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A Selected Bibliography

Compiled by

Eddie Yeghiayan

1968

• "A Unified Treatment of Elementary Proof Theory." PhD, Harvard University, 1968. Dissertation Abstracts (1968), Added Volume:0207.

1972

• "A Theory of Freedom of Expression." Philosophy & Public Affairs (Winter 1972), 1(2):204-226.
  See Robert Amdur's "Scanlon on Freedom of Expression," Philosophy & Public Affairs (1979-80), 9:287-300.

1973

• "The Consistency of Arithmetic via Herbrand's Theorem." Journal of Symbolic Logic (March 1973), 38(1):29-58.

• "Individual Responsibility and Political Obligation." In Proceedings of the Working Group on Philosophy, Science and Technology, Cambridge, May 7-8, 1971. Cambridge: The Hunsaker Endownment, MIT, 1973.

• "Rawls's Theory of Justice." University of Pennsylvania Law Review (May 1973), 121(5):1020-1069.

1974

• "Rawls's Theory of Justice." In Norman Daniels, ed., Reading Rawls: Critical Studies on Rawls' `A Theory of Justice', pp. 169-205. New York: Basic Books, 1974.
  Revised version of "Rawls's Theory of Justice" (1973).

• Review of Jacques Herbrand's Ecrits logique and Logical Writings. Synthese (May-June 1974), 27(1-2):271-284.

• Edited (with Marshall Cohen and Thomas Nagel.) The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion. Philosophy & Public Affairs Reader. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.

• Edited (with Marshall Cohen and Thomas Nagel.) War and Moral Responsibility. Philosophy & Public Affairs Reader. Pinceton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.

• (with W.D. Goldfarb.) "The w-Consistency of Number Theory via Herbrand's Theorem." Journal of Symbolic Logic (December 1974), 39(4):678-692.

1975

• "Academic Freedom and the Control of Research." In Edmund L. Pincoffs, ed., The Concept of Academic Freedom, pp. 237-254. Conference on the Concept of Academic Freedom, University of Texas at Austin, 1972. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975.
  See Judith Jarvis Thomson's "Academic Freedom and Research," pp. 255-262.

• "Preference and Urgency." Journal of Philosophy (November 6, 1975), 72(19):655-669.

• "Thomson on Privacy." Philosophy & Public Affairs (Summer 1975), 4(4):315-322.
  On Judith Jarvis Thomson's "The Right to Privacy," pp. 295-314.

1976

• "Nozick on Rights, Liberty, and Property." Philosophy & Public Affairs (Fall 1976), 6(1):3-25.

1977

• "Due Process." In J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, eds., Due process, pp. 93-125. Nomos, 18. New York: New York University Press, 1977.

• Edited (with Marshall Cohen and Thomas Nagel.) Equality and Preferential Treatment. Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977.

• "Liberty, Contract, and Contribution." In Gerald Dworkin, Gordon Bermant and Peter Brown, eds., Markets and Morals, pp. 43-67. Washington, DC: Hemisphere, 1977.

• "Rights, Goals and Fairness." Erkenntnis (May 1977), 11(1):81-95.
  See John C. Harsanyi's "The Problem Solving Ability of the Rule Utilitarian Approach Should Not be Underestimated: Comment on Scanlon's Paper," pp. 435-438.

• "A Theory of Freedom of Expression." In Roland M. Dworkin, ed., The Philosophy of Law, pp. 153-171. Oxford Readings in Philosophy. London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
  See "A Theory of Freedom of Expression" (1972).

1978

• "Rights, Goals, and Fairness." In Stuart Hampshire, ed., Public and Private Morality, pp. 93-111. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
  Revised version of "Rights, Goals and Fairness" (1977).

1979

• "Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression." University of Pittsburgh Law Review (Summer 1979), 40(4):519-550.

• "Human Rights as a Neutral Concern." In Peter G. Brown and Douglas MacLean, eds., Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Principles and Applications, pp. 83-92. Lexington, Mass. & Toronto: Lexington Books, 1979.

1980

• "Comments on Ackermann's Private Property and the Constitution." In J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, eds., Property, pp. 341-350. Nomos, 22. New York: New York University Press, 1980.

• Edited (with Marshall Cohen and Thomas Nagel.) Marx, Justice and History. Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980.

• Edited (with Marshall Cohen and Thomas Nagel.) Medicine and Moral Philosophy. Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980.

