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28Knowing Violence: Testimony, Trust and TruthRevue Internationale de Philosophie 235 (1): 277-291. 2006.How do we know what violence is? And how do we acquire knowledge of violence? The key to these questions can be found in the epistemology of testimony. Testimonies of violence are first-person narratives of violence, therefore unless first-person narratives are recognized and legitimized as philosophically and epistemologically valuable, our knowledge of violence would be seriously compromised. The value of testimonies of violence lies in part in the transmission of truth-claims, but also crucia…Read more
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224War crimes in Ukraine: is Putin responsible?Journal of Political Power 16 (2022). 2022.War crimes are being committed in Ukraine today, but who should be held responsible? By looking at the literature on responsibility and violence by Philippa Foot and John Harris, this article argues that there are grounds for holding Vladimir Putin responsible for war crimes in Ukraine, even if he did not give the command for these crimes and other atrocities to be carried out.
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10Three Questions about ViolenceWashington University Review of Philosophy 2 209-218. 2022.This article explores three philosophical issues regarding the concept of violence. First, violence is not just an act, it is also an experience. The study of violence should not focus exclusively on understanding actions that cause harm. Instead, a more phenomenological approach is required, one that prioritizes the experience of violence, especially those of victims and survivors of violence. Second, it is necessary to distinguish between “unwanted” and “unconsented” violence. Third, the defin…Read more
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24Democratic justice and contractarian injusticeCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 20 (2): 222-230. 2017.
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25Book Review: The Epistemology of Resistance, by José MedinaThe Epistemology of Resistance, by MedinaJosé. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (review)Political Theory 43 (1): 142-144. 2015.
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24Beyond unity in plurality: Rethinking the pluralist legacyContemporary Political Theory 9 (4): 458-476. 2010.This article is a critical analysis of the pluralist legacy in modern political discourse. The article argues that this legacy imposes conceptual constraints on empirical and normative inquiry into current forms of human belonging and interaction, a predicament most evident today in the field of global political theory. It is argued that this is due to a lasting preoccupation in the pluralist legacy with the vexed question of unity in plurality. The article analyzes the pluralist legacy historic…Read more
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University College CorkSenior Lecturer
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Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |