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66Human rights and the legitimacy of the international orderLegal Theory 14 (1): 39-70. 2008.The international legal order is beginning to take human rights seriously, yet sound justifications for claims about human rights are conspicuously absent. Philosophers have begun to respond to this “justification deficit” by developing theories of human rights. Although a philosophical conception of human rights is needed, it would not be sufficient. The justification of human rights is a dynamic process in which a provisional philosophical conception of human rights both guides and is fleshed …Read more
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43The controversy over retrospective moral judgmentKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 6 (3): 245-250. 1996.: The mandate of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments required that the Committee take a position on the validity of retrospective moral judgments. However, throughout its period of operation, the Committee remained divided on the question of whether sound judgments of individual culpability and wrongdoing should be included in its Final Report. This essay examines the arguments that various committee members marshalled to support their opposing views on retrospective moral…Read more
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33Deriving welfare rights from libertarian rightsIn Carl Wellman (ed.), Rights and Duties, Routledge. pp. 5--101. 2002.
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88Survey article: Constitutional democracy and the rule of international law: Are they compatible?Journal of Political Philosophy 16 (3): 326-349. 2008.No Abstract
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38From Chance to Choice: Genetics and JusticePhilosophical Review 111 (1): 130. 2002.In the months preceding the writing of this review, bioethics has been in the news a great deal. In congressional and public policy debates surrounding stem cell research, human cloning, and the Human Genome Project, bioethics and bioethicists have gained national attention and been subject to public scrutiny. Commentators have asked who these self-appointed moral experts are to tell us what is right and wrong.
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69What's so special about nations?Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 22 283-309. 1996.
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In the national interestIn Gillian Brock & Harry Brighouse (eds.), The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, Cambridge University Press. 2005.
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8The legitimacy of international lawIn Samantha Besson & John Tasioulas (eds.), The Philosophy of International Law, Oxford University Press. pp. 79--96. 2010.
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158Choosing Who Will Be Disabled: Genetic Intervention and the Morality of InclusionSocial Philosophy and Policy 13 (2): 18. 1996.The Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist Walter Gilbert described the mapping and sequencing of the human genome as “the grail of molecular biology.” The implication, endorsed by enthusiasts for the new genetics, is that possessing a comprehensive knowledge of human genetics, like possessing the Holy Grail, will give us miraculous powers to heal the sick, and to reduce human suffering and disabilities. Indeed, the rhetoric invoked to garner public support for the Human Genome Project appears …Read more
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44A critique of justice as reciprocityContemporary Political Theory: A Reader. London: Sage. forthcoming.
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292Justice, legitimacy, and self-determination: moral foundations for international lawOxford University Press. 2003.This book articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, "the right of self-determination of peoples," human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the inter…Read more
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580The Open-ended Normativity of the EthicalAnalyse & Kritik 34 (1): 81-94. 2012.In The Ethical Project, Kitcher has throe main aim: (1) to provide a naturalistic explanation of the rise of morality and of its subsequent development, (2) to supply an account of moral progress that explains progressive developments that have occurred so far and shows how further progress is possible, and (3) to propose a further progressive development the emergence of a cosmopolitan morality and make the case that it is a natural extension of the ethical project. I argue that Kitcher does no…Read more
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82Human Rights, Legitimacy, and the Use of ForceOup Usa. 2010.This volume collects Allen Buchanan's previously published articles with a focus on ethics and international law, specifically with regard to human rights, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the ethics of force across borders. The work fits together tightly in its systematic interconnections, and collectively it makes the case for a holistic and systematic approach to issues that are at the forefront of current discussions in political and legal philosophy- issues that have tradit…Read more
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158The Ethics of Revolution and Its Implications for the Ethics of InterventionPhilosophy and Public Affairs 41 (4): 291-323. 2013.
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168Equality and human rightsPolitics, Philosophy and Economics 4 (1): 69-90. 2005.There is a puzzling disconnect between recent philosophical literature on equality and the modern theory and practice of human rights. This disconnect is puzzling because the modern human rights movement is arguably the most salient and powerful manifestation of the commitment to equality in our time. One likely source of this disconnect is the tendency of contributors to the philosophical literature on equality to focus on justice within the state, considered in isolation. This article begins t…Read more
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272Social moral epistemologySocial Philosophy and Policy 19 (2): 126-152. 2002.The distinctive aim of applied ethics is to provide guidance as to how we ought to act, as individuals and as shapers of social policies. In this essay, I argue that applied ethics as currently practiced is inadequate and ought to be transformed to incorporate what I shall call social moral epistemology. This is a branch of social epistemology, the study of the social practices and institutions that promote the formation, preservation, and transmission of true beliefs. For example, social episte…Read more
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147Responsibility for global healthTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics 27 (1): 95-114. 2005.There are several reasons for the current prominence of global health issues. Among the most important is the growing awareness that some risks to health are global in scope and can only be countered by global cooperation. In addition, human rights discourse and, more generally, the articulation of a coherent cosmopolitan ethical perspective that acknowledges the importance of all persons, regardless of where they live, provide a normative basis for taking global health seriously as a moral issu…Read more
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201Marx, morality, and history: An assessment of recent analytical work on MarxEthics 98 (1): 104-136. 1987.
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185In Harm's Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1994.For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal, political and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This 1994 volume honours that body of work by presenting fifteen essays, many of them by leading legal and political philosophers, that explore the problems that have engaged Feinberg over the years. Amongst the topics covered are issues of autonomy, responsibility and liability. It will be a collection of interest to anyone working in moral, legal …Read more
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