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Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363

In ‘Respect for everything,’ David Schmidtz offers powerful arguments in favour of a respect for nature over species egalitarianism (Schmidtz, this issue, pp. 127–138). While I accept much of his account, I argue that his understanding of respect may... Read More about Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach.

Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment

Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics and Global Politics, 4(3), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i3.7140

How should we determine which nations have a responsibility to remedy suffering elsewhere? The problem is pressing because, following David Miller, ‘[it] is morally intolerable if (remediable) suffering and deprivation are allowed to continue . . . w... Read More about Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities.

What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us? (2011)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2011). What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us?. In T. Brooks (Ed.), New Waves in Ethics (28-47). Palgrave Macmillan

Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear. Theoretical and Applied Ethics, 1(3), 57-60

Punishment: Political, not Moral (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral. New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 14(3), 427-438

Retribution and Capital Punishment (2011)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In M. D. White (Ed.), Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (232-245). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199752232.001.0001

This chapter argues that contrary to popular wisdom (and clear pronouncements by classic retributivists such as Kant), retributivists should oppose capital punishment for murderers. He concedes that murderers may deserve to be executed, and that this... Read More about Retribution and Capital Punishment.

Is Bradley a Retributivist? (2011)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought, 32(1), 83-95

Perhaps the least controversial area of F.H. Bradley's writings relates to his views on punishment. Commentators universally recognize Bradley's theory of punishment as a retributivist theory of punishment. This article challenges the received wisdom... Read More about Is Bradley a Retributivist?.

Guidelines on How to Referee (2010)
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Brooks, T. (2010). Guidelines on How to Referee

This essay offers clear practical advice on how to act as a referee when asked to review an article for an academic journal. The advice is also relevant for reviewing manuscript proposals for academic publishers. My advice is based on my experiences... Read More about Guidelines on How to Referee.

Justifying Terrorism (2010)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly, 24(3), 189-195

Virginia Held's recent How Terrorism Is Wrong offers us any number of important contributions to how we think about terrorist violence. My discussion will focus on only one of these contributions, namely, how terrorism may be justified. This justific... Read More about Justifying Terrorism.

Punishment and British Idealism (2010)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2010). Punishment and British Idealism. In J. Ryberg, & J. A. Corlett (Eds.), Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives (16-32). Palgrave Macmillan

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosophy of Politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2010). Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosophy of Politics. In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0052

The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. (2010)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. APA newsletters, 10(1), 16-17

Let me begin with my most sincere thanks to the APA Committee on the Status of Women for the kind invitation to speak on this important panel. While I believe that the Journal of Moral Philosophy (henceforth, JMP) has a welcome record, I seek only to... Read More about The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy..

The Right to a Fair Trial (2009)
Book
Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2009). The Right to a Fair Trial. Ashgate Publishing

The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection. It nevertheless remains unclear what precisely should count as a 'fair' trial and who should decide verdicts. This already difficult issue has become even more important... Read More about The Right to a Fair Trial.

D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". (2009)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2009). D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de philosophie du droit, 52, 381-386

D. Miller considère que sa théorie de la connexion peut se révéler précieuse en soulignant la complexité de l’attribution de la responsabilité réparatrice afin de soulager la misère du monde. L’auteur apprécie à sa juste valeur cette exploration des... Read More about D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities"..

Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie (2009)
Book Chapter
Brooks, T. (2009). Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie. In W. Sweet (Ed.), The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists (209-232). Imprint Academic

A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy (2009)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 45(1), 50-54

Robert B. Talisse's A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy is a genuine tour de force. His aim is both to defend a particular view of pragmatism originating with the work of Charles Sanders Peirce and, at the same time, argue in favour of a new view of... Read More about A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy.

The Problem with Polygamy (2009)
Journal Article
Brooks, T. (2009). The Problem with Polygamy. Philosophical Topics, 37(2), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics20093727

Polygamy is a hotly contested practice and open to widespread misunderstandings. This practice is defined as a relationship between either one husband and multiple wives or one wife and multiple husbands. Today, “polygamy” almost exclusively takes th... Read More about The Problem with Polygamy.

Publishing Advice for Graduate Students (2008)
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Brooks, T. (2008). Publishing Advice for Graduate Students

Graduate students often lack concrete advice on publishing. This essay is an attempt to fill this important gap. Advice is given on how to publish everything from book reviews to articles, replies to book chapters, and how to secure both edited book... Read More about Publishing Advice for Graduate Students.

The Global Justice Reader (2008)
Book
Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2008). The Global Justice Reader. Blackwell

The Global Justice Reader is a first-of-its kind collection that brings together key foundational and contemporary writings on this important topic in moral and political philosophy. •Brings together key foundational and contemporary writings on this... Read More about The Global Justice Reader.