Who, or what, is a'person'according to the law? How did this understanding of personhood
come about? In the twenty-first century, environmentalism, animal rights, artificial …

This original account of the role of philosophy and methodology in political science gets
back to the basics of studying politics. Cutting through long-standing controversies across …

Classical and contemporary republicans offer a compelling political vision built on a
commitment to promoting freedom from domination, establishing popular control over public …

Theories of domination are primarily attempts to understand the value of justice, freedom,
and equality by examining cases where they are absent. Such theories seek to clarify and …

Being pluralist about the concept of power does not mean that all definitions are equally
valid. Many definitions are non-rival and gain their utility from the specific contexts in which …

Concepts are the constituents of thoughts–the basic building blocks of whatever
propositions we form. Conceptual analysis is the philosophical study of those building …

This article introduces the special issue's question of whether and how the current
transformation of targeted killing is transforming the global international order and provides …

There are many different accounts of the nature of social or political power, and almost as
many of the concept of freedom. I have published two books and many articles on power …

The idea of coercion serves two distinct moral functions and, correspondingly, consists of
two overlapping but distinct concepts: one that serves to mark out a type of moral wrong, and …

A moralised conception of freedom is based on a normative theory. Understanding it
therefore requires an analysis of this theory. In this paper, I show how republican freedom as …