Future Societies and Politics

Future Politics and Societies

Technological advances will inevitably influence society in myriad ways, creating new challenges for political philosophers. How can we manage the potential social and political impact of the new technologies?  Do democracies need protection against social media? How should we respond to the emergence of global digital mega-firms? What is the future of work in a world where machines do more?

Publications

Baines P, Draper H, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Frith, L. “COVID-19 and beyond: the ethical challenges of resetting health services during and after public health emergencies”, Journal of Medical Ethics 46 (2020):715-716.

Frith, L. Blyth, E. Crawshaw, M. van den Akker, O.  “Searching for ‘relations’ using a DNA  linking register by adults conceived following sperm donation”, Biosocieties, 13, 2018

Frith L. ‘Donor conception and mandatory paternity testing: the right to know and the right to be told”, American Journal of Bioethics, 13 (5), 2013

Frith, L. “Non-Electoral Representation and Promoting Welfare-Beyond Descriptive Representation”, American Journal of Bioethics 20/4 (2020): 56-58.

Hailwood, S. How to be a Green Liberal: Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy, Routledge, 2014

Hailwood, S. “Alienations and Natures”, Environmental Politics, 12.6, 2012

Hailwood, S. “Eco-Anarchism and Liberal Reformism”, Ecotheology, 8 (2), 2003

McKenna, R. “No Epistemic Trouble for Engineering ‘Woman’”, Logos & Episteme, 2018

McKenna, R. “Persuasion and Intellectual Autonomy”. Forthcoming in Epistemic Autonomy. Eds. K. Lougheed & J. Matheson. Routledge.

McKenna, R. “Asymmetrical Irrationality: Are Only Other People Stupid?”. Forthcoming in Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology. Eds. J. de Ridder & M. Hannon. Routledge

McKenna, R. “Persuasion and Epistemic Paternalism”. In Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications, and Implications. Eds. G. Axtell & A. Bernal. Rowman & Littlefield 2020, pp. 91-106.

McLeod, S. “Basic Liberties, the Moral Powers and Workplace Democracy”, Ethics Politics and Society, 1/29, 2018

Schramme, T.  Theories of Health Justice: Just Enough Health, Rowman and Littlefield International, 2018

Schramme, T. (ed.) New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care, Springer, 2015