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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: Posts
Punishment book launch in Westminster
Punishment book launch The Houses of Parliament Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Time: 17:00-19:00 Place: Committee Room 3, the Houses of Parliament, London Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? What … 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
Brettschneider Response to Quong on the Introduction and Chapter One of When the State Speaks
I would like to begin by thanking the contributors to Public Reason symposium for such careful summaries of the book and such thoughtful and probing questions. The discussions in the comments section have also been terrific and I am grateful … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Final
I, too, join the praise for Corey’s work and appreciate the invitation to participate in this forum. Writing an original, well-executed and compelling book, such as this one, on a topic that has been debated for so long and by … Continue reading
CRISPP £500 2012 Essay Prize
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP) is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 £500 essay prize for the best article published in volume 15 (2012) is Sylvie Loriaux for her article: Fairness in international … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Conclusion – Value Democracy at Home and Abroad
I’ve been appallingly remiss in fulfilling my duties this time around. In an effort to make good, I’ve spent several days poring over these excellent commentaries and discussions, as well as reacquainting myself with Corey’s wonderful book, which has taught … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Chapter 5
I want to begin by thanking Corey for the opportunity to read his wonderful book. I found it well-written, original, and thought-provoking, and I am sympathetic to many aspects of his approach. While I sometimes disagreed, I always struggled to … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Chapter 5, Religious Freedom and the Reasons for Rights
Along with the other commenters, I’m grateful for the opportunity to take part in this reading group. I find Corey’s book both timely and provocative; perhaps one of the book’s main virtues is the way in which it frames controversial … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Chapter Four, Democratic Persuasion and State Subsidy
I have learned a great deal from Corey’s book and the blog posts so far; I appreciate the opportunity to kick off our discussion of Chapter 4. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US I’ve written up this post … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Chapter Three, Democratic Persuasion and the Freedom of Expression
The main challenge of chapter 3 is to explain and defend the view that while the state is permitted (indeed required) to engage in democratic persuasion aimed at producing reflective revision (i.e., talk people out of certain illiberal views) it … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Chapter Two: Publicly Justifiable Privacy and Reflective Revision by Citizens
The Determination of Privacy: This is a provocative, original book, and Chapter Two is typical in arguing rationally for radical revisions in our ways of thinking. In order to convince us of that the state is allowed—indeed, is obliged—to persuade … Continue reading
Brettschneider Reading Group: Introduction and Chapter 1
I’m very pleased to begin our reading group on Corey Brettschneider’s new book: When the State Speaks, What Should it Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality. In this post I’ll offer a brief summary of the introduction … Continue reading
When the State Speaks Reading Group: Schedule
This post is meant as a reference point for any and all posts that related to our reading group on Corey Brettschneider’s When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? Below I list our reading schedule along with the name … Continue reading
Reading Group on Corey Brettschneider’s When the State Speaks, What Should It Say?
I’m happy to announce that from 12 November we’ll be hosting a reading group on Corey Brettschneider’s new book, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say?: How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality. From the publishers: How should … Continue reading
Punishment – new book
Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is the death penalty ever justified? These questions and many others are addressed in this highly engaging … Continue reading
Author-Meets-Critics Session on Robert Talisse’s Democracy and Moral Conflict
The Felician Ethics Institute is pleased to announce an Author-Meets-Critics session with Robert Talisse of Vanderbilt University on his book, Democracy and Moral Conflict (Cambridge, 2009), to be held on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Felician’s Lodi campus, 262 S. Main … Continue reading
Princeton University Press Conference Discount
Now that the APSA annual conference is cancelled, Princeton University Press, which has a substantial list in political theory, is offering the conference discount through its website. Here is the link: http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2012/08/27/new-2012-political-science-law-catalog-and-apsa2012-announcement/
The Lottery as a Democratic Institution
As you may know, I am organizing a workshop at Trinity College Dublin on “The Lottery as a Democratic Institution.” This workshop will be co-organized by Gil Delannoi (Sciences Po) and Oliver Dowlen. The workshop will be held on October … Continue reading
When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality
I am happy to announce that Princeton University Press has relased my new book: http://www.amazon.com/When-State-Speaks-What-Should/dp/0691147620 Here is a description: When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality How should a liberal … Continue reading
Nicole Hassoun, Globalization and Global Justice: Shrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations
I wanted to let everyone know that my friend Nicole Hassoun’s book Globalization and Global Justice: Shrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations recently came out with Cambridge University Press and it should certainly be of interest to many readers of this blog. Here … Continue reading
