Professor Jonathan Wolff

CURRENT RESEARCH:

Jonathan Wolff is looking at the question of how abstract theories of distributive justice can be used to inform public decision making. He is particularly interested in questions of the nature, measurement, and rectification of disadvantage.

PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:

'Risk, Fear, Blame, Shame and the Regulation of Public Safety', Economics and Philosophy 22, 409-427, (2006).

'Making the World Safe For Utilitarianism', in O'Hear,A. (ed.) Political Philosophy, Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual, Cambridge University Press (2006).

'Training, Perfectionism and Fairness', Journal of Applied Philosophy 24, 285-295. (2004).

'The Dilemma of Desert', in Desert and Justice, Olsaretti,S. (ed) Oxford University Press (2003).

'Addressing Disadvantage and the Human Good', Journal of Applied Philosophy, 19 (2002).

'Why Read Marx Today?' Oxford University Press, (2002).

'Fairness, Respect and the Egalitarian Ethos', Philosophy and Public Affairs, 27 (1998).

An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, (1996).

Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State, Polity Press, (1991).