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Introduction: timely meditations in an untimely mode—the thought of Charles TaylorIn Charles Taylor, Routledge. pp. 1--28. 2000.
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43Christine Overall , Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate . Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 33 (1): 9-15. 2013.
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95Pluralism in practice: the political thought of Charles TaylorCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 5 (3): 98-123. 2002.This review article outlines some of the major contributions made to political theory by Charles Taylor. It focuses on his relationship to liberalism, his contribution to the understanding of democracy and his analysis of the politics of recognition. Several lines of critique of Taylor's thought on these issues are also explored. Some reflections on Taylor's style of theorising about politics are offered, and the question of whether he is a conservative or critical theorist is examined
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60The Impossibility of Perfection: Aristotle, Feminism, and the Complexities of Ethics, by Michael Slote (review)Mind 121 (482): 529-532. 2012.
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241Rawlsian resources for animal ethicsEthics and the Environment 12 (1): 1-22. 2007.: This article considers what contribution the work of John Rawls can make to questions about animal ethics. It argues that there are more normative resources in A Theory of Justice for a concern with animal welfare than some of Rawls's critics acknowledge. However, the move from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism sees a depletion of normative resources in Rawlsian thought for addressing animal ethics. The article concludes by endorsing the implication of A Theory of Justice that we loo…Read more
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47Nietzsche and the Invention of InventionJournal of Nietzsche Studies 15 (Spring): 1-14. 1998.Friedrich Nietzsche is typically seen as a radical critic of the western philosophical tradition. This article considers why this image is so widely accepted. It argues that part of the reason for its acceptance is that Nietzsche paints a picture of himself as the independent, radical innovator in his later writings. If we look at the works of the middle period, we find that by contrast, he repeatedly situates himself within wider traditions and discusses what he has learned from them.
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University of Notre DameRegular Faculty
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Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Interest
| Social and Political Philosophy |
| Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |