UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

COLLOQUIUM

"Defending Preferences, Defending Affirmative Action"

James P. Sterba

Department of Philosophy

University of Notre Dame

HOB2 Room 233

Friday, April 5, 2002

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

James P. Sterba

1974

• "Justice as Desert." Social Theory and Practice (Spring 1974), 3(1):101-116.

1976

• "God, Plantinga and a Better World." International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (1976), 7(3):446-451.

• "Justice and the Concept of Desert." Personalist (Spring 1976), 57(2):188-197.

• "Prescriptivism and Fairness." Philosophical Studies (February 1976), 29(2):141-148.
       On R.M. Hare's "Rawls Theory of Justice."

• "Utility and Justice". Review of Rolf Sartorius' Individual Conduct and Social Norms. Review of Politics (January 1976), 38(1):133-135

1977

• "The Decline of Wolff's Anarchism." Journal of Value Inquiry (Autumn 1977), 11(3):213-217.
       On Robert Paul Wolff's In Defense of Anarchism.

• "Distributive Justice." American Journal of Jurisprudence (1977), 22:55-79.

• "Retributive Justice." Political Theory (August 1977), 5(3):349-362.

• Review of Carl Cohen's Democracy. New Scholasticism (1977), 51:420-423.

• Review of Nicholas Rescher's Unselfishness: The Role of Various Affects in Moral Philosophy and Social Theory. Journal of Philosophy (March 1977), 74(3):189-193.

1978

• "In Defense of Rawls Against Arrow and Nozick." Philosophia (1978), 7:293-303.

• "Neo-Libertarianism." American Philosophical Quarterly (April 1978), 15(2):115-121.

1979

• "Can a Person Deserve Mercy?" Journal of Social Philosophy (1979), 10:11-14.

• "Contractual Retributivism Defended." Political Theory (August 1979), 7(3):417-418.
       Reply to T.M. Reed's "On Sterba's 'Retributive Justice'." Political Theory (1978), 6(3):373-376.

• "Ethical Egoism and Beyond." Canadian Journal of Philosophy (March 1979), 9(1):91-108.

• (with Janet A. Kournay.) "How to Complete the Compatibilitist Account of Free Action." Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (1979), 53:124-131.

• "The Moral Presuppositions of Contractual Rights." Ethics (April 1979), 89(3):298-300.
       On a series of articles by Eric Mack "Natural and Contractual Rights," "Hart on Natural and Contractual Rights," and "A Comment on Steiner on Presupposed Rights."

1980

• "Abortion, Distant Peoples, and Future Generations." Journal of Philosophy (July 1980), 77(7):424-440.

• The Demands of Justice. Notre Dame & London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1980.

• Edited. Justice: Alternative Political Perspectives. Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth, 1980.
       Includes James P. Sterba's "Neo-Libertarianism,", pp. 172-186.
        See Justice (1992).

1981

• (with Janet A. Kourany.) "How to Complete the Compatibilist Account of Free Action." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (June 1981), 41(4):508-523.

• "Human Rights: A Social Contract Perspective." Proceedings and Addresses of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (1981), 55:268-276.

• "A Rawlsian Solution to Arrow's Paradox." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (July 1981), 62(3):282-292.

• "Social Contract Theory and Ordinary Justice." Political Theory (February 1981), 9(1):111-112.
       Reply to T.M. Reed's "Contractual Retributivism Unveiled." Political Theory (February 1980), 8(1):121-122.

• "The Welfare Rights of Distant Peoples and Future Generations: Moral Side-Constraints on Social Policy." Social Theory and Practice (Spring 1981), 7(1):99-119.

1982

• "In Defense of a Liberal Ideal." Review of Bruce A. Ackerman's Social Justice in the Liberal State. Review of Politics (July 1982), 44(3):448-449.

• "A Marxist Dilemma for Social Contract Theory." American Philosophical Quarterly (January 1982), 19(1):51-60.

1983

• "Anti-Desert and Desert Views: Their Practical Equivalence." [Abstract] Noûs (March 1983), 17(1):59.
        On Dan W. Brock's "Desert, Fairness and Persons." [Abstract], pp. 56-58.

• "Consistency, Welfare Rights and Abortion: A Reply to Perry." Metaphilosophy (April 1983), 14(2):162-165.
       On Clifton Perry's "The Liberal Position on Abortion and Welfare Rights." Metaphilosophy (January 1983), 14(1):12-18.

• Review of Milton Fisk's Ethics and Society: A Marxist Interpretation of Value. Ethics (January 1983), 93(2):391-392.

1984

• "Contemporary Moral Philosophy and Practical Reason." Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (1984), 58:73-83.

