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157Is Feminist Political Liberalism Possible?Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 5 (1): 121. 2010.Is a feminist political liberalism possible? Political liberalism’s regard for a wide range of comprehensive doctrines as reasonable makes some feminists skeptical of its ability to address sex inequality. Indeed, some feminists claim that political liberalism maintains its position as a political liberalism at the expense of securing substantive equality for women. We claim that political liberalism’s core commitments actually restrict all reasonable political conceptions of justice to those th…Read more
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495PornographyPhilosophy Compass 5 (7): 535-550. 2010.This article provides an overview of the key philosophical themes and debates in discussions of pornography. In particular, I consider the major positions on how pornography ought to be defined, when (and if ) it should be regulated, whether it is best understood as speech (or action), whether there is evidence that is it harmful. I argue in favor of what is known as the civil rights approach to pornography, as reflected in the work of Catharine MacKinnon.
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46Comments on Michael Slote's Moral SentimentalismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 49 (s1): 142-147. 2011.I present two challenges to the theory of moral sentimentalism that Michael Slote defends in his book. The first challenge aims to show that there are cases in which we empathize with an agent and yet judge her actions to be morally wrong. If such cases are plausible, then we have good reason to doubt Slote's claim that moral judgments are an affective attitude of warmth or chill and, thus, are purely sentiments. The second challenge is more of a suggestion. At the end of my paper, I suggest tha…Read more
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133Political Liberalism, Marriage and the FamilyLaw and Philosophy 31 (2): 185-212. 2012.Can and should political liberals recognize and otherwise support legal marriage as a matter of basic justice? In this article, we offer a general account of how political liberals should evaluate the issue of whether the legal recognition of marriage is a matter of basic justice. And, we develop and examine some public reason arguments that, given the fundamental interests of citizens, could justify various forms of legal marriage in some contexts. In particular, in certain conditions, the reco…Read more
University Of Ilinois At Chicago
Institute For The Humanities
Alumnus
San Diego, California, United States of America
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Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |
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Philosophy of Sexuality |