# Edna Ullmann-Margalit

> Edna Ullman-Margalit was an Israeli academic philosopher and social scientist who worked for many years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to Cass Sunstein and Avishai Margalit, who edited a posthomous collection of her articles, Ullmann-Margalit "was an unorthodox and deeply original philosopher" and her work is important "not only for philosophy, but also for political science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, economics, law, and even public policy." A new book, co-written by Ullmann-Margalit and Cass Sunstein, entitled Decisions and Social Norms is being published in 2026. In the Fall of 1997, Ullman-Margalit was a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.

*Israeli philosopher of human rationality (1946-2010)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Israel
- **Born:** 1946-08-21
- **Died:** 2010-10-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Edna Ullman-Margalit was an Israeli academic philosopher and social scientist who worked for many years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to Cass Sunstein and Avishai Margalit, who edited a posthomous collection of her articles, Ullmann-Margalit "was an unorthodox and deeply original philosopher" and her work is important "not only for philosophy, but also for political science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, economics, law, and even public policy." A new book, co-written by Ullmann-Margalit and Cass Sunstein, entitled Decisions and Social Norms is being published in 2026. In the Fall of 1997, Ullman-Margalit was a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Edna Ullmann-Margalit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Ullmann-Margalit)
- [עדנה אולמן-מרגלית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7037635)

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