Colin Murray Macleod Associate Professor Philosophy and Law University of Victoria P.O. Box 3045 Victoria, B.C. V8W 3P3 Telephone: 250-721-7521 E-mail: cmacleod@uvic.ca Education Cornell University, Ithaca New York Ph.D. (Philosophy) May 1993 M.A. (Philosophy) August 1989 Dahousie University, Halifax N.S. M.A. (Philosophy) August 1985 Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario B.A. (First Class Honours in Philosophy), May 1984 Areas of Specialization Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law Areas of Competence Metaethics, Philosophy of Economics Academic Awards 2004-7 S.S.H.R.C. Standard Research Grant (with D. Weinstock, S. Brennan, & Shauna van Praagh) -95 S.S.H.R.C.C. Postdoctoral Fellowship -95 Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship 1990 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 1990 Cornell Graduate Tuition Fellowship -90 Cornell Summer Fellowship -90 Cornell Graduate Fellowship 1984 Dalhouise Graduate Fellowship 1984 Queen s University Philosophy Gold Medal
1981 Queen s First Year Philosophy Class Prize Publications Books and Edited Journal Collections: The Moral and Political Status of Children, (co-edited with David Archard), Oxford University Press, 2002. Guest Editor of Special Edition of Law and Philosophy. [The edition addresses issues arising out of the controversy surrounding the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. I proposed the special edition to the editors of the journal and I recruited 5 prominent legal philosophers to contribute essays to the edition. I also edited the essays.] Liberalism, Justice, and Markets: A Critique of Liberal Equality, Oxford University Press, 1998. Journal Articles: Economic Incentives and Liberal Equality, Ethique et economique/ Ethics and Economics 3 (1) (2005) Ethical Political Conduct and Fidelity to the Democratic Ethos, International Public Management Journal, vol. 8. #2, 2005 The Puzzle of Parental Partiality: Reflections on How Not to Be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent, Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 2., #3, 2004, pp. 309-321. A Liberal Theory of Freedom of Expression for Children, Chicago-Kent Law Review, vol. 79, no. 1, 2004, pp.55-82. Shaping Children s Convictions, Theory and Research in Education, vol. 1, no. 3, 2003 pp. 315-330. Agency Goodness and Endorsement: Why We Can t Be Forced to Flourish, Imprints: A Journal of Analytical Socialism, Vol. 7, no. 2, 2003, pp. 131-159. Ethical Integrity and Post-Secondary Education, The Journal of Cooperative Education, volume 36, issue #2, 2001. (Lead article.) 2
Introduction, Special Edition of Law and Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 2, March 2002, pp. 117-119. Making Moral Judgements and Giving Reasons, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 31, No. 2 June 2001, pp. 263-290. Partial Equality, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, XXXVII, No. 4 (Fall) 1998, pp. 775-98. Conceptions of Parental Autonomy, Politics and Society, Volume 25, No. 1, March 1997, pp. 117-140. Liberal Neutrality or Liberal Tolerance?, Law and Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 5, 1997, pp. 529-559. The Market, Preferences and Equality, The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Volume VII, Number 1, January 1994, pp. 97-110. Book Chapters: A Democratized Conception of Political Ethics in Christine Trost (ed.) Conflict of Interest and Public Life: Cross-National Comparisons (Cambridge University Press 2007). Raising Children: Who is Responsible for What? in Samantha Brennan and Robert Noggle (eds.) Taking Responsibility for Children (Wilfred Laurier Press 2007). Ethical Political Conduct and Fidelity to the Democratic Ethos in Public Ethics and Governance: Standards and Practices in Comparative Perspective edited by Denis Saint- Martin and Fred Thompson, JAI Press, Elsevier 2006. [This is a reprint of a journal article of mine.] Interpreting the Identity Claims of Children in Avigail Eisenberg (ed.) Diversity and Equality: New Approaches to Fundamental Freedom in Canada (University of British Columbia Press, 2006) Normative Dimensions of Equality (co-authored with Avigail Eisenberg) in D. Green & J. Kesselman (eds.) Dimensions of Inequality in Canada (University of British Columbia Press, 2006) Introduction (co-authored with David Archard) (pp.1-15) in The Moral and Political Status of Children: New Essays (Oxford University Press, September 2002). 3
Liberal Equality and the Affective Family (pp. 212-230) in The Moral and Political Status of Children: New Essays, (Oxford University Press, September 2002.) Introduction (pp.3-11) in Ethical Integrity and Political Leadership: An Ethics Reader (Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, 2001). The Nature of Ethical Integrity and Its Role in Politics, (pp.13-31) in Ethical Integrity and Political Leadership: An Ethics Reader (Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, 2001). Book Reviews and Review Essays: Review of Ross Zucker s Democratic Equality, Canadian Political Science Review, 2003. Review Essay of G.A. Cohen's If You're an Egalitarian How Come You're So Rich? Economics and Philosophy Vol.18 no.02, October 2002 pp.368-374. Review of Democracy s Edges and Democracy s Value both edited by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon, Ethics Vol. 112, No. 1, October 2001. Review of Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality by Ronald Dworkin Canadian Journal of Political Science Vol. XXXV, No. 1, March 2002. Review of Rethinking Liberal Equality from a Utopian Point of View by Andrew Levine, Ethics, January 2001. Review of Equality, Responsibility and the Law by Arthur Ripstein, Canadian Journal of Political Science March 2000. Review of Rational Commitment and Social Justice: Essays for Gregory Kavka, by Jules Coleman and Christopher Morris (eds.), Ethics, April 2000. Review of Questions of Judgment: Determining What s Right by F.H. Low-Beer, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review Vol. XXXVII, No. 2 (Spring) 1998. Review of Democracy by Ross Harrison, Ethics, Volume 108, Number 1, October 1997. Review of The Liberalism-Communitarianism Debate by C.F. Delaney (ed.), Ethics, Volume 106, Number 2, January 1996. 4