• Edited. The Ethics of War and Nuclear Deterrence. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1984.

• "Is There a Rationale for Punishment?" American Journal of Jurisprudence (1984), 29:29-43.

• Edited. Morality in Practice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1984.
        See Morality in Practice (1988), (1991).

• Review of Carl Wellman's Welfare Rights. Law and Philosophy (December 1984), 3(3):423-426.

1985

• Edited. The Ethics of War and Nuclear Deterrence. The Wadsworth Series in Social Philosophy. Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, 1985.

• "A Libertarian Justification for a Welfare State." Social Theory and Practice (Fall 1985), 11(3):285-306.

• Review of Stephen L. Darwall's Impartial Reason. Noûs (September 1985), 19(3):470-472.

1986

• "Between MAD and Counterforce: In Search of a Morally and Strategically Sound Nuclear Defense Policy." Social Theory and Practice (Summer 1986), 12(2):173-199.

• "The Ethics of Nuclear Strategy." In Joseph P. De Marco, ed., New Directions in Ethics, pp. 190-204. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.

• "Moral Approaches to Nuclear Strategy: A Critical Evaluation." Canadian Journal of Philosophy (1986) Supplement 12:75-109.
       This issue is entitled "Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Disarmament," edited by David Copp.

• "The Poor Against the Rich: The Case for Action Welfare Rights." In Anthony Ellis, ed., Ethics and International Relations. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986.

• "Recent Work on Alternative Conceptions of Justice." American Philosophical Quarterly (January 1986), 23(1):1-22.

• "Soft Determinism, Indeterminism and the Justification for Punishment." Metaphilosophy (January 1986), 17(1):52-60.

1987

• "Between MAD and Counterforce." In Kenneth Kipnis and Diana T. Meyers, eds., Political Realism and International Morality: Ethics in the Nuclear Age, pp. 122-136. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1987.

• The Catholic Bishops and the Economy: A Debate. Douglas Rasmussen and James Sterba. Studies in Social Philosophy & Policy, No. 9. Bowling Green, Ohio: Social Philosophy & Policy Center. New Brunswick & London: Transaction Books, 1987.
  Contents:
  Part 1: James P. Sterba: "The Bishops' Letter on the U.S. Economy: A Philosophical Defense":1-44.
  Part 2: Douglas Rasmussen: "Economic Rights Versus Human Dignity: The Flawed Moral Vision of the United States Catholic Bishops":45-84
  Part 3: James P. Sterba: "Response to Rasmussen":85-92
  Part 4: Douglas Rasmussen: "Response to Sterba":93-102

• "Explaining Asymmetry: A Problem for Parfit." Philosophy and Public Affairs (Spring 1987), 16(2):188-192.
       Reply by Parfit, pp. 193-194.

• "Just War Theory and Nuclear Strategy." Analyse und Kritik [Opladen](1987), 9(1-2):155-174.

• "Justifying Morality: The Right and the Wrong Ways." Synthese (July 1987), 72(1):45-69.
       This issue is entitled "Kurt Baier Festschrift: Part I," and edited by Laurence Thomas.

1988

• How to Make People Just: A Practical Reconciliation of Alternative Conceptions of Justice. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1988.

• "Legitimate Defense and Strategic Defense." Public Affairs Quarterly (October 1988), 2(4):65-74.

• Edited. Morality in Practice. 2nd ed. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1988.
       See Morality in Practice (1984), (1991).

• Review of Richard Norman's Free and Equal: A Philosophical Examination of Political Values. Canadian Philosophical Reviews (May 1988), 8(5):184-185.

• "The Varieties of Liberty: A Practical Reconciliation." In Philosophy and Culture. Proceedings of the XVth World Congress of Philosophy. Vol. 3, pp. 588-593. Montreal: Editions Montmorency, 1988.

1989

• Edited. Contemporary Ethics: Selected Readings. Englewood-Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989.

• Edited (with Robert J. Cavalier and James Gouinlock.) Ethics in the History of Western philosophy. New York: St. Martin's Press; Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989.

• Edited (with Creighton Peden.) Freedom, Equality, and Social Change. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 1989.

• "How to Make People Just." In Creighton Peden and James P. Sterba, eds., Freedom, Equality, and Social Change. Lewiston: Mellen, 1989.

• "Toulmin to Rawls." In James P. Sterba, Robert J. Cavalier, and James Gouinlock, eds., Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy, pp. 399-420. New York: St. Martin's Press; Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989.

1990

• "Feminist Justice and the Family." In Robert C.L. Moffat, Joseph Grcic, and Michael D. Bayles, eds., Perspectives on the Family, pp. 79-91. Studies in Social and Political Theory, 8. Political and Legal Philosophy Today, 1. Lewiston. NY: Mellen Press, 1990.
  

