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43Solidarity, equality, and freedom in Pettit’s republicanismCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 18 (6): 644-651. 2015.This article discusses Pettit’s views of social justice and political legitimacy in On the People’s Terms. Although Pettit’s book presents a powerful account of the ideal of nondomination, this article probes some deficiencies regarding important questions about solidarity, equality, and feasibility.
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31Defending human dignity and human rightsJournal of Global Ethics 16 (3): 326-342. 2020.I am very grateful to Christian Barry, Michael Blake, Adam Etinson, and Cristina Lafont for their essays on Human Dignity and Human Rights.1 I admire and have learnt from their own philosophical wo...
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31An intellectual laboratory for the democratic and cosmopolitan leftPhilosophy and Social Criticism 43 (3): 329-330. 2017.
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28Les perspectives humaniste et politique sur les droits humainsPhilosophiques 42 (2): 251-282. 2015.Pablo Gilabert,Aude Bandini | : Cet article s’intéresse au lien entre deux perspectives qui concernent la nature des droits humains. Selon la perspective « politique » ou « pratique », les droits humains sont des revendications que les individus entretiennent face à un certain nombre de structures institutionnelles, dans certains États modernes, en vertu des intérêts qui sont les leurs selon les contextes qui les mettent en jeu. Selon la perspective « humaniste » ou « naturaliste », plus traditi…Read more
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15Précis of Human Dignity and Human RightsJournal of Global Ethics 16 (3): 283-287. 2020.ABSTRACT This précis offers a summary of key claims in my book Human Dignity and Human Rights.
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5Some Challenges for Moreau's Theory of Wrongful DiscriminationDialogue 63 (1): 21-29. 2024.At the heart of Sophia Moreau’s theory of wrongful discrimination is the moral duty to treat others as equals. This article raises some challenges regarding the contours of this duty and suggests some ways to make the theory stronger. In particular, it suggests that we incorporate a cosmopolitan view of the duty’s scope, that we illuminate the features at the basis of individuals’ equal moral status to determine its grounds, and that we identify some considerations about important interests to a…Read more
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Substance and Procedure in Discourse Ethics and Deliberative DemocracyDissertation, New School for Social Research. 2003.In this dissertation, I argue that we should reframe the presentation and defense of the program of discourse ethics and deliberative democracy (DEP) in such a way that we make clear its connection to the substantive moral ideas of solidarity, equality and freedom. This program basically says that we should, when we can, determine the validity of the norms regulating our social life through practices of public deliberation. If we want to understand why engaging in public deliberation makes mora…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Normative Ethics |
Value Theory |