12 Facts About Monique Canto-Sperber

Monique Canto-Sperber was born on 1954 and is a French philosopher.

Monique Canto-Sperber's works, translated in several languages, are focused on ethics and contemporary political issues.

Monique Canto-Sperber was born on May 14,1954, in French Algeria and has been living in France since 1964.

Monique Canto-Sperber produces the radio programme "Questions d'ethique" on France Culture, broadcast every Monday evening.

Monique Canto-Sperber is officier de la Legion d'honneur officier de l'ordre du Merite et chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

Monique Canto-Sperber has taken an active part in the renewal of moral philosophy in France, with the creation in 1993 of a book collection by the Presses Universitaires de France.

Monique Canto-Sperber has been the head of the Ecole normale superieure since 2005.

Monique Canto-Sperber has introduced the practice of scientific advisory committees in humanities and social sciences departments, created an International Council for Strategic Orientation, developed a specific ENS Diploma and started a rehabilitation of research spaces.

Monique Canto-Sperber has encouraged the projection of the Ecole normale superieure as an institution of research and higher education comparable to leading international research universities, rather than as a specific French creation.

Monique Canto-Sperber has promoted the creation of a group of institutions called Paris Sciences et Lettres - Quartier latin.

Monique Canto-Sperber has played an important role in the introduction in France of contemporary debates in Anglo-American philosophy.

Monique Canto-Sperber has edited at the Presses Universitaires de France a Dictionnaire d'ethique et de philosophie morale, with numerous French and international specialists, on major issues of moral philosophy.