Seana Valentine Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Speech Matters: On Morality, Lying, and the Law. Her research in law and philosophy explores theoretical and doctrinal questions about the social conditions necessary to realize equality and individual autonomy, addressing a wide range of topics including freedom of speech, contracts, promises, anti-discrimination, economic equality, negligence, procreation, and intellectual property.
