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14The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Set (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2014.The Encyclopedia of Political Thought is the most comprehensive and rigorous treatment of significant political thinkers, political theories, concepts, ideas, and schools of thought. Comprises over 900 A-Z entries, including brief definitions, biographies, and major topics, written by a team of 700 contributors from around the world Explores key theories and theorists, including non-western perspectives, in tracing the evolution of political thought from antiquity to the present day Published in…Read more
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41Review: Fleischacker, A Third Concept of Liberty: Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 38 (3): 447-449. 2000.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:A Third Concept of Liberty. Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam SmithElisabeth EllisSamuel Fleischacker. A Third Concept of Liberty. Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Cloth, $70.00. Pp. 338.Samuel Fleischacker's lively and ambitious new book on judgment makes significant contributions to the literature interpreting Kant and Smith. He constructs a powerful [End Page…Read more
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28Provisional Politics: Kantian Arguments in Policy ContextYale University Press. 2008.True,Kant takes the conclusions of his ethical work for granted in his political theorizing; he treats corollaries of the categorical imperative as conclusive principles of political right.However,in his political theory his concern is not simply to lay ...
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112Kants Politics: Provisional Theory for an Uncertain WorldYale University Press. 2005.Kant’s brilliant original contributions to political thought cannot be understood without attention to his dynamic concept of provisional right, argues Elisabeth Ellis in this book—the first comprehensive interpretation of Kant’s political theory. Kant’s notion of provisional right applies to existing institutions and practices that are consistent with the possibility of progress. Ellis traces this idea through Kant’s works and demonstrates that the concept of provisional right can be used both …Read more
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26A Third Concept of Liberty: Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 38 (3): 447-449. 2000.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:A Third Concept of Liberty. Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam SmithElisabeth EllisSamuel Fleischacker. A Third Concept of Liberty. Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Cloth, $70.00. Pp. 338.Samuel Fleischacker's lively and ambitious new book on judgment makes significant contributions to the literature interpreting Kant and Smith. He constructs a powerful [End Page…Read more
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17Provisional Right in Kant's RechtslehreIn Ralph Schumacher, Rolf-Peter Horstmann & Volker Gerhardt (eds.), Kant Und Die Berliner Aufklärung: Akten des Ix. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses. Bd. I: Hauptvorträge. Bd. Ii: Sektionen I-V. Bd. Iii: Sektionen Vi-X: Bd. Iv: Sektionen Xi-Xiv. Bd. V: Sektionen Xv-Xviii, De Gruyter. pp. 100-105. 2001.
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18Provisionalism in the Study of PoliticsIn Ian Shapiro Rogers M. Smith & Tarek E. Masoud (eds.), Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics, Cambridge University Press. pp. 350-377. 2004.
University of California, Berkeley
PhD, 1999
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |