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612The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, EqualityIn Andrew I. Cohen & Christopher H. Wellman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 22--307. 2014.
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492Legal realism, critical legal studies, and DworkinPhilosophy and Public Affairs 15 (3): 205-235. 1986.
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167Democratic self-determination and the disenfranchisement of felonsJournal of Applied Philosophy 22 (3). 2005.
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146Review of Mari J. Matsuda: Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment. (review)Ethics 106 (1): 211-213. 1995.
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145Policy, principle, and incrementalism: Dworkin's jurisprudence of race (review)The Journal of Ethics 5 (3): 241-262. 2001.For several decades, Ronald Dworkinhas been one of the most prominent voicesdefending the legality and justifiability ofrace-conscious programs aimed at undoing thecontinuing effects of prejudice. Writingwithin the framework of a liberal legalphilosophy, he has formulated powerfularguments against the view that color-blindpolicies are the only defensible ones. Nonetheless, I argue that a more completeliberal defense of race-conscious policieswould need to develop and modify Dworkin's lineof argu…Read more
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136Genocide and crimes against humanity: Dispelling the conceptual fogSocial Philosophy and Policy 29 (1): 280-308. 2012.Research Articles Andrew Altman, Social Philosophy and Policy, FirstView Article
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104Arguing about Law: An Introduction to Legal PhilosophyCengage Learning. 2001.Using the rule of law as its main theme, this text shows how abstract questions and concepts of legal philosophy are connected to concrete legal, political, and social issues. The text addresses several modern controversies and challenges students to consider both sides of an argument, using sound, reasoned thinking.
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96The Deontological Defense of Democracy: An Argument From Group RightsPacific Philosophical Quarterly 89 (3): 279-293. 2008.Abstract: Democracy is regularly heralded as the only form of government that treats political subjects as free and equal citizens. On closer examination, however, it becomes apparent that democracy unavoidably restricts individual freedom, and it is not the only way to treat all citizens equally. In light of these observations, we argue that the non-instrumental reasons to support democratic governance stem, not from considerations of individual freedom or equality, but instead from the importa…Read more
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87Debating PornographyOup Usa. 2018.Pornography is everywhere, and it raises a host of difficult questions. What counts as pornography, first of all? When does material cross the line from being erotic to being objectionable? Where does a person's entitlement to sexual freedom end and another person's right not to feel objectified begin? How should rights be weighed against consequences in deciding what laws and policies ought to be adopted? Philosophers Andrew Altman and Lori Watson explore these and other issues in this succinct…Read more
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85Freedom of speech and religionIn LaFollette H. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics, Oxford University Press. pp. 358. 2003.
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85Race and Democracy: The Controversy Over Racial Vote DilutionPhilosophy and Public Affairs 27 (3): 175-201. 1998.
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79Joseph Raz, Value, Respect, and Attachment, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. vi + 178Utilitas 15 (3): 376. 2003.
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70Freedom of Expression and Human Rights Law: The Case of Holocaust DenialIn Mary Kate McGowan Ishani Maitra (ed.), Speech and Harm: Controversies Over Free Speech, . pp. 24. 2012.
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69Critical Legal Studies: A Liberal Critique (edited book)Princeton University Press. 1990.In this first book-length liberal reply to CLS, Andrew Altman systematically examines the philosophical underpinnings of the CLS movement and exposes the deficiencies in the major lines of the CLS argument against liberalism.
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63A liberal theory of international justiceOxford University Press. 2009.This book advances a novel theory of international justice that combines the orthodox liberal notion that the lives of individuals are what ultimately matter morally with the putatively antiliberal idea of an irreducibly collective right of self-governance. The individual and her rights are placed at center stage insofar as political states are judged legitimate if they adequately protect the human rights of their constituents and respect the rights of all others. Yet, the book argues that legit…Read more
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56The Persistent Fiction of Harm to HumanityEthics and International Affairs 20 (3): 367-372. 2006.
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53Equality and expression: The radical paradoxSocial Philosophy and Policy 21 (2): 1-22. 2004.The modern liberal state arose as part of a rebellion against the entrenched hierarchies of rank, power, and privilege that had characterized the feudal order of European society. Under that order, a person's prospects in life were determined almost entirely by his status at birth. The individual lacked the liberty to change his social and economic ranking and was rendered dependent on the will of those in higher-ranking positions. It was against this inclusive, closed, and ascriptive system of …Read more
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52The Democratic Legitimacy of Bias Crime Laws: Public Reason and the Political ProcessLaw and Philosophy 20 (2): 141-173. 2001.No Abstract
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