• "Legitimate Defense and Strategic Defense." In Kenneth H. Klein and Joseph C. Kunkel, eds., Issues in War and Peace: Philosophical Inquiries, pp. 147-158. Wakefield, NH: Longwood Academic, 1990.

• "Peace Through Justice: A Practical Reconciliation of Opposing Conceptions of Justice." In Kenneth H. Klein and Joseph C. Kunkel, eds., In the Interest of Peace: A Spectrum of Philosophical Views, pp. 279-288. Wakefield, NH: Longwood Academic, 1990.

• "A Rational Choice Theory of Punishment." Philosophical Topics (Spring 1990), 18(1):171-181.
       Issue is on "Philosophy of Law," edited by Jacob Adler.

1991

• Edited. Morality in Practice. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1991.
        See Morality in Practice (1984), (1988).

• "Response to Nine Commentators." Journal of Social Philosophy (1991), 22(3):100-118.

1992

• Edited (with Janet A. Kourany and Rosemarie Tong.) Feminist Philosophies: Problems, Theories, and Applications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1992.
        Includes James P. Sterba's "Feminist Justice and the Family," pp. 271-277.

• Edited. Justice: Alternative Political Perspectives. 2nd Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1992.
        See Justice (1980), (1999).

• "Personal and Impersonal Justice." Review of Thomas Nagel's Equality and Partiality. Review of Politics (Fall 1992), 54(4):708-709.

• "Reconciliation Reaffirmed: A Reply to Peffer." Journal of Social Philosophy (1992), 23(1):145-149.

• "Reconciling Conceptions of Justice: A Path to Universal Justice." Dialogue and Humanism (Autumn/Winter 1992), 2(3-4):123-137.

• "Reconciling Pacifists and Just War Theorists." Social Theory and Practice (Spring 1992), 18(1):21-38.

• Review of L.W. Sumner's The Moral Foundations of Rights. Noûs (June 1992), 26(2):246-247.

• Review of Norman Daniels' Am I My Parents' Keeper? An Essay on Justice between the Young and the Old. Philosophical Review (April 1992), 101(2):479-481.

• Review of Will Kymlicka's Liberalism, Community, and Culture. Ethics (October 1992), 103(1):152-153.

1993

• Edited. Morality in Practice. 4th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1993.

• "Toward a Universal Environmental Ethics." Dialogue and Humanism (Winter 1993), 3(4):113-126.

1994

• "Feminist Justice and the Pursuit of Peace." Hypatia (1994), 9(2):173-187.
       Special Issue on "Feminism and Peace."

• "From Liberty to Welfare." Ethics (October 1994), 105(1):64-98.

• "Justice and Feminism in the Former Soviet Union." In William C. Gay and T.A. Alekseeva, eds., On the Eve of the 21st Century: Perspectives of Russian and American Philosophers, pp. 241-252. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994.

• "Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric Environmental Ethics." Environmental Values (1994), 3(3):229-244.

• "Reconciling Pacifists and Just War Theorists Revisited." Social Theory and Practice (Summer 1994), 20(2):135-142.
       Response to Eric Reitani's "The Irreconcialibility of Pacifism and Just War Theory: A Response to Sterba," pp. 117-134.

• Review of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, eds., The Quality of Life. Ethics (October 1994), 105(1):198-201.

1995

• "Comments." In Morality and Social Justice: Point/Counterpoint, pp. 110-113. Studies in Social & Political Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
       On Tibor R. Machan's "Justice, Self, and Natural Rights," pp. 59-106.

• "Comments." In Morality and Social Justice: Point/Counterpoint, pp. 147-150. Studies in Social & Political Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
       On Alison M. Jaggar's "Justice, Self, and Natural Rights," pp. 115-146.

• "Comments." In Morality and Social Justice: Point/Counterpoint, pp. 216-220. Studies in Social & Political Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
       On Carol C. Gould's' "Social Justice and the Limitations of Democracy," pp. 193-215.

• "Comments." In Morality and Social Justice: Point/Counterpoint, pp. 247-249. Studies in Social & Political Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
       On Milton Fisk's "Justice and Universality," pp. 221-244.

• Edited. Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1995.

• Edited. Earth Ethics: Environmental Ethics, Animal Rights, and Practical Applications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1995.

• "From Biocentric Individualism to Biocentric Pluralism." Environmental Ethics (1995), 17(2):191-207.

• "Reconciling Conceptions of Justice." In Morality and Social Justice: Point/Counterpoint, pp. 1-38. Studies in Social & Political Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
       Followed by comments by Tibor R. Machan, Alison M. Jaggar, and Carol C. Gould, pp. 39-57.

