Books
1. Does Faith Belong in Politics?: A Debate. Under contract with Routledge, within the series Little Debates About Big Questions. Debating with Marilie Coetsee.
Journal Articles
1. ‘Subsidiarity, Sphere Sovereignty, and State Sovereignty’, European Journal of Political Theory, forthcoming.
2. ‘Can Civic Friendship Ground Public Reason?’, The Philosophical Quarterly, 74(1) (2024): 24–45. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (open access).
3. ‘Sharing Reasons and Emotions in a Non-Ideal Discursive System’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 22(3) (2023): 294–314.
Published version available here (open access).
4. ‘Religious Political Arguments, Accessibility, and Democratic Deliberation’, Notre Dame Law Review, 98(4) (2023).
Published version available here (open access).
5. ‘A Framework for Analyzing Public Reason Theories’, European Journal of Political Theory, 21(4) (2022): 671–691. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
6. ‘Can Christians Join the Overlapping Consensus? Prospects and Pitfalls for a Christian Justification of Political Liberalism’, Social Theory and Practice, 47(3) (2021): 519-547.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
7. ‘Enforcing Social Norms: The Morality of Public Shaming’, European Journal of Philosophy, 28(4) (2020): 997-1016. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
8. ‘Reasonable Disagreement About, and Within, Watson and Hartley’s Political Liberalism’, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 37(5) (2020): 836-845.
Published version available here (open access).
9. ‘Online Public Shaming: Virtues and Vices’, Journal of Social Philosophy, 51(3) (2020): 371-390. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
10. ‘The Scope of Religious Group Autonomy: Varieties of Judicial Examination of Church Employment Decisions’, Legal Theory, 25(4) (2019): 244-271.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
11. ‘State Speech as a Response to Hate Speech: Assessing ‘Transformative Liberalism’’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3) (2019): 639-655.
Published version available here (open access).
12. ‘State Sovereignty, Associational Interests, and Collective Religious Liberty’, Secular Studies, 1(1) (2019): 114-127.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
13. ‘Consensus, Convergence, Restraint and Religion’, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 15(3) (2018): 345-361.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
14. ‘Liberal Perfectionism, Moral Integrity, and Self-Respect’, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 63(1) (2018): 63-79. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (free access).
15. ‘Public Reason and Religion: The Theo-Ethical Equilibrium Argument for Restraint’, Law and Philosophy, 36(6) (2017): 675-705.
Published version available here (open access).
16. ‘Convergence Liberalism and the Problem of Disagreement Concerning Public Justification’, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47(4) (2017): 541-564.
Published version available here (free access).
17. ‘Liberal Perfectionism and Quong’s Internal Conception of Political Liberalism’, Social Theory and Practice, 43(1) (2017): 79-106.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
18. ‘How Should Claims for Religious Exemptions be Weighed?’, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 6(1) (2017): 1-23.
Published version available here (free access).
19. ‘Can My Religion Influence My Conception of Justice? Political Liberalism and the Role of Comprehensive Doctrines’, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 20(4) (2017): 403-424.
Published version available here (free access).
20. ‘Does Political Community Require Public Reason? On Lister’s Defence of Political Liberalism’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 15(1) (2016): 20-41.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
21. ‘Convergence Justifications Within Political Liberalism: A Defence’, Res Publica, 22(2) (2016): 135-153.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
Book Chapters
1. ‘Corporate Corporate Religious Liberty’, in Cécile Laborde, Nelson Tebbe, and Micah Schwartzman (eds.), Discrimination By/Against Religion (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
2 'Religion, Democratic Deliberation, and the Requirement of Fallibilism’, in James Dominic Rooney and Patrick Zoll (eds.), Freedom and the Good: Beyond Classical Liberalism (Routledge, forthcoming).
3. Should We Shame Those Who Ignore Social Distancing Guidelines?’, in Aveek Bhattacharya and Fay Niker (eds.), Political Philosophy in a Pandemic (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), pp. 205-216. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
4. ‘State Responses to Incongruence: Toleration and Transformation’, in Mitja Sardoč (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), pp. 229-247.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
5. ‘Shaping Religion: The Limits of Transformative Liberalism’, in Jonathan Seglow and Andrew Shorten (eds.), Religion and Political Theory: Secularism, Accommodation and The New Challenges of Religious Diversity (ECPR Press / Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019), pp. 57-77.
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
6. ‘Exemptions for Religious Groups and the Problem of Internal Dissent’, in John Adenitire (ed.), Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State (Hart Publishing, 2019), pp. 51-69.