Symposium on John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness
The Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog is hosting a symposium on John Tomasi’s newest book, Free Market Fairness. The symposium begins today, June 11th, and runs through next Monday, June 18th. The schedule for the symposium is below. Please see the … Continue reading
Oxford Handbook in Political Philosophy
Readers may be interested in the appearance of this volume. OUP plans to make the chapters available online (by institutional subscription) later in the summer. The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy Edited by David Estlund Description Even though political … Continue reading
Matthew Adler, Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis
Matthew Adler has a major new book with OUP that will interest many readers of this blog. Here is the description: Well-Being and Fair Distribution provides a rigorous and comprehensive defense of the “social welfare function” as a tool for … Continue reading
New Casebook: Constitutional Law and American Democracy by Corey Brettschneider
I am happy to announce the publication of my new integrated casebook and reader, Constitutional Law and American Democracy: Cases and Readings, with Wolters Kluwer/Aspen Press: http://www.aspenpublishers.com/Product.asp?catalog_name=Aspen&category_name=&product_id=0735579822 If you would like a complimentary copy to review for possible use … Continue reading
Global Distributive Justice: An Introduction
Chris Armstrong, Global Distributive Justice: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2012) This new textbook introduces the major theories and issues in a clear and accessible way, enabling students to navigate their way through the complex and fast-moving set of debates … Continue reading
Thom Brooks, Punishment
Punishment is the most comprehensive monograph on the subject available. It is accessible for readers coming to the topic for the first time with new arguments and developments in each chapter that will be of interest to those already working … Continue reading
Political Philosophy blog posts
Public Reason readers may be interested in two recent posts I contributed to the Experts’ Corner at Big Think: “The Contraceptive Clash: Not About Religious Rights” “Santorum is No JFK: A Closer Look at Kennedy’s Speech” – Steven Mazie
Public Reason Graduate Tech Assistant(s)
I’m looking for one or two graduate students to take over the technical nuts and bolts administration of the website, i.e., sign up new members, keep the site WordPress and theme up-to-date, fix broken links, keep a lookout for new … Continue reading
Podcast: The Politics of Interpretation and the Interpretation of Politics
Podcasts from the interdisciplinary conference ‘The Politics of Interpretation and the Interpretation of Politics’, which was organized by Jens Olesen (Oxford) and held at the Department of Politics and International Relations, have now been released on itunes. The conference provided a … Continue reading
Open Letter to US University Chancellors and Presidents
Matthew Noah Smith has written the following open letter from the faculty of US universities and colleges to to their chancellors and presidents regarding the use of violence against student protesters. If you would like to add your name to … Continue reading
Bleg-Readings for a Morality of War Course
Hi everyone. I’m conducting an advanced undergraduate course on the morality of war next erm and would be very appreciative if anyone has any suggestions on which books or articles to assign. Obviously, I know Walzer’s book is a classic, … Continue reading
Podcast: the State of the State
Here are podcasts from a lecture series on the state, which took place recently at the University of Oxford. The lectures are by Stefan Bird-Pollan (University of Kentucky), Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University), Thomas Pogge (Yale University), Erika de Wet (University … Continue reading
PHILTV on Public Reason and Religion (Kevin Vallier and Jason Brennan)
Jason Brennan (Georgetown) and I (Bowling Green) have put together a conversation on public reason/political liberalism and its treatment of religious contributions to public life (which would not have been possible without the help of the great folks over at … Continue reading
My Warmest Thanks, and One Final Bleg
I’d like to thank all of you who sent me comments on the RNR (“Foundations of a Nonideal Theory of Justice”) I posted here the other week. Almost all of you homed in on a problem with the Side-Constraint Principle … Continue reading
RNR Help? “Foundations of a Nonideal Theory of Justice”
Hi everyone, I’ve been working on this paper for a number of years, and it is finally under revise-and-resubmit. Given that I work in a very small department and am not great at networking, I could really use some help … Continue reading
Podcast: New Books in Philosophy
Hello Public Reasoners! I write to announce a new podcast, New Books in Philosophy. Carrie Figdor (U of Iowa) and I co-host the podcast, and each episode features an in-depth interview with an author of a newly-published philosophy book. Interviews … Continue reading
Summer 2011 APT Virtual Reading Group: NOT FOR PROFIT by Martha Nussbaum
This summer, the Association for Political Theory will host its first virtual reading group (VRG). The purpose of the virtual reading group is to create a space for a profession-wide discussion on topics of shared interest to political theorists and … Continue reading
iPad 2
A lazy question to mark the beginning of summer: Suppose an academic were to (a) succumb to Apple’s marketing prowess and (b) invest a great deal of time and energy researching/discovering the best ways to make use of his/her new … Continue reading
The Order of Public Reason: Conclusion (and Appendix A)
We reach the end of the book. It has been a long-haul and I am grateful to everyone who has been involved. I’m going to use this post to achieve two aims: (a) to summarize the main themes of the … Continue reading
ORR VIII.25 Further Functions of the State and Practical Paretianism
This section is very interesting, though it might be less exciting than the others in this chapter. It focuses on the question of state provision of public goods and addressing negative externalities. The last section takes up forms of “practical … Continue reading
