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Sarah Conly, Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism
Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries, and Ingrid Robeyns, eds., Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas: A Gender Perspective (US) (UK) (CA)
Catherine Audard, John Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
Maria Baghramian & Attracta Ingram, eds., Pluralism: The Philosophy and Politics of Diversity (US) (UK) (CA)
Bat-Ami Bar On, The Subject of Violence (US) (UK) (CA)
Christian Barry and Thomas Pogge, eds., Global Institutions and Responsibilities (US) (UK) (CA)
Sonu Bedi, Rejecting Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Richard Bellamy, Political Constitutionalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Charles Blattberg, From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics (US) (UK) (CA)
Chiara Bottici, A Philosophy of Political Myth (US) (UK) (CA)
Laurent Bouvet, Le communautarisme: Mythes et réalités (US) (UK) (FR)
Corey Brettschneider, Democratic Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Harry Brighouse, On Education (US) (UK) (CA)
Harry Brighouse and Gillian Brock, eds., The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (US) (UK) (CA)
Gillian Brock, Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account (US) (UK) (CA)
Thom Brooks, Hegel's Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Thom Brooks, ed., The Global Justice Reader (US) (UK) (CA)
Allen Buchanan, Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination (US) (UK) (CA)
Mark Button, Contract, Culture, and Citizenship: Transformative Liberalism from Hobbes to Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
Gideon Calder, Rorty's Politics of Redescription (US) (UK) (CA)
Eamonn Callan, Creating Citizens (US) (UK) (CA)
Simon Caney, Justice Beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory (US) (UK) (CA)
Thomas Christiano, The Constitution of Equality (US) (UK) (CA)
Claudio Corradetti, Relativism and Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
M. Victoria Costa, Rawls, Citizenship, and Education (US) (UK) (CA)
Derrick Darby, Rights, Race, and Recognition (US) (UK) (CA)
Monique Deveaux, Gender and Justice in Multicultural Liberal States (US) (UK) (CA)
Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere, and Stuart White, eds., The Ethics of Stakeholding (US) (UK) (CA)
William Edmundson, Three Anarchical Fallacies (US) (UK) (CA)
David Estlund, Democratic Authority (US) (UK) (CA)
Colin Farrelly, Justice, Democracy and Reasonable Agreement (US) (UK) (CA)
Alessandro Ferrara, The Force of the Example (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Finlay, Hume's Social Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Gordon Finlayson, Habermas: A Very Short Introduction (US) (UK) (CA)
James Fleming, Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy (US) (UK) (CA)
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, Toleration as Recognition (US) (UK) (CA)
Graeme Garrard, Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment (US) (UK) (CA)
Carol Gould, Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Benjamin Gregg, Coping in Politics with Indeterminate Norms (US) (UK) (CA)
Lori Gruen, Ethics and Animals: An Introduction (US) (UK) (CA)
Jospeh Heath, Following the Rules (US) (UK) (CA)
Jason Hill, Becoming a Cosmopolitan (US) (UK) (CA)
Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, eds., Egalitarianism (US) (UK) (CA)
Iseult Honohan, Civic Republicanism (US) (UK) (CA)
Dustin Ells Howes, Toward a Credible Pacifism (US) (UK) (CA)
Michael Huemer, Ethical Intuitionism (US) (UK) (CA)
Thomas Hurka, Perfectionism (US) (UK) (CA)
Alison Jaggar, ed., Just Methods: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Reader (US) (UK) (CA)
Simon Keller, The Limits of Loyalty (US) (UK) (CA)
Mark Kingwell and Patrick Turmel, eds., Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space (US) (UK) (CA)
Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols, eds., Experimental Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Ari Kohen, In Defense of Human Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Anthony Langlois, The Politics of Justice and Human Rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Lecce, Against Perfectionism: Defending Liberal Neutrality (US) (UK) (CA)
Jacob T. Levy, The Multiculturalism of Fear (US) (UK) (CA)
Roderick T. Long, Reason and Value: Aristotle versus Rand (US) (UK) (CA)
Colin Macleod, Liberalism, Justice, and Markets: A Critique of Liberal Equality (US) (UK) (CA)