Review of A Civil Tongue: Justice, Dialogue and the Politics of Pluralism by Mark Kingwell, Ethics, Volume 106, Number 4, July 1996. Review of Judging in Good Faith by Steven Burton, The Philosophical Review, Volume 103, Number 3, July 1994. Delivered Papers and Presentations Nozick s Proviso, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., June, 1985. How Important is Arrow s Impossibility Theorem? (with David Phillips), Department of Philosophy Workshop, Cornell University, November, 1989. The Place of Liberty in Dworkin s Egalitarianism, Department of Philosophy Workshop, Cornell University, February, 1990. The Social Purpose of Morality: A Reply to Simak, Canadian Philosophical Association, Victoria, May, 1990. Equality, Liberty and the Dumb Taste Problem, Department of Philosophy Workshop, Cornell University, July, 1990. Luck, Insurance and Distributive Justice, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, University of British Columbia, February, 1991. The Market, Preferences and Equality, Canadian Philosophical Association, Queen s University, Kingston, May, 1991. The Market and Equality Through Time, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, January, 1992. Family Values: The Principle of Parental Autonomy, Centre for Applied Ethics Discussion Series, University of British Columbia, March, 1994. Liberal Neutrality or Liberal Tolerance?, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, September, 1994. Comment on R. Paul Churchill s Do We Have a Moral Obligation to Raise Children as Altruists, Society for Philosophy and the Family, Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March, 1995. 5
Competing Conceptions of Parental Autonomy, Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, June, 1995. The Endorsement Constraint and State Perfectionism, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, University of Edinburgh, March, 1997. Parental Autonomy, The State and Family Conference, International Social Sciences Institute, University of Edinburgh, May, 1997. Liberal Neutrality, State Perfectionism and the Endorsement Constraint, Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, March, 1998. Comment on Paul Vimintz s A Proof that Libertarianism is Either False or Banal and on Jan Narveson s Is Libertarianism Banal or Obviously False? Western Canadian Philosophical Association, November, 1998. Agency, Goodness, and Endorsement, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, May 1999. Harmonising Partiality, Equality, and Partiality in the Affective Family, Children s Rights and Family Justice: Paying Attention to Children, University of Western Ontario, March 2000. Invited participant in University of North Carolina Law and Philosophy Workshop, (Theme: Egalitarianism and Responsibility), November 2000. Public Lecture: Ethics: What s At Stake?, University of Victoria Community Forum, November 2000. Public Lecture: Ethical Integrity and Political Leadership, University of Victortia Community Forum, March 2001. Public Lecture Ethics and the War on Terrorism" University of Victoria sponsored by University of Victoria Philosophy Students Association, October 2001 Raising Children: Who Is Responsible for What? (Paper delivered to Responsibility and Children Conference, University of Western Ontario), February 2002-03-27 The Moral and Political Status of Children: Recent Developments in Political Philosophy" (A presentation to University of Victoria Humanities Centre Lunchtime Symposium) March 2002. 6
Shaping the Convictions of Children,Principles of Justice a Symposium in Celebration of Alistair Macleod, Queen s University, September 28, 2002. The Trouble with Harry (A presentation to Should I Be Polite to My Toaster? a panel discussion of artificial intelligence and moral status organized by the University of Victoria Philosophy Students Association.) October 2002. Interpreting the Identity Claims of Young Children, Diversity and Equality: Minorities and the Protection of Fundamental Freedoms a Symposium presented by the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, February 20, 2003. What s the Point of Liberalism? (A presentation and debate with Cindy Holder organized by the University of Victoria Philosophy Students Association) March 18, 2003. Invited participant in Children and Liberalism Workshop Stanford University, Stanford CA, September 19-21, 2003. Commentary on Kok-Chor Tan s Colonialism, Reparations and Global Justice at Reparations: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Some Philosophical Issues, Queen s University, February 8, 2004. Commentary on Cynthia Stark s Contractarianism and Contribution for Symposium of Contractarianism at American Philosophical Association Meetings, Pasadena, CA, March 25, 2004. Ethical Political Conduct and Fidelity to the Democratic Ethos,Conference on the Governance of Political Ethics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, May 14-15, 2004. Responsible Responses to Terrorism, The Communitarian Summit, Washington, DC, July 9-11, 2004. Towards a Fully Democratized Conception of Political Ethics, Conflict of Interest in Public Life: Cross-National Comparisons, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, September 17-18, 2004. Towards a Fully Democratized Conception of Political Ethics, Carleton University Centre on Values and Ethics, Winter 2005 Equality, Dignity and Children Queen s University Philosophy Colloquium, Winter 2005. 7
Queen s University Political Theory Workshop Towards a Fully Democratized Conception of Political Ethics, Winter 2005. Equality, Dignity and Children Montreal Political Theory Workshop, February 25, 2005. Comment on Colin Farrelly Left Libertarianism: A Critique, Canadian Philosophical Association, London Ontario, May 2005. Successful Families, Broken Families and the State at 2006 Annual Conference of Association for Legal and Social Philosophy, University of College Dublin, June 28-July 1, 2006. Successful Families, Broken Families and the State at Children, Families and the State Workshop, University of Western Ontario, July 2006. On Larry May s Crimes against Humanity at book symposium at North American Association of Social Philosophy Annual Conference, August 2006. Capabilities, Primary Goods, and Children at Children, Families and the State Workshop, University of Victoria, December 2006. Commentary on Jonathan Peterson s Locke and Property in Literary Works at Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Congress, Toronto, May 2006 8