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1Rorty: And Redescription. 2003.An accessible overview of the work of one of our most influential living philosophers, as part of the popular Great Philosophers series. Richard Rorty is often cited as the most prominent philosophical defender of postmodernism. Best known for his unusually readable books and articles on philosophy -- most notably Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989) -- Rorty has for some years now been a wide-ranging public intellectual, unwilling to be confin…Read more
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17Opportunities and risks in gauging practitioners' ethical commitments – commentary on Little et alJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 17 (5): 954-956. 2011.
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84Inclusion and Participation: Working with the TensionsStudies in Social Justice 5 (2): 183-196. 2011.Democracy is crucially about inclusion: a theory of democracy must account for who is to be included in the democratic process, how, and on what terms. Inclusion, if conceived democratically, is fraught with tensions. This article identifies three such tensions, arising respectively in: (i) the inauguration of the democratic public; (ii) enabling equal participation; and (iii) the relationship between instrumental and non-instrumental accounts of democracy’s value. In each case, I argue, rather …Read more
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38Postmodernism, pragmatism, and the possibility of an ethical relation to the pastTheoria 44 (108): 82-101. 2005.In this article I explore background questions with reference to two recent strands in anti-foundationalist theory: Richard Rorty's neo-pragmatism, and Keith Jenkins's postmodernist treatment of historiography. Both approaches seek fresh perspectives on our relationship to history which reject the aspiration towards a perspective positioned at any kind of Archimedean point, beyond the clutches of time and chance. Both might be called 'historicist' in the sense that rather than seeking to play do…Read more
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40Ethics between curriculum and workplaceJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 18 (5): 1036-1037. 2012.
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37Bodies for sale: ethics and exploitation in the human body tradeJournal of Medical Ethics 31 (7). 2005.
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59Climate change and normativity: constructivism versus realismCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 14 (2): 153-169. 2011.Is liberalism adaptable enough to the ecological agenda to deal satisfactorily with the challenges of anthropogenic climate change while leaving its normative foundations intact? Compatibilists answer yes; incompatibilists say no. Comparing such answers, this article argues that it is not discrete liberal principles which impede adapatability, so much as the constructivist model (exemplified in Rawls) of what counts as a valid normative principle. Constructivism has both normative and ontologica…Read more
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77R. L. Sandler, Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics: Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, xii + 201 pp. ISBN 0-231-14106-2 . £27.50 (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (2): 233-234. 2010.
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27Introduction: Climate change and liberal prioritiesCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 14 (2): 91-97. 2011.Is liberalism adaptable enough to the ecological agenda to deal satisfactorily with the challenges of anthropogenic climate change while leaving its normative foundations intact? Compatibilists answer yes; incompatibilists say no. Comparing such answers, this article argues that it is not discrete liberal principles which impede adapatability, so much as the constructivist model (exemplified in Rawls) of what counts as a valid normative principle. Constructivism has both normative and ontologica…Read more
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89Values and Ontology: An Interview with Andrew Collier, PartJournal of Critical Realism 8 (1): 63-90. 2009.
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1Postmodernism, Pragmatism, and the Possibility of an Ethical Relation to the PastTheoria 52 82-101. 2005.In this article I explore background questions with reference to two recent strands in anti-foundationalist theory: Richard Rorty's neo-pragmatism, and Keith Jenkins's postmodernist treatment of historiography. Both approaches seek fresh perspectives on our relationship to history which reject the aspiration towards a perspective positioned at any kind of Archimedean point, beyond the clutches of time and chance. Both might be called 'historicist' in the sense that rather than seeking to play do…Read more
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2Lorraine Y. Landry, Marx and the Postmodernism Debates: An Agenda for Critical Theory Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 21 (5): 352-354. 2001.
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44Ownership Rights and the BodyCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 15 (1): 89-100. 2006.edited by Doris Schroeder, welcomes contributions on all health topics related to human rights and relevant generic contributions from the human rights debate. To submit a paper or to discuss suitable topics, please e-mail Doris Schroeder at [email protected]. a
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17Competence, Ethical Practice and Professional Ethics TeachingEthics and Social Welfare 9 (3): 297-311. 2015.
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57How groups matter: challenges of toleration in pluralistic societiesRoutledge. 2014.When groups feature in political philosophy, it is usually in one of three contexts: the redressing of past or current injustices suffered by ethnic or cultural minorities; the nature and scope of group rights; and questions around how institutions are supposed to treat a certain specific identity/cultural/ethnic group. What is missing from these debates is a comprehensive analysis of groups as both agents and objects of social policies. While this has been subject to much scrutiny by sociologis…Read more
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21Rorty's Politics of RedescriptionUniversity of Wales Press. 2007.Political philosopher Richard Rorty’s influence on contemporary thought has increased in tandem with the controversy his outspoken views have provoked. His rejection of the grand, metaphysical questions of traditional philosophy has made him the most prominent living thinker in social and political theory. By declaring himself a pragmatist Rorty has attempted to shift the direction of modern philosophy toward the question of how to achieve a better, more humane, and more tolerant society. Redesc…Read more
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20Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical InquiryEthics and Social Welfare 6 (4): 426-428. 2012.No abstract
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58Philosophy and politics: An interview with Andrew Collier, partJournal of Critical Realism 7 (2): 276-296. 2008.
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46Brighouse and Swift on the family, ethics and social justiceEuropean Journal of Political Theory 15 (3): 363-372. 2016.The family disrupts equality while also, think many, providing goods of unique value. In Family Values, Brighouse and Swift tackle both of these tendencies, offering a refined and distinctive liberal egalitarian account both of the value of family life, and the limits of what may be done in its name. It builds up from an account of children's specific interests to a defence of ‘familial relationship goods’ as providing the best way of satisfying those interests. Thus though parenthood carries go…Read more
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