Rex Martin and David Reidy, eds., Rawls's Law of Peoples (US) (UK) (CA)
Matt Matravers, Responsibility and Justice (US) (UK) (CA)
Larry May, War Crimes and Just War (US) (UK) (CA)
John Maynor, Republicanism in the Modern World (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Mazie, Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State (US) (UK) (CA)
Noëlle McAfee, Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher McMahon, Collective Rationality and Collective Reasoning (US) (UK) (CA)
Saladin Meckled-Garcia and Basak Cali, eds., The Legalization of Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches (US) (UK) (CA)
Peter Meyers, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen (US) (UK) (CA)
Darrel Moellendorf, Global Inequality Matters (US) (UK) (CA)
Diane Morgan and Gary Banham, eds., Cosmopolitics and the Emergence of the Future (US) (UK) (CA)
Colleen Murphy, A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation (US) (UK) (CA)
Jan Narveson, You and the State: A Short Introduction to Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Nahshon Perez, Freedom from Past Injustices (US) (UK) (CA)
Jonathan Quong, Liberalism without Perfection (US) (UK) (CA)
George Rainbolt, The Concept of Rights (US) (UK) (CA)
Andrew Rehfeld, The Concept of Constituency (US) (UK) (CA)
Rob Reich, Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education (US) (UK) (CA)
David Reidy and Walter Riker, Coercion and the State (US) (UK) (CA)
Melvin Rogers, The Undiscovered Dewey (US) (UK) (CA)
Andrew Sabl, Ruling Passions: Political Offices and Democratic Ethics (US) (UK) (CA)
Debra Satz, Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale (US) (UK) (CA)
Debra Satz and Rob Reich, eds., Toward a Humanist Justice: The Political Philosophy of Susan Moller Okin (US) (UK) (CA)
David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty (US) (UK) (CA)
Sibyl Schwarzenbach, On Civic Friendship (US) (UK) (CA)
Tamsin Shaw, Nietzsche's Political Skepticism (US) (UK) (CA)
Tommie Shelby, We Who Are Dark (US) (UK) (CA)
Laurie Shrage, Abortion and Social Responsibility: Depolarizing the Debate (US) (UK) (CA)
A. John Simmons, Justification and Legitimacy (US) (UK) (CA)
Christine T. Sistare, ed., Civility and Its Discontents (US) (UK) (CA)
Sarah Song, Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Jean-Fabien Spitz, John Locke et les fondements de la liberté moderne (US) (FR) (CA)
Uwe Steinhoff, The Philosophy of Jurgen Habermas (US) (UK) (CA)
Peter Stone, The Luck of the Draw (US) (UK) (CA)
Robert Talisse, Democracy after Liberalism (US) (UK) (CA)
Kok-Chor Tan, Justice without Borders (US) (UK) (CA)
Robert Taylor, Reconstructing Rawls (US) (UK) (CA)
C.L. Ten, ed., The Nineteenth Century (US) (UK) (CA)
Mathias Thaler, Moralische Politik oder politische Moral? (US) (UK)
Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner, eds., Left-Libertarianism and its Critics (US) (UK)
Steve Vanderheiden, Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change (US) (UK) (CA)
Steven Wall and George Klosko, eds., Perfectionism and Neutrality (US) (UK) (CA)
Eric Thomas Weber, Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy (US) (UK) (CA)
Daniel Weinstock and Christian Nadeau, eds., Republicanism: History, Theory and Practice (US) (UK) (CA)
Cynthia Willett, The Soul of Justice: Social Bonds and Racial Hubris (US) (UK) (CA)
Melissa Williams, Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation (US) (UK) (CA)
Jessica Wolfendale, Torture and the Military Profession (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Woodard, Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation (US) (UK) (CA)
Christopher Zurn, Deliberative Democracy and the Institutions of Judicial Review (US) (UK) (CA)
Matt Zwolinski, ed., Arguing about Political Philosophy (US) (UK) (CA)
Author Archives: Stephen Cooke
Liberalism Without Perfection, Luiss University of Rome, 23 May 2013
by Jonathan Quong and Live Streaming on Philosophy and Public Issues Journal Website One day launch workshop of the new series of *Philosophy and Public Issues*, an international journal of moral, political, legal and social philosophy edited by Sebastiano Maffettone … Continue reading
CfP: MANCEPT Workshop: ‘The Politics of Agonism’, 4th-6th September 2013
The agonist tradition has introduced to political thought an account of politics that focuses on the integral role of power and conflict in the relations between participants in society. But the tradition seems to be insufficiently aware of its conceptual … Continue reading
Idealism & Pragmatism: Convergence or Contestation?
