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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)
Category Archives: Journals
Dissensus, journal of political philosophy – n°5
We are pleased to announce the fifth issue of Dissensus, focused on “Subjectivations politiques et économie des savoirs”, directed by T.Bolmain and G.Cormann, with contributions of G.Cormann, T.Bolmain, L.Boni, A.Cavazzini, D.Amalric & B.Faure, M.Rampazzo-Bazzan, G.Sibertin-Blanc, S.Bourgault, F.Charbonneau, O.Petteni, Y.Citton, L.Demoulin, … Continue reading
New volume: Public Reason 4 (1-2) [open access peer-reviewed journal]
We are pleased to announce that Public Reason 4 (1-2) is now available online at http://publicreason.ro/cuprins/8 Public Reason is an open-access peer-reviewed journal of political and moral philosophy and all articles are available for download as .pdf, .mobi, and .epub. … Continue reading
Special Issue Ethics and Social Welfare 6(2) on “Family Values”
The journal Ethics and Social Welfare features a special issue on “Family Values: Ethical Perspectives on Contemporary Living Arrangements and Parenthood” (edited by Gideon Calder and Jurgen De Wispelaere) that will be of interest to political philosophers working on the … Continue reading
CfP: Law, Ethics and Philosophy, a new international journal
Law, Ethics and Philosophy (LEAP) is a new peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to work in ethics, legal theory, and social and political philosophy. It welcomes clear, rigorous and original submissions addressing concrete issues of public concern as well as more … Continue reading
Special Issue – Public Reason 3 (2): Public Services on the Market
We are pleased to announce you that a special issue of Public Reason, entitled ‘Public Services on the Market’ and edited by Rutger Claassen, is now available online at http://www.publicreason.ro/cuprins/7 All articles are available for download as .pdf, .mobi, and … Continue reading
New issue: Public Reason 3 (1) – open access peer-reviewed journal
We are pleased to announce that Public Reason 3 (1) is now available online at http://www.publicreason.ro/cuprins/6 ARTICLES – The Mutual Dependence of Institutions and Citizens’ Dispositions in Liberal Democracies Jeremy Neil (Houston Baptist University) – Legalizing Selective Conscientious Objection George … Continue reading
CFP: Special Issue on “Global Justice & Practice-Dependence” in Raisons Politiques (in English)
Deadline for submissions: April 1st, 2012 Tentative publication date: Winter 2012 About the Journal Raisons Politiques is a well-established journal of political thought currently building an international reputation with the support of Sciences Po, the French renowned research institute for … Continue reading
TC Review Volume 1 now online
Public Reasoners, I am pleased to announce the premier of the Twin Cities Review of Political Philosophy. TC Review is a journal that combines scholarship from professionals and academics written toward an undergraduate audience as well as research work from undergraduates. … Continue reading
Dissensus n°4 – e-journal of political philosophy
We are pleased to announce the fourth issue of Dissensus, focused on “Efficacité : normes et savoirs”, directed by T. Berns and D. Pieret, with contributions of G. Jeanmart, T. Le Texier, D. Pieret, G. Brausch, L. Bouquiaux, A. Rouvroy, … Continue reading
Symposium on Corey Brettschneider’s Democratic Rights
I’m very happy to say that a symposium on Corey Brettschneider’s Democratic Rights has now been published in Representation. The symposium is based on the contributions to the reading group on the book that took place here in late 2008. … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy launches new submission system
I am delighted to announce that the Journal of Moral Philosophy has launched our new online electronic submission system. Please either visit our online submission page to submit new work: http://www.editorialmanager.com/jmpbrill/ The JMP normally reviews papers in 6-8 weeks or … Continue reading
Which philosophy journal do you think is best?
Readers are encouraged to visit this link where they can vote for their favourite philosophy journals. The choice is fairly comprehensive with nearly 130 journals listed and more added daily. There have been more than 10,000 votes registered and there … Continue reading
Advice for article reviewers: what is best practice?
