Teaching

Paul currently teaches or has taught the following units:

• PHL 357 Theories of Justice

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

"A Life without Affects and Passions: Kant on the Duty of Apathy", Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy (2012). In press. Acceptance date: June 6, 2011.

"Is Kant a Moral Constructivist or a Moral Realist?", European Journal of Philosophy (2011): DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0378.2010.00438.x.

"Kant on the Highest Moral-Physical Good: The Social Aspect of Kant’s Moral Philosophy", Kantian Review 15, no. 1 (2010): 1-36.

"Kant on the Limits of Human Evil", Journal of Philosophical Research 34 (2009): 189-214.

"Thinking, Willing, and Judging", Crossroads 4, no. 1 (2009): 53-64.

"A Conception of Evil", Journal of Value Inquiry 42, no 2 (2008): 217-39.

"The Problems with Evil", Contemporary Political Theory 7, no. 4 (2008): 395-415. Feature Article: Theory and Practice.

"‘All Politics Must Bend Its Knee Before Right’: Kant on the Relation of Morals to Politics", Social Theory and Practice 34, no. 2 (2008): 1-25.

"Kant on the Radical Evil of Human Nature", The Philosophical Forum 38, no. 3 (2007): 221-46.

"Is Radical Evil Banal? Is Banal Evil Radical?", Philosophy and Social Criticism 33, no. 6 (2007): 717-35.

"Understanding Evil Acts", Human Studies 30, no. 2 (2007): 57-77.

"Saying the Unsayable: Wittgenstein’s Early Ethical Thought", Sorites 19 (2007): 74-87.

"Levinas and the Definition of Philosophy: An Ethical Approach", Crossroads 1, no. 1 (2006): 36-45.

"Moral Responsibility for Banal Evil", Journal of Social Philosophy 37, no. 4 (2006): 501-20.

Refereed Book Chapters

"Kant on the Moral Ontology of Constructivism and Realism," inAkten des XI. Kant-Kongresses 2010, eds. Stefano Bacin, Alfredo Ferrarin, Claudio La Rocca, and Margit Ruffing. De Gruyter, October 2012. In press. Acceptance date: September 1, 2010.

"Discipline and Autonomy: The Kantian link between Education and Morality", in Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary, eds. Klas Roth & Chris Surprenant. New York: Routledge, 2011: 179-92.

"Thinking, Conscience and Acting in the Face of Mass Evil", in Power, Judgement and Political Evil: In Conversation with Hannah Arendt, eds. Andrew Schaap, Danielle Celermajer, & Vrasidas Karalis. Farnham: Ashgate, 2010: 89-104.

Book Reviews, Review Essays, Book Notes and other short publications 

"Review of Kant's Anatomy of Evil," Kantian Review 16, no. 2 (2011): 150-56.

"Review of Patriotism: Philosophical and Political Perspectives,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87, no. 1 (2009): 175-76.

"Review of The Idea of Evil,” Kantian Review 14, no. 1 (2009): 129-36.

"Review of Hannah Arendt: An Ethics of Personal Responsibility," HannahArendt.net, 2008.

"Barriers to Evil", Crossroads 1, no. 2 (2007): 49-52.

Current research

Paul’s current research interests revolve around Immanuel Kant’s moral and political philosophy. Paul is currently undertaking a three year project entitled: ‘Justice, Deliberative Democracy, Civic Virtue and Political Identity: the Contemporary Relevance of Kant's Political Philosophy’. Paul is also interested in moral, political and social philosophy more broadly, moral evil, and the political theory of Hannah Arendt.

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