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72Book Review:Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition." Charles Taylor, Amy Gutmann (review)Ethics 104 (2): 384-. 1994.
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69EgalitarianismCanadian Journal of Philosophy 13 (1). 1983.Despite the popularity of equality as a political value, egalitarianism as a political theory has never, I think, been fully or successfully defended. I aim in this paper to begin the defense of such a view. The egalitarianism I have in mind has as its ideal a condition of equal wellbeing for all persons at the highest possible level of well-being, i.e. maximum equal well-being. Egalitarianism holds that society should be arranged so as to promote and maintain this state. Defending such a view i…Read more
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42Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal DemocracyAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 89 (2). 2011.Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Volume 89, Issue 2, Page 364-367, June 2011
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34Brock’s Cosmopolitanism: Sensible but IncompleteDiametros 31 146-156. 2012.Cosmopolitanism is a form of egalitarianism about global justice. Egalitarians hold that economic inequalities are justifiable only under limited conditions. Cosmopolitans, like Brock, embrace basic principles of distributive justice that apply to all human beings. Their opponents, sometimes called liberal nationalists, are also egalitarians but limit the scope of egalitarian justice to cooperating members of a society. Outsiders are owed help to lead minimally decent lives but these are humanit…Read more
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20On Nancy Fraser's “Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation”Hypatia 3 (2): 151-161. 1988.In “Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation,” Nancy Fraser pursues a “meaning-oriented” inquiry intended to illuminate the gender bias of the American welfare system in order to aid feminists and their allies in the continuing political struggles over the welfare system. For Fraser the fundamental issues are over judgments about what women need—“need interpretation.” I argue that although her analysis of the system is vivid and provocative, it is inadequate as a contribution eithe…Read more
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14Book Review:Violence, Terrorism and Justice R. G. Frey, Christopher W. Morris (review)Ethics 103 (4): 830-. 1993.
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9Scheid's DilemmaCriminal Justice Ethics 30 (1): 98-105. 2011.A liberal society should be extremely troubled by the idea of preventive detention. Authoritarian states frequently punish people on suspicion of disloyalty or because rulers wish to remove people...
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |