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Graduate seminar. In this course, we will work together to develop a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the concept(s) of political representation. We will do so by examining a number of historical and contemporary theories of political representation developed within philosophy and cognate fields. 2 unit option only for Phil PhDs beyond the second year.

Mini course runs from May 9th to June 3rd. In this course we will consider the hypothesis that solidarity is the most fundamental source of moral and political authority. Solidarity is a property of collaborations involving mutual concern and recognition. We will study four topics, corresponding to the four weeks of the course. First, contemporary views on solidarity, including work by Tommie Shelby, Mike Zhao, Avery Kolers, and Sally Scholz. Second, we will explore some continuities with work in collective action and group responsibility, in particular from Stephanie Collins and Garrett Cullity. Third, we will consider some continuities and contrasts with work on relational equality and economic democracy. Here we will likely read Samuel Scheffler, Elizabeth Anderson, and Carole Pateman. We may also enter into the debate between Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser on recognition and distribution. Finally, we will consider some implications for the ethics of institutional design, engaging with some joint work of mine developing a new workforce model for pharmaceutical care in Scotland and some related work on 'industrial epistemology'.

Graduate seminar. 2-unit option only for Phil PhDs beyond the second year. In this course, we will examine questions at the intersection of political philosophy, philosophy of race, systemic injustice, and structural injustice. Previous coursework in philosophy is required.

Grad seminar on ethical topic. May be repeated for credit. 2 unit option for PhD students beyond the second year only.

What are the theoretical and practical underpinnings of pluralism? How do constitutionalism and the rule of law mediate and potentially undermine plural value systems? Is pluralism viable in a time of rising autocracy? What are the relationships between authoritarianism and homogeneity of belief, thought, and political action? Is pluralism inconsistent with strong in-group solidarity and national identity? Is pluralism an inducement to moral relativism, political complacency, and superficial cosmopolitanism? As importantly, what specific practices, norms, and skills make pluralism functional? What practices are proven to support engagement with and mediation of differences? The purpose of this seminar is to explore these and other questions at the level of political and legal theory and also at the level of research into concrete practices of pluralism -- identifying conceptual relations and juxtapositions as well as practical obstacles to and evidence-based tools for bridgebuilding, dispute resolution, and effective communication in legal, political, and social communities constituted in difference. The seminar mixes traditional close reading and discussion of texts with presentation of cutting-edge research by nationally recognized experts. Students will develop and present a research paper on a topic of their choosing concerning the theory, practice, and/or law of pluralism. Project designs will be presented over the final two week of class. The course is open to graduate students by consent. After the term begins, students can transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Students taking the seminar for R credit can take the seminar for either 2 or 3 units, depending on the paper length. Elements used in grading: Attendance, class participation, written assignments, final paper. The course is open to graduate students by consent. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete a Consent Application Form available at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/.

Our human lives involve remarkable forms of practical organization: diachronic organization of individual intentional activity; small-scale social organization of shared intentional action; and the organization of complex, organized institutions. A philosophically illuminating theory of human action should help us understand these multiple forms of human practical organization and their inter-relations. This graduate seminar primarily focuses on the role of shared intention and shared agency in organized institutions. The main focus will be a book manuscript on which I am working: Shared and Institutional Agency: Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization. In this book I seek to extend the foundational role of our capacity for planning agency first to shared agency and then thereby to human organized institutions. To do this I draw on the idea from H.L.A. Hart that our organized institutions are rule-governed, and that to understand this we need a theory of social rules. We will work through this manuscript, together with a wide range of related work by others, including work by H.L.A. Hart, Margaret Gilbert, Scott Shapiro, Philip Pettit, John Searle, Geoffrey Brennan, Cristina Bicchieri, Donald Davidson, and Harry Frankfurt.Enrollment limited to graduate students in Philosophy, others by permission of instructor. 2 unit option available only to Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year.

Previous coursework in philosophy is required. 2 unit option is only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year. A survey of classic and contemporary readings on Value Theory and on Consequentialism.

Over the past three decades, a relational egalitarian conception of equality has emerged in political philosophy. Proponents of the view argue that the point of equality is to establish communities whose members are able to stand and relate as equals. This entails building societies free from a variety of modes of relating that are thought to be detrimental to our status as moral equals. The list of those inegalitarian relationships is long: oppression, domination, exploitation, marginalization, objectification, demonization, infantilization, stigmatization, etc. The graduate seminar will introduce students to the rich literature on equality in contemporary political philosophy, with a special focus on identifying and scrutinizing unequal relationships. Each week will be centered on a specific unequal relationship, trying to understand how it operates, what social function it serves, and what makes it specifically harmful or wrongful to groups and individuals. Advanced undergraduate students will be considered and should email the PI to communicate their interest. 2 unit option only for Phil PhDs beyond the second year.

In this course, we will work together to develop a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the political philosophy of W. E. B. Du Bois, giving special attention to the development of his democratic theory. We will also touch on other themes that run through Du Bois's work, including but not limited to the concept of race, white supremacy, representation, voting, women, abolitionism, and revolution. We will do so by reading a number of key texts by Du Bois as well as contemporary scholarship from philosophy and cognate fields. This is a graduate seminar open only to graduate students and those who have been granted special permission to enroll by the instructor. 2 unit option is only for Philosophy PhD students beyond the second year.