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Professor Harry Brighouse

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Department of Philosophy
Department of Education Policy Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
 

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Publications

Books:

Pamphlets:

Articles and Chapters:

  • (with Adam Swift) "Parents' Rights and the Value of the Family", Ethics (forthcoming, October 2006).
  • (with Adam Swift) "Equality, Priority and Positional Goods", Ethics (April 2006).
  • “Levelling the Playing Field: Subsidizing Higher Education”, Theory and Research in Education (April 2006). 
  • “Why is an Argument Clinic Less Silly than an Abuse Clinic or a Contradiction Clinic?” in Gary Hardcastle and George Reisch (eds) Monty Python and Philosophy (Open Court, 2006).
  • Channel One, the Anti-Commercial Principle, and the Discontinuous Ethos”, Educational Policy 19, 3 (2005) 528-549..
  • “Funding Religious Schools”, Philosophy of Education (2005).
  • "Faith Schools in the UK: an unenthusiastic defence of a slightly reformed status quo", in Roy Gardner et. al., (eds.) Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict? (London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2005).
  • “Paying for Higher Education” Ethique et Economique 2, 2 (2004).
  • “What’s Wrong with Privatising Schools?” Journal of Philosophy of Education 38, 4 (2004): 617-631.
  • “Learning by Example”, New Economy vol. 10, no. 4 (2003): pp 230-233.
  • “How Should Children be Heard?” Arizona Law Review vol. 45, no 3 (2003): pp 691-711.
  • "Should We Teach Patriotic History?" in Kevin McDonough and Walter Feinberg (eds), Cosmopolitan Values and Collective Identities, (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003), pp.157-175.
  • "How Dumb is Educational Research?", Educational Research 45, 2 (2003), 129-133.
  • (With Adam Swift) “Defending Liberalism in Education Theory and Policy”, Journal of Education Policy vol. 18, no. 3 (2003), 377-395.
  • "Justice and Educational Equality" in Randall R Curren (ed), Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Education (Basil Blackwell 2003), pp. 471-486.
  • "Against Privatizing Schools in the UK", London Review of Education, vol. 1, 1 (2003), 35-46.
  • "Egalitarian Liberalism and Justice in Education", Political Quarterly, vol 73, no.2, 2002, pp 181-190
  • "Rethinking Liberal Education: Choice, Discovery, and Judgment" , The School Field, vol. XIII, no. 3/4 (2002), 43-59.
  • “Defending School Choice Modestly”, Journal of Philosophy of Education , vol. 36, no 4 (2002) 653-660.
  • (with Erik Olin Wright) "Complex Egalitarianism: a review of Alex Callinicos, Equality", Historical Materialism vol. 10, no. 1 (2002), 193-222.
  • "What Rights (if any) Do Children Have?" in David Archard and Colin MacLeod eds, The Moral and Political Status of Children (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 31-52
  • (with Alison Kirton) "Compulsory Citizenship Education in England: Problems and Prospects," Delta 53, 1&2 (2001): 61-78.
  • "School Vouchers, Personal Autonomy, and the Separation of Church and State" , NOMOS, vol XLIII, Moral and Political Education, eds. Steven Macedo and Yael Tamir (New York University Press, 2001).
  • "Dworkin on Democracy", Imprints: A journal of analytical socialism, vol. 5, no. 3, 2001, pp.237-250.
  • "Democracy and Inequality", in April Carter and Geoff Stokes eds., Democratic Theory Today (Polity Press, 2001), pp. 52-72.
  • "Can Justice as Fairness Accommodate Persons With Disabilities?", Social Theory and Practice, vol. 27, no 4, 2001, pp 537-560.
  • "School Choice and Social Justice: a response to Critics", Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol. 20, no 5 , 2001, pp. 409-421 (Following critiques presented by Randall Curren, Eamonn Callan, and Walter Feinberg in same volume pp.387-409).
  • "Interview with Harry Brighouse" conducted by Mitja Sardoe and Michael Shaughnessy, in The School Field vol XII, nos1-2, 2001, pp. 117-137. Translated as ‘Liberalismo e politica da educacao publica: entrevista com Harry Brighouse’ in Filosofia, Educacao e Politica (eds Michael Shaughnessy et. al. (Rio de Janiero: DP&A editora 2003) pp. 13-44.
  • " Liberalism, Autonomy, and the Prevalence of Evil", The Good Society vol. 9, no. 2, 1999, pp.72-74.
  • "Civic Education and Liberal Legitimacy", Ethics, vol. 108, no. 4, July 1998, pp. 719-745.
  • "Against Nationalism", Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume 22, 1996 (Published 1998), pp. 365-405
  • "School Choice: Some Theoretical Considerations", in Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis et. al. Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules for Equity and Accountability Through Markets, Communities, and Governments (London: Verso, 1998), pp.141-180 (much expanded and revised version of "Liberal Egalitarians and School Choice").
  • "Why Should States Fund Schools?" British Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, June 1998, pp. 138-152.
  • "Two Philosophical Errors Concerning School Choice", Oxford Review of Education, vol. 23, no. 4, December 1997, pp. 503-510.
  • "Political Equality in Justice as Fairness", Philosophical Studies, vol. 86, no. 2, May 1997, pp. 155-184.
  • "Liberal Egalitarians and School Choice", Politics and Society, vol. 24, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 457-486.
  • "Should Marxists Care About Alienation?", Topoi, vol. 15, no. 2, September 1996, pp. 149-162.
  • "Is There A Neutral Justification For Liberalism?", Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 193-215.
  • "Egalitarianism and Equal Availability of Political Influence", Journal of Political Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 118-141.
  • "In Defence of Educational Equality", Journal of Philosophy of Education, vol. 29, no. 3, November 1995, pp. 415-420.
  • "Political Equality and the Funding of Political Speech", Social Theory and Practice, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall 1995, pp. 473-500.
  • "Neutrality, Publicity, and State Funding of the Arts", Philosophy and Public Affairs, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring 1995, pp. 36-63.
  • "Is There Any Such Thing As Political Liberalism?", Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 75, nos. 3&4, September/December 1994, pp. 318-332.
  • "Transitional and Utopian Market Socialism", Politics and Society, vol. 22, no. 4, December 1994, pp. 569-584. (Revised and expanded version published in John Roemer et.al. Equal Shares (London: Verso, 1996), pp. 187-208).
  • "The Egalitarian Virtues of Educational Vouchers", Journal of Philosophy of Education, vol. 28, no. 2, December 1994, pp. 211-219.
  • "Blackburn's Projectivism - An Objection", Philosophical Studies, vol. 59, no. 2, June 1990, pp. 225-233.