• Review of Eve Browning Cole and Susan Coultrap-McQuin, eds., Explorations in Feminist Ethics. Teaching Philosophy (1995), 18(1):88-90.

• Edited. Social and Political Philosophy: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1995.
       See Social and Political Philosophy (1997).

• "War with Iraq: Just Another Unjust War." In Laurence F. Bove, ed., From the Eye of the Storm. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995.

1996

• "Feminist Justice and Sexual Harassment." Journal of Social Philosophy (Spring 1996), 27(1):103-122.

• "Hoffman's Kantian Justification for Humanitarian Intervention." In Stanley Hoffmann, et. al., The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention, pp. 87-96. With contributions by Robert C. Johansen, James P. Sterba, and Raimo Vayrynen. Notre Dame Studies on International Peace. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996.

• "Reconciliation Reaffirmed: A Reply to Steverson." Environmental Values (1996), 5(4):363-368.
       Reply to Brian Stevenson's Objections.

• "Understanding Evil: American Slavery, the Holocaust, and the Conquest of the American Indians." Ethics (January 1996), 106(2):424-448.
       Review of Lawrence Thomas' Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust.

1997

• Morality in Practice. 5th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1997.

• "Progress in Reconciliation: Evidence from the Right and the Left." Journal of Social Philosophy (Fall 1997), 28(2):101-116.

• Review of Robert E. Goodin's Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy. Ethics (October 1997), 108(1):223-224.

• Edited. Social and Political Philosophy: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives. 2nd edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1997.
        Includes "Concluding Philosophical Postscript: Reconciling Social and Political Ideals," pp. 570-589.

1998

• "A Biocentrist Strikes Back." Environmental Ethics (1998), 20(4):361-376.

• Edited. Ethics: The Big Questions. Philosophy, the Big questions. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1998.

• Justice for Here and Now. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

• Edited. Social and Political Philosophy: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives. 2nd edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1998.


     See Social and Political Philosophy (1995).

1999

• "Building on Gewirth: A Defence of Morality." In Michael Boylan, ed., Gewirth: Critical Essays on Action, Rationality, and Community, pp. 159-182. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.

• "Feminist Justice and Sexual Harassment" In Deane Curtin and Robert Litke, eds., Institutional Violence, pp. 177-184. Value Inquiry Book Series. Amsterdam & Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1999.

• Edited (with Janet A. Kourany and Rosemarie Tong.) Feminist Philosophies: Problems, Theories and Applications. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 1999.
        See Feminist Philosophies (1992).

• "Five Commentators: A Brief Response." Journal of Social Philosophy (Winter 1999), 30(3): 424-437.

• Edited. Justice: Alternative Political Perspectives. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999.
     See Justice (1980), (1992).

• "Morality and Self-Interest." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (1999), 59(2):525-531.

• "Reconciling Public Reason and Religious Values." Social Theory and Practice (1999), 25(1):1-28.

• "Sexual Equality in the Workplace Would Reduce Sexual Harassment." In Louise I. Gerdes, ed., Sexual Harassment. Current Controversies. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 1999.

2000

• "Comment: Reviewing a Reviewer: A Response to Peter Wenz." Enviornmental Ethics (2000), 22(3):333-334.

• Edited. Earth Ethics: Introductory Readings on Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
       See Earth Ethics (1995).

• Edited. Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
        Includes "Concluding Feminist and Multicultural Postscript," pp. 564-570.

• "From Liberty to Welfare: An Update." Social Theory and Practice (Fall 2000), 26(3):465-478.

• Edited. Morality in Practice. 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000.

• "Toward Reconciliation in Ethics." In Hugh LaFollette, ed., The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, pp. 420-441. Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell, 2000.

2001

• Edited. Controversies in Feminism. Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.
        "Introduction," pp. vii-xi.

• "Gert and the Defense of Morality." Journal of Value Inquiry (December 2001), 35(4):427-438.

• "Justice for Here and Now" In James P. Sterba, ed., Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 3-56. New York: Routledge, 2001.

• "Reconciling Public Reason and Religious Values." In David M. Rasmussen, ed., The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Volume 11: Social and Political Philosophy. Bowling Green OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2001.

• Edited (with Linda LeMoncheck.) Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

• Edited. Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2001.

• Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

• "Toward Reconciliation in Social and Political Philosophy." In James P. Sterba, ed., Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2001.

• "Understanding, Explaining, and Eliminating Sexual Harassment." In James P. Sterba and Linda LeMoncheck, eds., Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers, pp. 231-244. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

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