I will be teaching a Pro-Seminar in Hilary Term 2020.
Time: Fridays, weeks 1-4, and 5-8; 11am-1pm
Location: Wharton Room, All Souls College.
Readings
Weeks 1/5
Holly Lawford-Smith, 'Understanding Political Feasibility', Journal of Political Philosophy 21 (2013): 243-259.
(As a companion piece, I would also urge you to read: G. A. Cohen, 'How to do Political Philosophy', in G. A. Cohen and Michael Otsuka, On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice and Other Essays in Political Philosophy (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2011).
Weeks 2/6
Warren Quinn, 'The Right to Threaten and the Right to Punish', Philosophy & Public Affairs 14 (1985): 327-373.
Weeks 3/7
Joseph Raz, 'Authority and Justification', Philosophy & Public Affairs 14 (1985): 3-29.
Weeks 4/8
Elizabeth Anderson, ''What Is the Point of Equality?', Ethics 109 (1999): 287-337.
Further readings related to the Pro Seminar topics
FEASIBILITY
Vallier and Weber (eds) Political Utopias, OUP 2017
Stemplowska, Zosia and Swift, Adam ‘Ideal and Nonideal Theory’, in D. Estlund The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy, OUP 2012
Estlund, D., 'Human Nature and the Limits (If Any) of Political Philosophy', Philosophy & Public Affairs 39 (2011): 207-237.
----, 'Utopophobia', Philosophy & Public Affairs 42 (2014): 113-134.
Galston, W., 'Realism in Political Theory', European Journal of Political Theory 9 (2010): 385-411.
Gilabert, P. and Lawford-Smith, H., 'Political Feasibility: A Conceptual Exploration', Political Studies 60 (2012): 809-825.
Jensen, M., 'The Limits of Practical Possibility', Journal of Political Philosophy 17 (2009): 168-184.
Lawford-Smith, H., 'The Feasibility of Collectives' Actions', Australasian Journal of Philosophy 90 (2012): 453-467.
Räikkä, J., 'The Feasibility Condition in Political Theory', Journal of Political Philosophy 6 (1998): 27-40.
Southwood, N., 'Does 'Ought' Imply 'Feasible'?', Philosohpy & Public Affairs (2016).
Stemplowska, Z., 'Feasibility: Individual and Collective', Social Philosophy and Policy 33 (2016): 273-291.
PUNISHMENT
Cottingham, J., 'Varieties of Retribution', The Philosophical Quarterly 29 (1979): 238-246.
Duff, R. A., Punishment, Communication, and Community, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Murphy, J. G., Punishment and the Moral Emotions - Essays in Law, Morality, and Religion, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
Tadros, V., The Ends of Harm: The Moral Foundations of Criminal Law, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Waldron, J., 'Lex Talionis', Arizona Law Review 34 (1992): 25-51.
Wellman, C. H., 'Rights and State Punishment', The Journal of Philosophy CVI (2009): 419-439.
----, 'The Rights Forfeiture Theory of Punishment', Ethics 122 (2012): 371-393.
AUTHORITY
Edmundson, W. A., 'Legitimate Authority without Political Obligation', Law and Philosophy 17 (1998): 43-60.
Enoch, D., 'Authority and Reason-Giving', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 89 (2014): 296-332.
Gardner, J., 'Justification under Authority', University of Oxford Legal Research Papers Series 5 (2009).
Green, L., The Authority of the State, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988).
Lefkowitz, D., 'Legitimate Political Authority and the Duty of Those Subject to It: A Critique of Edmundson', Law and Philosophy 23 (2004): 399-435.
Raz, J., Authority, (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990).
Viehoff, D., 'Democratic Equality and Political Authority', Philosophy & Public Affairs 42 (2014): 337-375.
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE
For a good 'primer', see D. McKerlie, 'Egalitarianism' in H. LaFollette (ed) International Encyclopaedia of Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell). PDF version.
Carter, I., 'Respect and the Basis of Equality', Ethics 121 (2011): 538-571.
Casal, P., 'Why Sufficiency Is Not Enough', Ethics 117 (2007): 296-326.
Cohen, G. A., 'On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice', Ethics 99 (1989): 916-944.
----, 'Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice', Philosophy & Public Affairs 26 (1997): 3-30.
Crisp, R., 'Equality, Priority, and Compassion', Ethics 113 (2003): 745-763.
Dworkin, R., 'What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources', Philosophy & Public Affairs 10 (1981): 283-345.
----, 'What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare', Philosophy & Public Affairs 10 (1981): 185-246.
Frankfurt, H., 'Equality as a Moral Ideal', Ethics 98 (1987): 21-43.
Okin, S. M., Justice, Gender and the Family, (New York: Basic Books, 1989).
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971).
Roemer, J. E., Equality of opportunity, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998).
Vlastos, G., 'Justice and Equality', in J. Waldron (ed.), Theories of Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).
Williams, B. A. O., 'The Idea of Equality', in Problems of the Self: philosophical papers 1956-1972 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973).