We are pleased to announce a Leverhulme funded network project on the relation between idealism and pragmatism. The project will last three years, and will involve a series of workshops and a final conference. For further details see here: http://idealismandpragmatism.org/ … Continue reading
CfP: Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice, 19–22 June 2013, University of Tromsø
The Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice (PDJ) research group of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Tromsø invites you to participate in the conference Realizing Global Justice: Theory and Practice to be held on 19–22 June 2013 at the … Continue reading
1st St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory
Hosted by the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, 10-11 June 2013 On 10-11 June 2013 the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, is hosting the 1st St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory. The conference … Continue reading
Call for abstracts: Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
This is a call for abstracts for the first annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy to be held Oct. 17-20, 2013 in Tucson, AZ at the Westward Look Hotel and Resort. Abstracts in all areas of Political Philosophy … Continue reading
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory: 2nd Call for Convenors
Tenth Annual Conference: 4th - 6th September 2013 Once again, the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT) in Politics at the University of Manchester will be organizing the annual Political Theory Workshops. Over the last nine years, participants from over twenty five … Continue reading
2nd CfP: The relationship between Political Theory and politics – Graduate Conference in Political Theory
28 May 2013, University of Sheffield, ICOSS, 10 am-6 pm Keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Freeden University of Nottingham/Oxford University Almost any Political Theory aspires to address itself to a chosen political context, to speak to politics, and to be, at … Continue reading
Changes to Public Reason
Public Reason has undergone a facelift! We’re always looking for ways to make Public Reason better, and gradual changes have been introduced over time – such as features to allow sharing of posts via social networking sites. However, some features … Continue reading
2nd Call for papers: 2013 Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, ‘The Politics of Equality’
Paper proposals are invited for the second Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations on 25th-26th April 2013. Proposals of no more than 500 words are requested … Continue reading
Call for papers: 7th ECPR General Conference Sciences Po, Bordeaux 4th – 7th September 2013
Panel on Politics Through Procedures? Examining the Scope and Nature of Procedural Justification in Politics Section: Justification and Application. The Nature and Function of Political Norms Panel Conveners: Andrei Poama (Sciences-Po, Paris) and Emanuela Ceva (University of Pavia) This panel … Continue reading
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory 2013, Call for Convenors
The MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory 2013 is an annual conference in political theory, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory, University of Manchester. This year’s conference will be the tenth event in the series and … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Theory and Practice: The Limits of Ethics for Guiding Action, 15-16 March 2013, University of Toronto
Centre for Ethics Graduate Associates Conference, University of Toronto “Theory and Practice: The Limits of Ethics for Guiding Action” Keynote Speaker: Colin Farrelly, Queen’s University Western social and political thought has long been concerned with the limitations of theoretical inquiry in … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Political Decision And Truth, November 15-16, 2013 – Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris
Political Decision And Truth: Interdisciplinary Symposium Submission deadline: January 30, 2013 Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2013 Format of proposals: One page (a maximum of 2500 to 3000 characters, including spaces) abstracts – in French or English – should be submitted … Continue reading
CfP: The relationship between Political Theory and politics – Graduate Conference in Political Theory, 28 May 2013, University of Sheffield
Keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Freeden (Oxford University) Almost any Political Theory aspires to address itself to a chosen political context, to speak to politics, and to be, at least in this sense, political. Recently thriving debates about “realism” or “(non-) … Continue reading
