Fernando Savater is currently a professor of philosophy at Madrid’s Complutense University. Previously he was professor of ethics at the País Vasco University. He has written more than 40 books, including essays and novels, such as The Task of the Hero (1982), which won the Spanish National Essay Prize that year, The Questions of Life: Invitation to Philosophy (1982), Ethics as Self-Respect (1988), Ethics for Amador (1991), which has been translated into 18 languages, and The Value of Education. He is co-director of the journal Claves de la Razón Práctica and is the spokesman for Basta Ya, a Basque anti-violence movement. He has received numerous awards for his writing and journalism and for his role in the peace efforts in the Basque Country.
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