Readers may be familiar with my “Publishing Advice for Graduate Students” which addressed issues from publishing book reviews and conference proceedings to replies, full length articles, and submitting book contracts successfully. I have been genuinely thrilled by its reception as … Continue reading
New issue – Public Reason, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2010 (open access e-journal)
Public Reason, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2010 is now available online. Contents: Lockean Theories of Property: Justifications for Unilateral Appropriation Karl Widerquist (Georgetown University – Qatar) Abortion and the Limits of Political Liberalism Henrik Friberg-Fernros (University of Gothenburg) On … Continue reading
Theoretical and Applied Ethics (new journal) seeks applicants for editorial board
I’ve received the announcement below through the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics’ list. I assume it’s no secret and think it might be of interest to Public Reason members: Theoretical and Applied Ethics (Revised Announcement) The editors of a … Continue reading
Res Publica: postgraduate essay prize 2010
Postgraduate Essay Prize, 2010 Res Publica: A Journal of Moral, Legal and Social Philosophy For the sixth year running, Res Publica (the journal of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy) will be awarding a prize for the best paper … Continue reading
Symposium on David Estlund’s Democratic Authority
I am delighted to announce that the journal Representation has just published a symposium on David Estlund’s book, Democratic Authority. The symposium – which includes papers by Ben Saunders, Andrew Lister, myself, and a reply from David Estlund – grew out of the reading … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 7(1) (2010)
JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681)Volume 7, Number 1 (2010) ARTICLES William Sin, ‘Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands’, pp. 3-15 Lina Papadaki, ‘What is Objectification?’ pp. 16-36 M. B. E. Smith, ‘Does … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(4) (2009)
JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 4 (2009)ARTICLES Ty Landrum, ‘Persons as Objects of Love’, pp. 417-39 Elizabeth Tropman, ‘Renewing Moral Intuitionism’, pp. 440-63 David Alm, ‘Deontological Restrictions … Continue reading
CFP: Cosmopolitanism: For and Against
The Monist 94 (4): October 2011 | CFP: 31 October 2010 Via Gillian Brock, a CFP for an issue of the Monist on cosmopolitanism due out in 2011: According to cosmopolitanism, every person has global stature as the ultimate unit … Continue reading
Dissensus – N°2 – e-journal in political philosophy
We are pleased to announce the second issue of Dissensus, focused on “Figures du courage politique dans la philosophie moderne et contemporaine”, directed by G. Jeanmart and L. Blesin, with contributions of G. Jeanmart, E. Tassin, M.-A. Gavray, A. Stevens, … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(3) (2009)
JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 3 (2009) ARTICLES Alex Friedman, ‘Intransitive Ethics’, pp. 277-97 David Lefkowitz, ‘Partiality and Weighing Harm to Non-Combatants’, pp. 298-316 Gerald Lang, ‘Luck … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(2) (2009)
JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 2 (2009) ARTICLES David DeGrazia, ‘Moral Vegetarianism from a Very Broad Basis’, pp. 143-65 Martin Peterson, ‘The Mixed Solution to the Number … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(1) (2009)
Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(1) (2009) JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) * Note: the JMP is now quarterly from 2009 * Volume 6, Number 1 (2009) Editorial ARTICLES Daniel Nolan, … Continue reading
CFP: Democracy in South Africa
CFP: 1 December 2008 The journal Representation invites papers for a special issue on Democracy in South Africa, guest edited by Professor Laurence Piper (School of Politics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.) South Africa’s transition from the racist oligarchy of … Continue reading
STP Special Issues
Social Theory and Practice has just published its 2008 special issue, guest-edited by Ingrid Robeyns and Adam Swift. The title is “Social Justice: Ideal Theory, Nonideal Circumstances.” Other recent special issues include “Virtue and Social Diversity” (2007) and “Cosmopolitanism and … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy 5(2) (2008)
JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy http://www.brill.nl/jmp (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 5, Number 2 (2008) EDITORIAL Thom Brooks, ‘Editorial’, p. 177 ARTICLES Burke A. Hendrix, ‘Authenticity and Cultural Rights’, pp. 181-203 Igor Primoratz, ‘Patriotism … Continue reading
Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize
Res Publica Essay Prize: 1 October 2008 Something for grad students: For the fourth year running, Res Publica (the journal of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy) will be awarding a prize for the best paper submitted by a … Continue reading
Anderson’s review of Estlund’s ‘Democratic Authority’
Readers of this blog, and especially those who took part in the discussion of David Estlund’s Democratic Authority, might be interested in Liz Anderson’s recent review of the book in the journal Episteme (here). (EDIT: actually, all of the articles in … Continue reading
Journal of Moral Philosophy news
Today, we have learned the news that the Journal of Moral Philosophy will be a quarterly publication from 2009. This is a major change that I have been hoping to achieve for some time. The JMP was launched in April … Continue reading
Journal of Political Philosophy 16 (2), June 2008
Here is the June JPP:
Journal of Political Philosophy 16 (1), March 2008
The March issue of JPP has been available for a while, and the June issue has just come out, so I thought I would post both. There are many people who use these links to access the articles, but unfortunately … Continue reading
Philosophy & Public Affairs 36 (1), Winter 2008
The Winter 2008 issue of P&PA has been available for a while now:
Philosophy & Public Affairs 35 (4), Fall 2007
The Fall 2007 issue of Philosophy & Public Affairs is now available:
Journal of Political Philosophy 15 (4), Dec 2007
The December 2007 issue of the Journal of Political Philosophy is available. The links should work.
Journal of Moral Philosophy 4 (3), 2007: Issue on Metaethics
The latest issue of the Journal of Moral Philosophy has just been published and all articles are on the topic of ‘metaethics’. Papers were originally presented at a conference organized by Fabian Freyenhagen at King’s College, Cambridge. The issue can … Continue reading

