In memoriam of Professor Bo Petersson
Societas Ethica
Bo Petersson, Professor emeritus of philosophy at Linköping University, Sweden, and since many years member of Societas Ethica, has died in the age of 79. Bo wrote his PhD thesis 1973 on the Swedish philosopher Axel Hägerström’s meta-ethical theory and was an expert on the so called Uppsala school of philosophy. Bo was also interested in applied ethics. He published important books on research ethics and was a member of several Swedish research ethics committees.
Bo was one of the founders of the Centre for Applied Ethics at Linköping University. He was a brilliant philosopher and a warm, friendly and humble person. Those of us who were fortunate to be among his friends miss him immensely.
Göran Collste