Workshop on “Justice and Development”, 13-14 December 2012, Justitia Amplificata, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
The ‘Beyond-GDP’ discourse as to how to understand and measure social progress is no longer confined to social-scientific development researchers or other academics. Policy makers and civil society at national, inter- and transnational levels are engaged in discussing and devising … Continue reading
Call for papers: 2013 Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, ‘The Politics of Equality’
Paper proposals are invited for the second Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the University of Oxford Department of Politics and International Relations on 25th-26th April 2013. The theme will be ‘The Politics of Equality’, which … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Northwestern University, Society for Ethical Theory & Political Philosophy, 7th Annual Conference. 16-18th May, 2013
Call for Papers From Faculty and Graduate Students Keynote Addresses: Talbot Brewer and Sarah Buss SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2013. We welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be reserved for student presentations. … Continue reading
Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference – Paris, 20-21 June 2013
Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference Keynote Speaker: Joseph Raz The first Sciences Po Graduate Political Theory Conference is going to take place at Sciences Po, Paris, from June 20 to June 21st 2013. We welcome contributions from young political … Continue reading
The idea of evil: secular approaches, 22 – 23 November 2012
MANCEPT/MANCEV CONFERENCE Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester Thursday 22 November Registration 9:30 – 10:00 10:00 – 11:30 Luke Russell (The University of Sydney) Evil and the Qualitative Difference Revisited Commentator: Richard Child (University of Manchester) 11:30 – 11.45 Break … Continue reading
Call for papers: Thematic Section: 12th Congress of the French Political Science Association (AFSP), July 9-11, 2013, Section 22
Deadline: October 15, 2012 Les procédures de la démocratie. Perspectives pour la théorie politique et la pratique de la démocratie Cette section thématique se propose d’analyser et d’évaluer trois procédures de décision qui sont actuellement revendiquées comme démocratiques : le … Continue reading
Harvard University: Graduate Conference in Political Theory – October 26–27, 2012
The Department of Government (FAS) at Harvard University will host its annual conference for graduate students in political theory and political philosophy on October 26–27, 2012. Papers on any theme or topic within political theory — from the history of … Continue reading
An Interview with T. M. Scanlon
An interview with T.M. Scanlon By Yascha Mounk via http://www.the-utopian.org Long version; Edited version.
One-day conference on “Liberalism without Perfection”: March 30, 2013, Cambridge, UK
Churchill College, Cambridge Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Quite a few political philosophers in recent years have favoured a view called liberal perfectionism. According to this view, liberal political morality is characterized by a commitment to helping individuals lead autonomous lives … Continue reading
Collective Responsibility: Ethics, Law, and Public Policy for the Twenty-First Century (3-4 July 2012)
The conference will be hosted by the Centre for Advanced Studies, Justitia Amplificata, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, with funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Venue: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany (near Frankfurt) To register, please email Ms Valérie Bignon at bignon@em.uni-frankfurt.de. Please indicate whether you … Continue reading
Assistant Professor of Ethics Position – Central European University (20th March Deadline)
Apologies that this is very last minute, but the following job advert may be of interest. Central European University invites applications for a full-time junior position in the field of ethics. The position will be a joint appointment between the … Continue reading
The Boston Review tackles the question of What to Do about Inequality
The Boston Review March/April Forum tackles the question of What to Do about Inequality. David Grusky, Stanford sociologist and Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality, argues in his lead essay that if we’re serious about reducing inequality, we need to do more than raise taxes … Continue reading
Oxford Political Theory Graduate Conference
Theme: Political Theory and the ‘Liberal’ Tradition Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford | 19-20 April 2012 Graduate students and academics are invited to attend the inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at … Continue reading
