Daniel Viehoff

political and legal philosophy, ethics, social philosophy

DANIEL VIEHOFF is an Assistant Professor in NYU's Philosophy Department. He received his BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford, an MPhil in Philosophy from University College London, a PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University, and a JD from the Yale Law School.

Daniel's research focuses on political and legal philosophy, ethics, and social philosophy He is especially interested in questions of political authority and legitimacy, and in democracy and equality. Daniel is currently completing a book manuscript on authority, legitimacy, and democracy. 

Prior to joining NYU Daniel was a permanent lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sheffield. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Yale's Political Science Department, a Faculty Fellow at Harvard's Safra Center for Ethics, and a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton's Center for Human Values.