew H (March 2008). "How changes in one's preferences can affect one's freedom (and how they cannot): a reply to Dowding and Van Hees". Economics and Philosophy. 24 (1): 81–96. doi:10.1017/S0266267108001685. S2CID   145074189.

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References

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  2. "Toekenningen Vici 2003" (in Dutch). NWO. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  3. "Martin van Hees per augustus 2014 hoogleraar Ethiek" (in Dutch). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam). 25 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "Economics and Philosophy: Editorial board". Cambridge Journals. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. "Prof. Martin van Hees | John Stuart Mill College". John Stuart Mill College. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  6. "Dean and Management". Amsterdam University College. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. Bruin, Boudewijn de (September 2005). "Game Theory in Philosophy". Topoi. 24 (2): 197–208. doi:10.1007/s11245-005-5055-3. ISSN   0167-7411.
  8. Hees, Martin (1994). Rights, liberalism and social choice: a logical and game-theoretical analysis of individual and collective rights. Amsterdam: Nijmegen. ISBN   9789090075914.
  9. "Martin van Hees". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.