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
7. ‘Law, Religion, and Public Reason’, in Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Bronach Kane, and Caroline Roberts (eds.), The Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion (Edward Elgar Press, 2019), pp. 128-148. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
Book Reviews
1. 'Review of Benjamin R. Hertzberg, Chains of Persuasion: A Framework for Religion in Democracy’, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 18(5) (2021): 537-541.
Published version here. Downloadable version here.
2. ‘Review of Christine Sypnowich, Equality Renewed: Justice, Flourishing and the Egalitarian Ideal’, Ethics, 129(1) (2018): 144-149.
Published version here. Downloadable version here.
Introductions to Journal Special Issues
1. ‘Introduction to the Special Issue on Religious Diversity, Political Theory, and Theology: Public Reason and Christian Theology’, Social Theory and Practice, 47(3) (2021): 451-456. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Published version available here.
2. ‘Introduction: Diverse Religious Responses to Religious Diversity’, Political Theology, 21(4) (2020): 279-283. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Published version available here (free access).
3. ‘Introduction: Hate, Offence and Free Speech in a Changing World’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3) (2019): 531-537. (Co-authored with Matteo Bonotti.)
Published version available here.
4. ‘Introduction to the Symposium on Matthew Kramer’s Liberalism with Excellence’, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 63(1) (2018): 1-7. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (free access).
Blog Posts
1. ‘A Sackable Offence? Employers’ Responses to Public Shaming’, The Ethical War Blog, 9th July 2020. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Online here.
2. ‘Should We Shame Those Who Ignore Social Distancing Guidelines?’, Justice Everywhere: A blog about philosophy in public affairs, 13th April 2020. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Online here.
Working Papers / Papers Presented at Conferences
I am happy to provide the latest drafts of these papers, on request.
‘Online Public Shaming and the Case for Regulating Social Media Platforms’ (co-authored with Tom Parr).
'Rawls, Overlapping Consensus, and Stability for the Right Reasons' (co-authored with Anthony Taylor).
‘Procedural Democracy and Civic Friendship: Reply to Leland and van Wietmarschen’.
1. Does Faith Belong in Politics?: A Debate. Under contract with Routledge, within the series Little Debates About Big Questions. Debating with Marilie Coetsee.
Journal Articles
1. ‘Subsidiarity, Sphere Sovereignty, and State Sovereignty’, European Journal of Political Theory, forthcoming.
2. ‘Can Civic Friendship Ground Public Reason?’, The Philosophical Quarterly, 74(1) (2024): 24–45. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (open access).
3. ‘Sharing Reasons and Emotions in a Non-Ideal Discursive System’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 22(3) (2023): 294–314.
Published version available here (open access).
4. ‘Religious Political Arguments, Accessibility, and Democratic Deliberation’, Notre Dame Law Review, 98(4) (2023).
Published version available here (open access).
5. ‘A Framework for Analyzing Public Reason Theories’, European Journal of Political Theory, 21(4) (2022): 671–691. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
6. ‘Can Christians Join the Overlapping Consensus? Prospects and Pitfalls for a Christian Justification of Political Liberalism’, Social Theory and Practice, 47(3) (2021): 519-547.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
7. ‘Enforcing Social Norms: The Morality of Public Shaming’, European Journal of Philosophy, 28(4) (2020): 997-1016. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
8. ‘Reasonable Disagreement About, and Within, Watson and Hartley’s Political Liberalism’, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 37(5) (2020): 836-845.
Published version available here (open access).
9. ‘Online Public Shaming: Virtues and Vices’, Journal of Social Philosophy, 51(3) (2020): 371-390. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
10. ‘The Scope of Religious Group Autonomy: Varieties of Judicial Examination of Church Employment Decisions’, Legal Theory, 25(4) (2019): 244-271.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
11. ‘State Speech as a Response to Hate Speech: Assessing ‘Transformative Liberalism’’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3) (2019): 639-655.
Published version available here (open access).
12. ‘State Sovereignty, Associational Interests, and Collective Religious Liberty’, Secular Studies, 1(1) (2019): 114-127.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
13. ‘Consensus, Convergence, Restraint and Religion’, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 15(3) (2018): 345-361.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
14. ‘Liberal Perfectionism, Moral Integrity, and Self-Respect’, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 63(1) (2018): 63-79. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (free access).
15. ‘Public Reason and Religion: The Theo-Ethical Equilibrium Argument for Restraint’, Law and Philosophy, 36(6) (2017): 675-705.
Published version available here (open access).
16. ‘Convergence Liberalism and the Problem of Disagreement Concerning Public Justification’, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47(4) (2017): 541-564.
Published version available here (free access).
