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8679Stoicism, Feminism and AutonomySymposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 1 (1): 9-22. 2014.The ancient Stoics had an uneven track record with regard to women’s standing. On the one hand, they recognized women as fully capable of rationality and virtue. On the other hand, they continued to hold that women’s roles were in the home. These views are consistent, given Stoic value theory, but are unacceptable on liberal feminist grounds. Stoic value theory, given different emphasis on the ethical role of choice, is shown to be capable of satisfying the liberal feminist requirement that auto…Read more
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711Is Liberalism Disingenuous? Truth and Lies in Political LiberalismSymposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 5 (2): 113-134. 2018.Rawlsian political liberalism famously requires a prohibition on truth. This has led to the charge that liberalism embraces non-cognitivism, according to which political claims have the moral status of emotions or expressions of preference. This result would render liberalism a non-starter for liberatory politics, a conclusion that political liberals themselves disavow. This conflict between what liberalism claims and what liberalism does has led critics to charge that the theory is disingenuous…Read more
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43Liberal Neutrality and Gender JusticeSocial Philosophy Today 33 91-111. 2017.At the center of many critiques of liberalism is liberal neutrality, which is attacked on two fronts. First, it is argued that neutrality yields a restrictive sphere of public reason. Contentious views—like those endorsed by citizens with marginalized comprehensive doctrines—are outlawed from public consideration. Second, state policies must have neutral effects, lest they differentially impact those with unpopular views. Contentious state actions—like those endorsed by citizens with marginalize…Read more
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42Relational Autonomy and Ameliorative InquirySouthwest Philosophy Review 36 (1): 121-133. 2020.This paper suggests that the contemporary feminist debate on relational autonomy is best understood as an attempt at ameliorative inquiry—the concept of autonomy is defined in order to secure political and theoretical advantages. Most theorists adopt some sort of constructionist, or relational, account precisely because of the political and theoretical advantages relational accounts are meant to offer. But there are also significant drawbacks to this approach. I argue that there are reasons to b…Read more
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42In this dissertation, I respond to the feminist critique of traditional theories of autonomy, which revolves around the charge that such theories are too individualistic. Feminists argue against the liberal atomism that they see at the center of traditional autonomy theories. Their resulting theory of relational autonomy is meant to remedy that traditional theories of autonomy posit an individualistic conception of both the self and autonomy. Instead, feminists have argued for a theory of autono…Read more
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33Review of The Moral Nexus, by R. Jay Wallace (review)Essays in Philosophy 21 (1): 130-134. 2020.
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24Comments on Andréa Daventry, “Seeing Oneself as a Source of Reasons: Gaslighting, Oppression, and Autonomy” (review)Southwest Philosophy Review 38 (2): 59-62. 2022.
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22Jill B. Delston, Medical Sexism: Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care (review)Ethics 131 (4): 781-785. 2021.
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22Am I Gaslighting Myself?Southwest Philosophy Review 40 (1): 35-46. 2024.The concept of self-gaslighting has recently become prevalent in popular discourse but has yet to be subjected to detailed philosophical analysis. In this paper, I examine one context in which self-gaslighting is often discussed: situations in which someone has experienced trauma. I argue that the phenomenon currently described as self-gaslighting fails to display core features of manipulative gaslighting and that therefore we should seek other conceptual resources for understanding such cases. …Read more
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20Response to Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (review)Social Philosophy Today 34 171-174. 2018.
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20Victims’ Stories and the Advancement of Human Rights, written by Diana Tietjens Meyers (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 15 (5): 603-606. 2018.
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19Prohairesis and a Stoic-Inspired Feminist AutonomySymposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 9 (1): 83-104. 2022.The idea that the ancient Stoics are feminists is relatively common. Even those critical of this position acknowledge that certain features of Stoicism render the philosophical program appropriate for a feminist reimagining. Yet less attention has been paid to developing a positive theory of Stoic feminism. I begin this task by outlining Stoic insights for a feminist conception of personal autonomy. I argue that, present in the Stoic doctrine of prohairesis, we find a dual conception of personal…Read more
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11Introduction: The Conceptual Foundations of Transitional Justice by Colleen Murphy (review)Social Philosophy Today 35 169-171. 2019.
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9Commentary on Alyssa Lowery’s “Investigating Integrity in Public Reason Liberalism” (review)Southwest Philosophy Review 35 (2): 45-48. 2019.
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7Feminist Social and Political PhilosophyIn Carol Hay (ed.), Philosophy: Feminism, 1st Edition. pp. 215-249. 2017.
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4Commentary on Rich Eva’s “Religious Liberty and the Alleged Afterlife” (review)Southwest Philosophy Review 37 (2): 49-51. 2021.
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1Autonomy, Oppression, and Feminist Philosophical MethodsIn Ben Colburn (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Autonomy, Routledge. pp. 245-256. 2022.