Alec Walen Author & Editor

Alec Walen is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers Law School and co-director of the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy. His research focuses on the philosophical foundations of moral rights and the criminal law and he has published in numerous journals, including Ethics, The Journal of Moral Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, and Philosophy and Public Affairs. His previous book was The Mechanics of Claims and Permissible Killing in War (OUP: 2019).