Recent Book Reviews:

  • Children, Family, and The State by David Archard in Journal of Value Inquiry (forthcoming)
  • Liberal Pluralism by William Galston in Philosophical Review (forthcoming).
  • Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education by Rob Reich in Journal of Philosophy of Education vol. 37, no. 3 (2003), 538-544.
  • Education in a Post-Welfare Society by Sally Tomlinson, in Renewal (forthcoming).
  • Exploitation by Alan Wertheimer, in Ethics (2000) 110, 2; pp. 448-450.
  • Critical Moral Liberalism by Jeffrey Reiman, in The Philosophical Review (1999) 108, 3; pp. 442-5.
  • Against Capitalism by David Schweickart, in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1997) Vol. 554; p. 213-215
  • Choosing Justice by Norman Frohlich and Robert A. Oppenheimer, in Economics and Philosophy, vol. 10, no. 1 (1994) pp. 127-133.

Recent Newspaper/Magazine/Web Articles:

  • ‘America: One nation now divided by God’ Times Educational Supplement (UK) April 15th 2005
  • ‘Ideas that go beyond belief’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Feb 25th 2005
  • ‘ Don't let ads poison children's minds’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Feb 11th 2005 (March 25th in Scottish edition)
  • ‘Bush’s Left Turn for Education’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Nov 8th, 2004.
  • ‘Why I Have Faith in Religious Schools’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Oct 22nd, 2004.
  • ‘Schools should not put blame for achievement gap on staff’, The Capital Times (Madison) Sept 29th, 2004.
  • ‘Can comprehensive schools really work?’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Aug 27th, 2004.
  • ‘You Can’t Get a Cut-Price Eton’ New Statesman (UK) Jan 12th, 2004.
  • ‘Tricks for Social Mobility’, Times Educational Supplement (UK) Oct 4th, 2003
  • ‘Educational Equality and Targeting Resources’, Learning and Skills Research Journal (a publication of the UK Department for Education and Skills, Summer 2003).