Experimental Political Philosophy: A Manifesto
In: 'Experimental Political Philosophy: A Manifesto.' Matt Lindauer (ed.) Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy. Bloomsbury. Forthcoming
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In: 'Experimental Political Philosophy: A Manifesto.' Matt Lindauer (ed.) Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy. Bloomsbury. Forthcoming
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In: The review of politics, Band 83, Heft 4, S. 591-593
ISSN: 1748-6858
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 82, Heft 3, S. 1142-1155
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Homo oeconomicus: HOE ; journal of behavioral and institutional economics, Band 36, Heft 1-2, S. 25-40
ISSN: 2366-6161
In: Social philosophy & policy, Band 36, Heft 2, S. 116-133
ISSN: 1471-6437
Abstract:Self-ownership has fallen out of favor as a core moral and political concept. I argue that this is because the most popular conception of self-ownership, what I call the property conception, is typically linked to a libertarian (of the left or right) political program. Seeing self-ownership and libertarianism as being necessarily linked leads those who are not inclined toward libertarianism to reject the idea of self-ownership altogether. This, I argue, is a mistake. Self-ownership is a crucial moral and political concept that can earn its keep if we understand it not as type of property right in the self, but rather as a set of territorial rights one has over one's body. This territorial conception of self-ownership, which I call the sovereignty conception of self-ownership, avoids the traditional arguments raised against the property conception of self-ownership and has other benefits besides. Accepting this conception of self-ownership, I argue, has considerable moral and political benefits without taking on the costs associated with other forms of self-ownership.
In: Social philosophy & policy, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 196-216
ISSN: 1471-6437
Abstract:Some norms are bad. Norms of revenge, female genital mutilation, honor killings, and other norms strike us as destructive, cruel, and wasteful. The puzzle is why so many people see these norms as authoritative and why these norms often resist change. To answer these questions, we need to look at what "bad" norms are and how we can evaluate them. Here I develop an integrative analysis of norms that aims to avoid parochialism in norm evaluation. After examining and rejecting several evaluative standards, I propose what I call a comparative-functional analysis of norms that is both operationalizable/testable and nonparochial, and that can sort better and worse norms. One conclusion of this approach is that norms are not so much "bad" and "good" as "better" and "worse." This approach should be of interest to theorists and practitioners alike.
In: Metascience: an international review journal for the history, philosophy and social studies of science, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 139-142
ISSN: 1467-9981
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In: The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy, Forthcoming
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In: Social Philosophy & Policy, Forthcoming
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In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 196, Heft 1, S. 429-450
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 614-629
ISSN: 1467-9248
It is argued in this article that legislative vote trading by representatives is both ethically permissible and may be ethically required in many cases. This conclusion is an implication of a thin, general account of representation that requires representatives to vote on the basis of the perceived preferences or interests of their constituents. These special duties arise from a thin account of representation and create a weak, defeasible duty for representatives to engage in what they believe will be beneficial vote trades. After establishing this claim, the article considers two objections to this duty. One is based on equating legislative vote trading with corruption, and the other argues that logrolling iolates the 'duty of civility'. Neither objection undermines the main claim that there is a weak duty to engage in logrolling. Nevertheless, the implications of this duty may be troubling for other reasons.
In: Public choice, Band 159, Heft 1, S. 309-311
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Public choice, Band 159, Heft 1-2, S. 309-311
ISSN: 1573-7101
This is an undergraduate-level textbook that introduces classical political philosophy as a framework to evaluate the ethics of capitalism up to the present day. It is rooted in historical eighteenth- and nineteenth-century defenses of capitalism, as written by key proponents such as Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill, and applies these arguments to contemporary issues such as wage inequality, global trade, climate change, and the welfare state. The authors aim to engage students in debating the ethics of economic systems-specifically capitalism, socialism, and feudalism-and whether various contemporary economic injustices can be interpreted as legacy of each system. There are also study questions at the end of each chapter and an author-created companion website.