Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of philosophy and law at New York University, is the winner of the 2024 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. The Kluge Prize is awarded by the Library of Congress. It “recognizes and celebrates work of the highest quality and greatest impact that advances understanding of the human experience.”The prize is $500,000. Appiah also writes ‘The Ethicist’ in The New York Times Magazine, a feature that explores ethical approaches to solving interpersonal problems… Appiah is the author of more than a dozen books. “They’re questions anybody might have thinking about their lives.”A list of previous winners of the Kluge prize is here.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2024 13:30 UTC