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100In Defense of HomelessnessJournal of Value Inquiry 48 (1): 33-51. 2014.In this essay, I offer a twofold defense of homelessness. First, I argue that specifiable socio-economic forms of organization that are common among the homeless and that operate at least partially independently of state and philanthropic institutions embody valuable and worthwhile ways to live and to make a living. Second, the norms underlying the current institutional response to homelessness facilitate psychological distress and social fragmentation not just among the homeless but among the h…Read more
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19From Victims to Survivors? Struggling to Live Ecoconsciously in an Ecocidal CultureEnvironmental Philosophy 14 (2): 361-384. 2017.It’s hardly news that settler culture normalizes ecocide. Those of us raised as settlers who are nevertheless ecoconscious routinely blame ourselves for our failure to live up to our own best expectations when it comes to challenging the norms and practices of our culture. This leads us to overlook that we’re also—and, I think, much more so—among its victims. I outline five manifestations of victimhood routinely exhibited by the ecoconscious settler activists, scholars, and students with whom I …Read more
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48Communication and conviction: A Jamesian contribution to deliberative democracyJournal of Speculative Philosophy 21 (4). 2007.
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5Book Review: Imagined Diasporas among Manchester Muslims: The Public Performance of Pakistani Transnational Identity Politics (review)Theory, Culture and Society 22 (6): 149-151. 2005.
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11Commentary on Ben Berger’s Attention Deficit DemocracySocial Philosophy Today 29 153-158. 2013.In this review I argue that while Berger makes out a good argument that the language of civic engagement covers too much (and hence too little) and that education plays a vital role in developing civic-minded sensibilities, I am less sanguine that the strategies for the reform of our “attention deficit democracy” will achieve the desired effect in a political society dominated by the corrupting influence of corporations who actively seek to undermine just such sensibilities as anathema to their …Read more
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28Building the virtual city: Public participation through e-democracyKnowledge, Technology & Policy 18 (1): 62-85. 2005.
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124The ethical dimension of work: A feminist perspectiveHypatia 20 (2): 119-134. 2005.: My contribution intends to show that the traditional philosophical concept of work (Marx, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marcuse, Arendt, Habermas, and the rest) leaves out a crucial dimension. Work is reduced, for example, to the interaction with nature, the problem of recognition, or economic self-preservation. But work also establishes an ethical relation having to do with the needs of others and to the common good—a view of work that should be of particular interest for feminist and gender philosophy…Read more
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48Equality and Justice: Remarks on a Necessary RelationshipHypatia 20 (2): 155-163. 2005.The processes associated with globalization have reinforced and even increased prevailing conditions of inequality among human beings with respect to their political, economic, cultural, and social opportunities. Yet-or perhaps precisely because of this trend-there has been, within political philosophy, an observable tendency to question whether equality in fact should be treated a as central value within a theory of justice. In response, I examine a number of nonegalitarian positions to try to …Read more
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71Epistemic Responsibility and Democratic Justification Content Type Journal Article Pages 297-302 DOI 10.1007/s11158-011-9147-1 Authors Andrew F. Smith, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Journal Res Publica Online ISSN 1572-8692 Print ISSN 1356-4765 Journal Volume Volume 17 Journal Issue Volume 17, Number 3
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24Why People Don’t Take their Concerns about Fair Trade to the Supermarket: The Role of NeutralisationJournal of Business Ethics 74 (1): 89-100. 2007.This article explores how neutralisation can explain people's lack of commitment to buying Fair Trade products, even when they identify FT as an ethical concern. It examines the theoretical tenets of neutralisation theory and critically assesses its applicability to the purchase of FT products. Exploratory research provides illustrative examples of neutralisation techniques being used in the FT consumer context. A conceptual framework and research propositions delineate the role of neutralisatio…Read more
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36Commentary on Ben Berger’s Attention Deficit DemocracySocial Philosophy Today 29 153-158. 2013.In this review I argue that while Berger makes out a good argument that the language of civic engagement covers too much (and hence too little) and that education plays a vital role in developing civic-minded sensibilities, I am less sanguine that the strategies for the reform of our “attention deficit democracy” will achieve the desired effect in a political society dominated by the corrupting influence of corporations who actively seek to undermine just such sensibilities as anathema to their …Read more
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97Why People Don’t Take their Concerns about Fair Trade to the Supermarket: The Role of Neutralisation (review)Journal of Business Ethics 74 (1). 2007.This article explores how neutralisation can explain people's lack of commitment to buying Fair Trade (FT) products, even when they identify FT as an ethical concern. It examines the theoretical tenets of neutralisation theory and critically assesses its applicability to the purchase of FT products. Exploratory research provides illustrative examples of neutralisation techniques being used in the FT consumer context. A conceptual framework and research propositions delineate the role of neutrali…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |