Nir Eisikovits

Philosopher

Nir Eisikovits is a professor of philosophy and founding director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston University. He previously taught legal and political philosophy at Suffolk University, where he co-founded and directed the Graduate Program in Ethics and Public Policy. His research focuses on the ethics of war and the ethics of technology. He is the author of A Theory of Truces, Sympathizing with the Enemy: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Negotiation, and Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War. He coedited Theorizing Transitional Justice. He has written numerous articles on political reconciliation, transitional justice, the role of forgiveness in politics, truth commissions, the ethics of war, and the ethics of artificial intelligence. He earned his PhD from Boston University in 2005. In addition to his scholarly work, he has advised several NGOs focused on conflict resolution.