Nicholas Southwood
Email: nicholas.southwood@anu.edu.au
Phone: x53226
Location: Rm 2227
I am an assistant professor in the School of Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. From 2008-2011, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. I work mainly in moral philosophy and political philosophy with regular incursions into the neighbouring regions of epistemology, philosophy of action, philosophy of law and philosophy of social science. Some of the things I have worked on include contractualism, normativity, rationality, social norms, promises, justice, and human rights.
Recent Publications
Books
- Explaining Norms, Oxford University Press, forthcoming (with G. Brennan, L. Eriksson and R. Goodin).
- Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Articles
- ‘The Moral/Conventional Distinction’, Mind, forthcoming.
- ‘What is Special About Human Rights?’ Ethics & International Affairs, 25, 2011, 369-83 (with C. Barry).
- ‘Norms and Conventions’, Philosophical Explorations, 14, 2011, 195-217 (with L. Eriksson).
- ‘Promises and Trust’, Promises and Agreements, ed. H. Sheinman, Oxford University Press, 2011, 275-92 (with D. Friedrich).
- ‘The Authority of Social Norms’, New Waves in Meta-Ethics, ed. M. Brady, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010, 234-48.
- ‘Epistemic Norms Without Voluntary Control’, Nous, 43, 2009, 599-632 (with P. Chuard).
- ‘Moral Contractualism’, Philosophy Compass, 4, 2009, 926-37.
- ‘Promises Beyond Assurance’, Philosophical Studies, 144, 2009, 261-80 (with D. Friedrich).
- ‘A Deliberative Model of Contractualism’, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 8, 2008, 183-208.
- ‘Vindicating the Normativity of Rationality’, Ethics, 119, 2008, 9-30.
