10 Facts About Laurence Thomas

Laurence Thomas was born on 1949 and is an American philosopher.

Laurence Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Political Science at Syracuse University.

Laurence Thomas asserts that we owe special "moral deference" to what he calls "diminished social category" people, that is, to individuals who belong to groups that are unjustly undervalued, we owe a presumption in favor of that person's account of her experiences, for example, if a black woman in a white society claims that she has been subjected to racism, her allegation must be taken especially seriously.

Laurence Thomas has held appointments at Syracuse University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, University of Maryland, and Oberlin College, and in 1994 was a visiting scholar in the Religion Department at the University of Michigan.

Laurence Thomas has given the Lawrence Kohlberg Lecture at the Association of Moral Education and the fifth Meyer Warren Tenenbaum and Labelle Tenenbaum Lecture at the University of South Carolina.

Laurence Thomas's teaching has been widely noted and praised, including feature in the Education Section of The New York Times in 1992.

Laurence Thomas was named Syracuse University's Scholar-Teacher of the Year in 1993.

Laurence Thomas has been the Lincoln Lecturer at Arizona State University and in October 2000, he lectured before Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Laurence Thomas is the author of more than 100 articles.

Laurence Thomas has written extensively on the topic of friendship.