With immeasurable sadness, we announce the loss of Professor Waheed Hussain. Professor Hussain was special in every way, a superb and beloved teacher and a profoundly original philosopher. Professor Hussain worked at the intersection of political philosophy, moral philosophy, economics and business ethics. He developed a deeply original criticism of market societies that focused on the ways that market societies ‘pit people against each other.’ But he also offered a constructive way to re-conceive the roles that markets can play if they are embedded in socially co-operative societies. He was working on his book Living with the Invisible Hand: Markets, Corporations, and Human Freedom at the time of his death. We will hold a celebration of Professor Hussain as soon as we are back together on campus. In the meantime, please feel welcome to remember him on our tribute wall below. Professor Hussain’s passing is a devastating loss to his family and to all of us – students, colleagues, friends – who benefitted from his work, his humour and his character. We will miss him and remember him always.
Also read the memorial announcement published on the Department of Philosophy's tri-campus website and a tribute to Waheed from the Members of the Economics Ethics Network.
