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126Objectivity, interpretation, and rights: A critique of Dworkin (review)Law and Philosophy 23 (2): 187-222. 2004.
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2Jean Hampton, The Intrinsic Worth of Persons: Contractarianism in Moral and Political Philosophy Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 28 (2): 120-122. 2008.
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73A Democratic Equality Approach to Religious ExemptionsJournal of Social Philosophy 42 (3): 305-320. 2011.
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37"Review of" Understanding the Political Philosophers: From Ancient to Modern Times" (review)Essays in Philosophy 6 (1): 281-285. 2005.
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57Communicative Action and Rational Choice (review)International Studies in Philosophy 37 (4): 141-142. 2005.
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91The politics of religious freedomPhilosophy and Social Criticism 43 (6): 551-570. 2017.The aim of this article is to consider the prospects of a liberal conception of religious freedom in some Muslim-majority states. Part I offers a brief sketch of three approaches to religious freedom that inform my view. Part II then presents a liberal framework for religious toleration that draws ideas from Rainer Forst’s Toleration in Conflict, as well as some perennial themes in classical liberal thought. I briefly examine three case studies in Part III: the Turkish Republic; the Arab Spring …Read more
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114Proceduralism and Justification in Habermas’s Discourse EthicsPhilosophy Today 46 (3): 300-311. 2002.I argue that Habermas's conception of moral justification cannot be proceduralist in the way he claims that it is if discourse ethics is to remain a version of Kantian ethics. This argument is supported by two claims. The first is that Habermas claims there are no substantive constraints on moral argument. The second is that discourse ethics requires the substantive constraint of moral respect where moral respect is understood to be a preprocedural norm to which all moral claims are accountable
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