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64Defending the Hobbesian Right of Self-DefensePolitical Theory 36 (6): 781-802. 2008.A well-known part of Hobbes's political theory is his discussion of the inalienability of the right of self-defense. In this article, I present and defend a reinterpretation of Hobbes's account of self-defense. I begin by showing the weaknesses of the standard interpretation of this account: It rests on an implausible thesis about the evil of death; it renders Hobbes's applications of the right of self-defense inexplicable; and it conflicts with Hobbes's claim that there are cases in which the r…Read more
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21Review of Patricia Springborg (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (5). 2008.
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16Review of Eleanor Curran’s Reclaiming the Rights of the Hobbesian Sovereign (review)Hobbes Studies 21 (1): 99-103. 2008.
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55Hobbes on ‘The Woman Question’1Philosophy Compass 7 (11): 772-781. 2012.The classical social contract tradition of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries has come under significant scrutiny from those interested in the place of women in the philosophical canon, and Thomas Hobbes has been indicted along with John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Jean‐Jacques Rousseau. These philosophers have been accused of holding misogynistic beliefs and, more damningly, founding their theories on sexist and patriarchal assumptions. This paper explores the extent to which Hobbes deserve…Read more
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27Review of Stephen J. Finn, Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (10). 2006.
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30Anarchism, Historical Illegitimacy and Civil Disobedience: Reflections on A. John Simmons’ ‘Disobedience and its Objects’The Boston University Law Review 90 (4): 1833-1846. 2010.
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61Locke, the Law of Nature, and PolygamyJournal of the American Philosophical Association 2 (1): 91-110. 2016.When Locke mentions polygamy in his writings, he does not condemn the practice and, even seems to endorse it under certain conditions. This attitude is out of step with many of his contemporaries. Identifying the philosophical reasons that lead Locke to have this attitude about polygamy motivates our project. Because Locke never wrote a treatise on ethics, we look to number of different texts, but focus on An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Essays on the Law of Nature, in order to outli…Read more
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28Dyzenhaus, David, and Poole, Thomas, eds. Hobbes and the Law.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. 254. $90.00 (review)Ethics 124 (4): 894-899. 2014.
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34“Obligation and Legitimacy: A Response to Ronald Dworkin’s Justice for Hedgehogs.” (With Candice Delmas)The Boston University Law Review 90 (2): 737-758. 2010.
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34The Limits of Reason in Hobbes's CommonwealthBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 20 (6): 1209-1212. 2012.No abstract