Time: Fridays, weeks 1-4, and 5-8; 11am-1pm
Location: Wharton Room, All Souls College.
Readings
Weeks 1/5
Holly Lawford-Smith, 'Understanding Political Feasibility', Journal of Political Philosophy 21 (2013): 243-259.
(As a companion piece, I would also urge you to read: G. A. Cohen, 'How to do Political Philosophy', in G. A. Cohen and Michael Otsuka, On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice and Other Essays in Political Philosophy (Princeton: Princeton University Press 2011).
Weeks 2/6
Warren Quinn, 'The Right to Threaten and the Right to Punish', Philosophy & Public Affairs 14 (1985): 327-373.
Weeks 3/7
Joseph Raz, 'Authority and Justification', Philosophy & Public Affairs 14 (1985): 3-29.
Weeks 4/8
Elizabeth Anderson, ''What Is the Point of Equality?', Ethics 109 (1999): 287-337.
Further readings related to the Pro Seminar topics
FEASIBILITY
Vallier and Weber (eds) Political Utopias, OUP 2017
Stemplowska, Zosia and Swift, Adam ‘Ideal and Nonideal Theory’, in D. Estlund The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy, OUP 2012
Estlund, D., 'Human Nature and the Limits (If Any) of Political Philosophy', Philosophy & Public Affairs 39 (2011): 207-237.
----, 'Utopophobia', Philosophy & Public Affairs 42 (2014): 113-134.
Galston, W., 'Realism in Political Theory', European Journal of Political Theory 9 (2010): 385-411.
Gilabert, P. and Lawford-Smith, H., 'Political Feasibility: A Conceptual Exploration', Political Studies 60 (2012): 809-825.
Jensen, M., 'The Limits of Practical Possibility', Journal of Political Philosophy 17 (2009): 168-184.
Lawford-Smith, H., 'The Feasibility of Collectives' Actions', Australasian Journal of Philosophy 90 (2012): 453-467.
Räikkä, J., 'The Feasibility Condition in Political Theory', Journal of Political Philosophy 6 (1998): 27-40.
Southwood, N., 'Does 'Ought' Imply 'Feasible'?', Philosohpy & Public Affairs (2016).
Stemplowska, Z., 'Feasibility: Individual and Collective', Social Philosophy and Policy 33 (2016): 273-291.
PUNISHMENT
Cottingham, J., 'Varieties of Retribution', The Philosophical Quarterly 29 (1979): 238-246.
Duff, R. A., Punishment, Communication, and Community, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Murphy, J. G., Punishment and the Moral Emotions - Essays in Law, Morality, and Religion, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
Tadros, V., The Ends of Harm: The Moral Foundations of Criminal Law, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Waldron, J., 'Lex Talionis', Arizona Law Review 34 (1992): 25-51.
Wellman, C. H., 'Rights and State Punishment', The Journal of Philosophy CVI (2009): 419-439.
----, 'The Rights Forfeiture Theory of Punishment', Ethics 122 (2012): 371-393.
AUTHORITY
Edmundson, W. A., 'Legitimate Authority without Political Obligation', Law and Philosophy 17 (1998): 43-60.
Enoch, D., 'Authority and Reason-Giving', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 89 (2014): 296-332.
Gardner, J., 'Justification under Authority', University of Oxford Legal Research Papers Series 5 (2009).
Green, L., The Authority of the State, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988).
Lefkowitz, D., 'Legitimate Political Authority and the Duty of Those Subject to It: A Critique of Edmundson', Law and Philosophy 23 (2004): 399-435.
Raz, J., Authority, (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990).
Viehoff, D., 'Democratic Equality and Political Authority', Philosophy & Public Affairs 42 (2014): 337-375.
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE
For a good 'primer', see D. McKerlie, 'Egalitarianism' in H. LaFollette (ed) International Encyclopaedia of Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell). PDF version.
Carter, I., 'Respect and the Basis of Equality', Ethics 121 (2011): 538-571.
Casal, P., 'Why Sufficiency Is Not Enough', Ethics 117 (2007): 296-326.
Cohen, G. A., 'On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice', Ethics 99 (1989): 916-944.
----, 'Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice', Philosophy & Public Affairs 26 (1997): 3-30.
Crisp, R., 'Equality, Priority, and Compassion', Ethics 113 (2003): 745-763.
Dworkin, R., 'What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources', Philosophy & Public Affairs 10 (1981): 283-345.
----, 'What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare', Philosophy & Public Affairs 10 (1981): 185-246.
Frankfurt, H., 'Equality as a Moral Ideal', Ethics 98 (1987): 21-43.
Okin, S. M., Justice, Gender and the Family, (New York: Basic Books, 1989).
Rawls, J., A Theory of Justice, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971).
Roemer, J. E., Equality of opportunity, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998).
Vlastos, G., 'Justice and Equality', in J. Waldron (ed.), Theories of Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).
Williams, B. A. O., 'The Idea of Equality', in Problems of the Self: philosophical papers 1956-1972 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973).