David Livingstone Smith

David Livingstone Smith (born 26 September 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of New England. He gained his MA at Antioch University and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of London (Kings College) where he worked on the philosophy of psychology. His research interests include self-deception, dehumanization, human nature, ideology, race and moral psychology. He won the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for non-fiction and was a speaker at the 2012 G20 Economic Summit at Los Cabos, Mexico.

On May 16, 2024, Smith and Kate Manne of Cornell University were co-awarded the 2024 Lebowitz Prize for an as-of-yet unpublished presentation titled "Dehumanization and its Discontents." Provided by Wikipedia