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Articles
Human dignity, self-worth, and humiliation: A comparative legal–psychological approach (with Itai Rabinovici), Psychology, Public Policy, and Law (2011)
The concept of human dignity is a central concept in many legal systems. Yet the...
Paradoxes of Democratic Progress in Kuwait: The Case of the Kuwaiti Women’s Rights Movement (with Mary Ann Tétreault), Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (2011)
This paper analyzes the struggle for women’s suffrage in Kuwait to determine how and why...
The causes and scope of political egalitarianism during the Last Glacial: a multi-disciplinary perspective (with Thomas Stevens, Martin Stevens, Brian A. Stewart, Rebecca J. Hannagan, and Giulia Saltini-Semerari), Biology and Philosophy (2010)
This paper reviews and synthesizes emerging multi-disciplinary evidence toward understanding the development of social and...
The Puzzle of Altruism Reconsidered: Theories of Altruism and One-shot Altruism (with Arnon Dattner), Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (2006)
This paper critically examines the state of the literature in evolutionary biology regarding theories of...
Altruism and Human Nature (with Arnon Dattner), Galileo: Journal of Philosophy and Science (2006)
Books
Struggling for Recognition: The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress (2010)
Are there shared psychological factors that propel social and political change? This book argues that...
Contributions to Books and Encyclopedias
Between Basic Norms and Basic Laws: Human Rights and the Supreme Court in Israel, Israel Studies: An Anthology (2009)
Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings, Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation (2007)
The concept of Human Dignity has become more and more prevalent in legal, moral and...
Public Scholarship
The Old Familiar World, Haaretz (2008)
An analysis of the reasons for Shas' refusal to join a coalition led by Tzipi...
A “Counter Constitutional Revolution” in Israeli Constitutional Law, Legal Daily (2008)
A report and analysis of the power strugles within the Israeli government about the initiative...
Nightmare in dreaming spires, Guardian (2008)
About a year ago, two Oxford alumni published a critical review of their experience as...