Articles

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Barack Obama, Resort to Force, and U.S. Military Hegemony, International Journal of Applied Philosophy (2009)
Just War Theorists have neglected that a lack of “just military preparedness” on the side...
 

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Economic Migration and Justice (with Josh Clark), International Journal of Applied Philosophy (2005)

Our main thesis is that the U.S. has a duty of justice to adopt an...

 

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Explaining, Assessing, and Changing High Consumption, Radical Philosophy Review (2003)
This essay discusses some recent work on the ethics of consumption, including writings by Juliet...
 

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Beyond the liberal peace project: toward peace with justice, Journal of Social Philosophy (2001)

Many contemporary liberals adhere to the "liberal peace project" (LPP) -- that is, the idea...

 

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Marx's Political Universalism, Topoi (1996)
My main aim in this paper is to arrive at a defensible form of Marxian...
 

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Hermann Cohen’s Political Philosophy and the Communitarian Critique of Liberalism, Cahiers de philosophie politique et juridique (1994)
My main aim here is to examine what the significance is of the communitarian critique...
 

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Cohen, Collective Responsibility, and Economic Democracy, Il Cannocchiale: Rivista di Studi Filosofici (1991)
My main objective in this paper is to show that Hermann Cohen's ethics offers an...
 

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Marx and morality: an impossible synthesis?, Theory and Society (1984)

A discussion of Allen E. Buchanan, Marx and Justice (Totowa: Rowman and Littlefield, 1982); Marshall...

 

Books

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Democracy, racism, and prisons (2007)

Papers from a conference held at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska on Nov. 2-5, 2006.

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Rethinking the just war tradition (with Michael W. Brough and John W. Lango) (2007)

The just war tradition is an evolving body of tenets for determining when resorting to...

 

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Philosophy against empire (with Tony Smith) (2006)

The theme of the 6th biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference, held at Howard University in...

 

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Kantian ethics and socialism (1988)

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Contributions to Books

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Questioning the Resort to U.S. Hegemonic Military Force, The Moral Dimension of Asymmetrical Warfare: Counter-terrorism, Democratic Values and Military Ethics (2009)
This paper seeks to defend the thesis that this American project of military hegemony has...
 

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Is global poverty a moral problem for citizens of affluent societies?, Ethics (2007)

Article also posted at the web site of the Poverty and Human Rights project of...

 

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Just war theory and US military hegemony, Rethinking the Just War Tradition (2007)

Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, the United States has tried to cement its position as...

 

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Would the United States Doctrine of Preventative War Be Justified as a United Nations Doctrine?, Philosophical Reflections on the 'War on Terrorism' (2007)

The Bush doctrine of preventive war aims at meeting weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats...

 

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The Left and Humanitarian Intervention, Liberation between Selves, Sexualities, and War (2006)

Bernard Kouchner, founder of the humanitarian aid organization Physicians without Borders, stated some time prior...

 

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"Immigration," "Immanuel Kant", and "Kantian Ethics", Ready Reference: Ethics (2004)
Three encyclopedia entries from "Ready Reference: Ethics." Salem Press, 2004.
 

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Neo-Kantian Ethics, Encyclopedia of Ethics (2001)

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A Kantian Defense of Enterprise Democracy, Autonomy and Community: Readings in Contemporary Kantian Social Philosophy (1998)

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Kant, the Duty to Promote International Peace, and Political Intervention, Proceedings of the Eighth International Kant Congress, Volume II (1995)
Kant argues that it is the duty of humanity to strive for an enduring peace...
 

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Cohens sozialistische Rekonstruktion der Ethik Kants, Ethischer Sozialismus: Zur politischen Philosophie des Neukantianismus (1994)

The neo-Kantian Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) famously wrote that Kant “is the true and real originator...

 

Reviews

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Rationalizing the Global War on Terrorism, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology (2006)

This article reviews the book "The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror,"...

 

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“Questioning Just War Theory,” review of Michael Walzer, Arguing About War, Radical Philosophy Review (2005)
This volume consists of previously published essays on war and ethics, written by Walzer after...
 

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Review of Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology (2004)

This article reviews the book "Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy," by Benjamin R. Barber.

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Review of Sharon Anderson-Gold, Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant (2001), Kantian Review (2002)

This article reviews "Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant,"...

 

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Review of Alexander Kaufman, Welfare in the Kantian State (1999), Kantian Review (2001)
This article reviews "Welfare in the Kantian State," by Alexander Kaufman.
 

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Review of Roger J. Sullivan, An Introduction to Kant's Ethics (1994), Kant-Studien (1997)
This solid but accessible and clearly-written introduction to Kant's ethics draws at times heavily from...
 

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Review of Kant's Platonic Revolution in Moral and Political Philosophy, Ethics (1996)

Article reviews the book "Kant's Platonic Revolution in Moral and Political Philosophy," by T.K. Seung.

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Review of Kenneth Baynes, The Normative Grounds of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls, and Habermas (1992), Kant-Studien (1995)
Baynes's two main objectives are to show that Kant, Rawls, and Habermas share the view...
 

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Review of Essays on Kant's Political Philosophy, Ethics (1994)

Article reviews the book "Essays on Kant's Political Philosophy," edited by Howard Lloyd Williams.

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Review of Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Economy (1988), Idealistic Studies (1992)
This article reviews "The Just Economy," by Richard Dien Winfield.
 

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Review of Hans Reiss, editor, Kant, Political Writings (1991), Canadian Philosophical Reviews (1992)
This article is a review of "Political Writings," edited by Hans Reiss. This book is...
 

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Review of Richard L. Velkley, Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundation of Kant's Critical Philosophy (1989), Canadian Philosophical Reviews (1991)
This article reviews "Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundation of Kant's...
 

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Review of Kant's System of Rights, Ethics (1990)

This article reviews the book "Kant's System of Rights," by Leslie A. Mulholland.

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Review of Helmut Holzhey, Cohen und Natorp (1986): Volume I, Ursprung und Einheit; Volume II, Der Marburger Neukantianismus in Quellen, Idealistic Studies (1990)
This article reviews "Cohen und Natorp: Volume I, Ursprung und Einheit; Volume II, Der Marburger...
 

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Review of Rethinking Democracy: Freedom and Social Cooperation in Politics, Economy, and Society, Theory and Society (1990)

Article reviews the book "Rethinking Democracy: Freedom and Social Cooperation in Politics, Economy, and...

 

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Review of From Marx to Kant, Journal of the History of Philosophy (1987)

This article reviews the book "From Marx to Kant," by Dick Howard.

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Review of The Left and Rights, Theory and Society (1986)

This article reviews the book "The Left and Rights," by Tom Campbell.

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