Philip CookLSE Fellow in Political Theory
Department of Government
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6516
Email: p.a.cook@lse.ac.uk
RESEARCH
I am an LSE Fellow in the Department of Government working in political and moral philosophy.
My current research focuses on an ESRC funded project entitled 'Schools, Children, and Social Justice.' This research considers what children are owed as a matter of social justice, and examines three main topics: principles of justice for schools independent of principles of justice for education; the moral and political status of children; and child-suffrage. Please click here for more information on this topic: 'Schools, Children, and Social Justice.'
I am also working on the topic of self-censorship, and am writing a paper (jointly with Conrad Heilmann, Philosophy LSE) that seeks to distinguish self-censorship from other kinds of suppression/revision of beliefs, attitudes, and actions. This topic also includes a sole-authored paper on the normative basis of legitimate self-censorship.
In addition to my main research interests in moral and political philosophy, I also have research interests in legal theory and am the co-convenor of the LSE Forum in Legal and Political Theory.
Prior to taking up my LSE Fellowship, I completed my PhD in the Department of Government, LSE. My thesis considered the problem of moral scepticism in Scanlon's contractualism.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
"Fairness, Consensus, and the Justification of the Ideal Liberal Constitution" Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2009 pp. 165-186 (link to LSE Law Working Papers version pending online publication of CJLJ version)
"An Augmented Buck-Passing Account of Reasons and Value: Scanlon and Crisp on What Stops the Buck" Utilitas, Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2008 pp. 490-507 (copyright Cambridge University Press)
Review Article
"Moral Skepticisms" Journal of Moral Philosophy, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2008, pp. 162-165
TEACHING
GV262 - Contemporary Political Theory
GV405 - Methods in Political Theory