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Impartiality in Political PhilosophyIn Impartiality in moral and political philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.Impartialist political philosophy must show how and why the priority of impartial justice can be reconciled with a belief in the permanence of pluralism. Although the argument from epistemological abstinence explains the permanence of pluralism, it cannot explain why justice should have motivational priority. It delivers only, and at most, a modus vivendi defence of toleration. The way to attain a defence that is more than a modus vivendi is to ground political impartialism in moral impartialism…Read more
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1Care and human rights : a reply to Virginia HeldIn Rowan Cruft, S. Matthew Liao & Massimo Renzo (eds.), Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights, Oxford University Press Uk. 2015.
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The Priority of Impartial MoralityIn Impartiality in moral and political philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.In moral philosophy, the requirement of impartiality gives rise to the normative question, which is a question about why we should give priority to, and be motivated by, impartial concerns which conflict with the concerns we have for particular people or causes. In this chapter, discussion concentrates on those who already see the force of the requirements of impartial morality, but are sometimes tempted to ignore its demands. I suggest that, for such people, impartialism can command motivationa…Read more
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Getting Morality Off the GroundIn Impartiality in moral and political philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.This chapter asks whether and why impartial morality can be commended to those who do not antecedently feel its force. Can the care and concern we feel for particular others provide a reason for adopting impartial moral philosophy? I argue that, unlike commitment to equality, concern for particular others is sufficiently widespread to provide a foundation for impartial morality that does not presuppose any particular comprehensive conception of the good and which, for that reason, is compatible …Read more
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Impartiality and CongruenceIn Impartiality in moral and political philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.Argues that a form of impartialism that is grounded in the partial concerns we have for others can be shown to be congruent with the good of the agent, and that such congruence does not imply commitment to a specific comprehensive conception of the good. If correct, this argument has important consequences for liberalism at the political level. It suggests that the defence of stability, which Rawls advocates in A Theory of Justice need not depend upon commitment to a comprehensive, and Kantian, …Read more
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R.G. Frey and C.W. Morriss, eds, "Violence, Terrorism and Justice" (review)International Journal of Philosophical Studies 2 (1): 151. 1994.
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Jean Hampton, The Authority of ReasonInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 8 (2): 256-258. 2000.
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Dolores Dooley, Equality in Community: Sexual Equality in the Writings of William Thompson and Anna Doyle WheelerInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 7 (1): 126-127. 1999.
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1Iris Marion M. Young. Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy and PolicyJournal of Applied Philosophy 15 (3): 303-304. 1998.
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13Pluralism and scepticism in a disenchanted worldIn Maria Baghramian & Attracta Ingram (eds.), Pluralism: The Philosophy and Politics of Diversity, Routledge. pp. 103. 2000.
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19Religious Tolerance and Religious ViolenceBijdragen 71 (4): 426-437. 2010.In his book Terror in the Mind of God Mark Juergensmeyer writes: ‘Perhaps the first question that came to mind when televisions around the world displayed the extraordinary aerial assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th 2001, was why anyone would do such a thing. When it became clear that the perpetrators’ motivations were couched in religious terms, the shock turned to anger. How could religion be related to such violent acts?’. That question – ‘how can religion be…Read more
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1ImpartialityIn John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig & Anne Phillips (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, Oxford University Press. 2006.This article explores the conception of impartiality in contemporary political theory. It explains the though impartiality is widely accepted to reflect a commitment to equality, the scope of that commitment has yet to be worked out. It argues for an interpretation of impartiality as primarily a requirement on the moral and legal rules of society and shows that impartiality is best made manifest through the concept of agreement.
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Private faces in public placesIn Matthew H. Kramer, Claire Grant, Ben Colburn & Antony Hatzistavrou (eds.), The legacy of H.L.A. Hart: legal, political, and moral philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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4Harm, offence, and censorshipIn John Horton & Susan Mendus (eds.), Aspects of toleration: philosophical studies, Methuen. 1985.
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1Alasdair Macintyre : After virtue and afterIn John Horton & Susan Mendus (eds.), After Macintyre: Critical Perspectives on the Work of Alasdair Macintyre, University of Notre Dame Press. 1994.
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12The Politics of Toleration in Modern Life (edited book)Duke University Press. 2000.In _The Politics of Toleration in Modern Life _Susan Mendus gathers a group of distinguished public figures—philosophers, historians, lawyers, and religious leaders—to reflect on a core issue within contemporary political debate. At the close of a century that will be remembered for its two world wars and its eruptions of genocide, the contributors examine the importance of an insistence on tolerance and the dangers of its lack, both historically and in the present day. How can toleration be fos…Read more
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Out of the Doll's House Reflections on Feminism and AutonomyUniversity of York, Department of Politics. 1998.
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2Mill's the Subjection of Women: Critical Essays (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2005.The articles collected in this critical edition represent a variety of interpretations both of the kind of feminism Mill represents and of the specific arguments he offers in The Subjection of Women including their lexical ordering and relative merit. Each selection is preceded by a brief and useful summary of the author's position intended to assist introductory students
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43John Locke's Letter on Toleration in Focus (edited book)Routledge. 1991.Though several editions of Locke's Letter of Toleration art available, the unique value of this volume lies in the fact that it conbines both the text of the Letter and interpretative, critical essays. Several essays are reprints of the most important articles on the Letter , but there is also new material , specially commissioned for the volume and published here for the first time. Given the importance of Locke's Letter on Toleration , this volume will be welcomed by both students and teachers…Read more