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15Whose body is it anyway|[quest]| Justice and the integrity of the personContemporary Political Theory 9 (3): 345. 2010.
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78Children, Family and the StateRoutledge. 2003.This title was first published in 2003. This book critically examines the moral and political status of the child by a consideration of three interrelated questions: What rights if any does the child have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child do parents have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child does the state have? David Archard adopts three areas for particular discussion on the practical implications of the general theoretical issues: education, child protection poli…Read more
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117Freedom not to be free: The case of the slavery contract in J. S. mill's on libertyPhilosophical Quarterly 40 (161): 453-465. 1990.
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45The morality of embryo use - by Louis M. GueninJournal of Applied Philosophy 26 (2): 212-214. 2009.No Abstract
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128Should We Teach Patriotism?Studies in Philosophy and Education 18 (3): 157-173. 1999.This article examines a particular debate between Eamonn Callan and William Galston concerning the need for a civic education which counters the divisive pull of pluralism by uniting the citizenry in patriotic allegiance to a single national identity
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Just between ourselves+ new books on justiceInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 4 (1): 128-138. 1996.
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51Rights, Moral Values and Natural Facts: a reply to Mary Midgley on the problem of child-abuseJournal of Applied Philosophy 9 (1): 99-104. 1992.Mary Midgley asserts that my argument concerning the problem of child-abuse was inappropriately framed in the language of rights, and neglected certain pertinent natural facts. I defend the view that the use of rights-talk was both apposite and did not misrepresent the moral problem in question. I assess the status and character of the natural facts Midgley adduces in criticism of my case, concluding that they do not obviously establish the conclusions she believes they do. Finally I briefly res…Read more
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203Informed consent: Autonomy and self-ownershipJournal of Applied Philosophy 25 (1). 2008.Using the example of an unconsented mouth swab I criticise the view that an action of this kind taken in itself is wrongful in respect of its being a violation of autonomy. This is so much inasmuch as autonomy merits respect only with regard to ‘critical life choices’. I consider the view that such an action is nevertheless harmful or risks serious harm. I also respond to two possible suggestions: that the action is of a kind that violates autonomy; and, that the class of such actions violates a…Read more
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Review of Liberating Cyperspace: Civil Liberties, Human Rights and the Internet (review)Ends and Means 4 (1). 1999.
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26How Should We Teach Sex?Journal of Philosophy of Education 32 (3): 437-450. 1998.In the face of differences about how sex should be taught to young persons, and consistent with a liberal principle of neutrality, educationalists can adopt one of two strategies. The ‘retreat to basics’ consists in teaching only a basic agreed code of sexual conduct, or a set of agreed principles of sexual morality. The ‘conjunctive–disjunctive’ strategy consists in teaching the facts of sexual activity together with the various possible evaluations of these facts. Both strategies are beset wit…Read more
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1Michael Freeden, Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual ApproachRadical Philosophy. forthcoming.
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275Children's rightsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.Children are young human beings. Some children are very young human beings. As human beings children evidently have a certain moral status. There are things that should not be done to them for the simple reason that they are human. At the same time children are different from adult human beings and it seems reasonable to think that there are things children may not do that adults are permitted to do. In the majority of jurisdictions, for instance, children are not allowed to vote, to marry, to b…Read more
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29From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics, Putting Practice FirstContemporary Political Theory 3 (2): 212-213. 2004.
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376The wrong of rapePhilosophical Quarterly 57 (228). 2007.If rape is evaluated as a serious wrong, can it also be defined as non-consensual sex (NCS)? Many do not see all instances of NCS as seriously wrongful. I argue that rape is both properly defined as NCS and properly evaluated as a serious wrong. First, I distinguish the hurtfulness of rape from its wrongfulness; secondly, I classify its harms and characterize its essential wrongfulness; thirdly, I criticize a view of rape as merely ‘sex minus consent’; fourthly, I criticize mistaken attempts to …Read more
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17Liao, S. Matthew. The Right to Be Loved.New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. 272. $45.00Ethics 127 (1): 294-298. 2016.
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Queen's University, BelfastSchool of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and PoliticsRetired faculty