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Dolores Dooley, Equality in Community: Sexual Equality in the Writings of William Thompson and Anna Doyle WheelerInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 7 (1): 126-127. 1999.
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63Out of the doll's house: Reflections on autonomy and political philosophyPhilosophical Explorations 2 (1). 1999.Much modern liberal political theory takes the concept of autonomy as central and argues that political arrangements are to be assessed, in some part, by their ability to foster the development of individual autonomy understood as being the author of one's own life. This paper argues that so understood, autonomy is less important than is usually thought The liberal requirement that we 'author' our own lives disguises the importance of also being accurate readers of our own lives. I explore the m…Read more
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76Judith Shklar, The Faces of Injustice, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1990, pp. 144Utilitas 4 (2): 340. 1992.
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Aesthetic judgment and the moral image of the world-studies in Kant-Henrich, DHistory of Political Thought. forthcoming.
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23Liberal ManRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 26 45-57. 1989.I begin with two quotations: one from Anthony Crosland's Socialism Now, the other from Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War. Crosland says:experience shows that only a small minority of the population wish to participate [in politics]. I repeat what I have often said—the majority prefer to lead a full family life and cultivate their gardens. And a good thing too … we do not necessarily want a busy, bustling society in which everyone is politically active and fussing around in an interfer…Read more
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19Autonomy and Self Respect By Thomas E. Hill Jr. Cambridge University Press, 1991, 218 pp., £27.50, £9.95 paper (review)Philosophy 67 (262): 561-. 1992.
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125Aspects of toleration: philosophical studies (edited book)Methuen. 1985.Introduction JOHN HORTON AND SUSAN MENDUS The essays in this volume are concerned with the theoretical and conceptual issues involved in the idea of ...
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15Toleration and Recognition: education in a multicultural societyJournal of Philosophy of Education 29 (2): 191-201. 1995.Susan Mendus; Toleration and Recognition: education in a multicultural society, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 29, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 191–2.
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75Impartiality in moral and political philosophyOxford University Press. 2002.The debate between impartialists and their critics has dominated both moral and political philosophy for over a decade. Characteristically, impartialists argue that any sensible form of impartialism can accommodate the partial concerns we have for others. By contrast, partialists deny that this is so. They see the division as one which runs exceedingly deep and argue that, at the limit, impartialist thinking requires that we marginalise those concerns and commitments that make our lives meaningf…Read more
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19Feminism and emotion: readings in moral and political philosophySt. Martin's Press. 2000.This book combines the insights of enlightenment thinking and feminist theory to explore the significance of love in modern philosophy. The author argues for the importance of emotion in general, and love in particular, to moral and political philosophy, pointing out that some of the central philosophers of the enlightment were committed to a moralized conception of love. However, she believes that feminism's insights arise not from its attribution of special and distinctive qualities to women, …Read more
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13The Passage of Nature By Dorothy Emmet London: Macmillan, 1992, 136 pp., £29.50 (review)Philosophy 68 (265): 412-. 1993.
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2Gender and Genius: Towards a Feminist Aesthetics By Christine Battersby The Women's Press, 1989, viii + 161 pp., £12.95 (review)Philosophy 65 (254): 525-526. 1990.
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37Gender and Genius: Towards a Feminist Aesthetics By Christine Battersby The Women's Press, 1989, viii + 161 pp., £12.95 (review)Philosophy 65 (254): 525-. 1990.
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27Liberty and AutonomyProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 87. 1987.Susan Mendus; VII*—Liberty and Autonomy, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 87, Issue 1, 1 June 1987, Pages 107–120, https://doi.org/10.1093/aristo.
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72Saving One’s Soul or Founding a State: Morality and PoliticsPhilosophia 34 (3): 233-241. 2006.In his essay, ‘The Question of Machiavelli’, Isaiah Berlin notes the depth of Machiavelli's pluralism. Taking my cue from Berlin, I argue that much modern liberal political philosophy neglects this deep pluralism and, as a result, misunderstands modern political problems such as the phenomenon of religiously-motivated terrorism.
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4Harm, offence, and censorshipIn John Horton & Susan Mendus (eds.), Aspects of Toleration: Philosophical Studies, Methuen. 1985.
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42Professor Waldron Goes to WashingtonCriminal Law and Philosophy 8 (1): 123-134. 2014.In Torture, Terror and Trade-Offs: Philosophy for the White House Jeremy Waldron asks how moral philosophy can illuminate real life political problems. He argues that moral philosophers should remind politicians of the importance of adhering to moral principle, and he also argues that some moral principles are absolute and exceptionless. Thus, he is very critical of those philosophers who, post 9/11, were willing to condone the use of torture. In this article I discuss and criticize Waldron’s ab…Read more
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38Defending the bad against the worse: Education and democracyStudies in Philosophy and Education 12 (1): 21-31. 1993.Recent writings in philosophy of education have expressed pessimism about the possibility of educating students to think for themselves. Similarly, recent writings in political philosophy have expressed pessimism about the possibility of attaining democracy. In this paper, I suggest that such pessimism is premature and may be alleviated, if not removed, by interpreting both educational enlightenment and the democratic ideal as processes, rather than end states. They are, moreover, processes whic…Read more
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Out of the Doll's House Reflections on Feminism and AutonomyUniversity of York, Department of Politics. 1998.
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3A Theory of Value and Obligation By Robin Attfield Croom Helm, 1987, 262 pp., £30.00 (review)Philosophy 63 (245): 406-407. 1988.
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