17. ‘Liberal Perfectionism and Quong’s Internal Conception of Political Liberalism’, Social Theory and Practice, 43(1) (2017): 79-106.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
18. ‘How Should Claims for Religious Exemptions be Weighed?’, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 6(1) (2017): 1-23.
Published version available here (free access).
19. ‘Can My Religion Influence My Conception of Justice? Political Liberalism and the Role of Comprehensive Doctrines’, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 20(4) (2017): 403-424.
Published version available here (free access).
20. ‘Does Political Community Require Public Reason? On Lister’s Defence of Political Liberalism’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 15(1) (2016): 20-41.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
21. ‘Convergence Justifications Within Political Liberalism: A Defence’, Res Publica, 22(2) (2016): 135-153.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here.
Book Chapters
1. ‘Corporate Corporate Religious Liberty’, in Cécile Laborde, Nelson Tebbe, and Micah Schwartzman (eds.), Discrimination By/Against Religion (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
2 'Religion, Democratic Deliberation, and the Requirement of Fallibilism’, in James Dominic Rooney and Patrick Zoll (eds.), Freedom and the Good: Beyond Classical Liberalism (Routledge, forthcoming).
3. Should We Shame Those Who Ignore Social Distancing Guidelines?’, in Aveek Bhattacharya and Fay Niker (eds.), Political Philosophy in a Pandemic (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), pp. 205-216. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
4. ‘State Responses to Incongruence: Toleration and Transformation’, in Mitja Sardoč (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), pp. 229-247.
Published version available here. Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
5. ‘Shaping Religion: The Limits of Transformative Liberalism’, in Jonathan Seglow and Andrew Shorten (eds.), Religion and Political Theory: Secularism, Accommodation and The New Challenges of Religious Diversity (ECPR Press / Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019), pp. 57-77.
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
6. ‘Exemptions for Religious Groups and the Problem of Internal Dissent’, in John Adenitire (ed.), Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State (Hart Publishing, 2019), pp. 51-69.
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
7. ‘Law, Religion, and Public Reason’, in Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Bronach Kane, and Caroline Roberts (eds.), The Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion (Edward Elgar Press, 2019), pp. 128-148. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Downloadable version here. Further information about the book is here.
Book Reviews
1. 'Review of Benjamin R. Hertzberg, Chains of Persuasion: A Framework for Religion in Democracy’, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 18(5) (2021): 537-541.
Published version here. Downloadable version here.
2. ‘Review of Christine Sypnowich, Equality Renewed: Justice, Flourishing and the Egalitarian Ideal’, Ethics, 129(1) (2018): 144-149.
Published version here. Downloadable version here.
Introductions to Journal Special Issues
1. ‘Introduction to the Special Issue on Religious Diversity, Political Theory, and Theology: Public Reason and Christian Theology’, Social Theory and Practice, 47(3) (2021): 451-456. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Published version available here.
2. ‘Introduction: Diverse Religious Responses to Religious Diversity’, Political Theology, 21(4) (2020): 279-283. (Co-authored with Jonathan Chaplin.)
Published version available here (free access).
3. ‘Introduction: Hate, Offence and Free Speech in a Changing World’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22(3) (2019): 531-537. (Co-authored with Matteo Bonotti.)
Published version available here.
4. ‘Introduction to the Symposium on Matthew Kramer’s Liberalism with Excellence’, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 63(1) (2018): 1-7. (Co-authored with Anthony Taylor.)
Published version available here (free access).
Blog Posts
1. ‘A Sackable Offence? Employers’ Responses to Public Shaming’, The Ethical War Blog, 9th July 2020. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Online here.
2. ‘Should We Shame Those Who Ignore Social Distancing Guidelines?’, Justice Everywhere: A blog about philosophy in public affairs, 13th April 2020. (Co-authored with Tom Parr.)
Online here.
Working Papers / Papers Presented at Conferences
I am happy to provide the latest drafts of these papers, on request.
‘Online Public Shaming and the Case for Regulating Social Media Platforms’ (co-authored with Tom Parr).
- Argues that social media platforms have a moral responsibility to be active in tackling wrongful online public shaming, and that governments should regulate these platforms to stimulate such activity.
'Rawls, Overlapping Consensus, and Stability for the Right Reasons' (co-authored with Anthony Taylor).
- Chapter for the Oxford Handbook on the Philosophy of John Rawls.
‘Procedural Democracy and Civic Friendship: Reply to Leland and van Wietmarschen’.
- A reply to R.J. Leland and Han van Wietmarschen, ‘Political Liberalism and Political Community’, Journal of Moral Philosophy (2017).
- This was written in summer 2016 when I first read R.J. and Han's paper, and won't ever be published. For those who are interested, here it is.