Goossen van der Wal, born in Sneek, the Netherlands, in 1934. Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam. Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Fellow (1 February 1989 – 31 July 1989)

Subject of research were certain aspects of the problem of a morality of international relations. In that connection the focus has been especially on the concept of a moral community and its application to the international scene and on the communitarian aspects of the concept of human right. A second line of research was devoted to questions in the field of environmental ethics.