1981

• "Ethics and the Control of Research." In Willard Gaylin, Ruth Macklin and Tabita M. Powledge, eds., Violence and the Politics of Research, pp. 225-246. The Hastings Center Studies in Ethics. New York: Plenum Press, 1981.

1982

• "Contractualism and Utilitarianism." In Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams, eds., Utilitarianism and Beyond, pp. 103-128. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

• "Nozick on Rights, Liberty, and Property." In Jeffrey Paul, ed., Reading Nozick: Essays on `Anarchy State and Utopia', pp. 206-231. Oxford: Blackwell, 1982.

• Review of Fred R. Berger, ed., Freedom and Expression. Ethics (April 1982), 92(3):601.

1983

• "Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression." In David Copp and Susan Wendell, eds., Pornography and Censorship. Buffalo: Prometheus, 1983.
  See "Freedom of Expression and Categories of Expression" (1979).

1984

• "Rights, Goals, and Fairness." In Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Human Rights, pp. 137-152. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.

• "Rights, Goals, and Fairness." In Jeremy Waldron, ed., Theories of Rights, pp. 136-152. Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.
  See "Rights, Goals, and Fairness" (1978).

1985

• "Art as a Public Good." Art and the Law (1985), 9(2):167-171.

• "Contractualism and Utilitarianism." In John Rajchman and Cornel West, eds., Post-Analytic Philosophy, pp. 215-243. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985.
  See "Contractualism and Utilitarianism" (1982).

• Edited (with Charles R. Beitz, Marshall Cohen and A. John Simmons.) International Politics. Philosophy & Public Affairs Reader. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985.

• "Local Justice." Review of Stuart Hampshire's Morality and Conflict and Michael Walzer's Spheres of Justice. London Review of Books (September 5, 1985), 7(15):17-18.

1986

• "A Contractualist Alternative." In Joseph De Marco and Richard M. Fox, eds., New Directions in Ethics: The Challenge of Applied Ethics, pp. 42-57. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.

• "Equality of Resources and Equality of Welfare: A Forced Marriage?" Ethics (October 1986), 97(1):111-118.
  Comments on John Roemer's "The Mismarriage of Bargaining Theory and Distributive Justice," pp. 88-110.

1988

• "Down from Liberalism." Review of Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions. New York Review of Books (April 28, 1988), 35(7):28, 36+
  See "`Down from Liberalism': An Exchange." New York Review of Books (September 29, 1988), 35:83-84.

• "Levels of Moral Thinking." In Douglas Seanor and N. Fotion, eds., Hare and Critics: Essays on Moral Thinking, With Comments by R.M. Hare, pp. 129-146. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.

• "Rights, Goals, and Fairness." In Samuel Scheffler, ed., Consequentialism and Its Critics, pp. 74-92. Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
  See "Rights, Goals, and Fairness" (1978)

• "The Significance of Choice." In Sterling M. McMurrin, ed., The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Vol. 8, pp. 149-216. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

1990

• "Content Regulation Reconsidered." In Judith Lichtenberg, eds., Democracy and the Mass Media, pp. 331-354. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

• "Promises and Practices." Philosophy & Public Affairs (Summer 1990), 19(3):199-226.

1991

• "The Moral Basis of Interpersonal Comparisons." In Jon Elster and John E. Roemer, eds., Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being: Studies in Rationality and Social Change, pp. 17-44. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press in collaboration with Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1991.

• Review of James Griffin's Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Moral Importance. Philosophical Review (April 1991), 100(2):312-315.

1992

• "The Aims and Authority of Moral Theory." Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (Spring 1992), 12:1-23.

• "Rights, Goals, and Fairness." In Carlos Nino, ed., Rights, pp. 245-263. International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1992.
  See "Rights, Goals, and Fairness" (1978).

1993

• "Partisan for Life." Review of Ronald Dworkin's Life's Dominion: An Argument about Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom. New York Review of Books (July 15, 1993), 40(13):45-50.

• "Value, Desire, and Quality of Life." In Martha C. Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, eds., The Quality of Life, pp. 185-205. WIDER Studies in Development Economics. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER).

• "A Reprinted Essay." In John Arthur, ed., Morality and Moral Controversies. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1993.

1995

• "Moral Theory: Understanding and Disagreement." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (June 1995), 55(2):343-356.