Scott Anderson

Associate Professor
phone 604 822 4769
location_on Buchanan E 373
Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago


About

Office Hours – 2023W:

  • On leave 2023W

 

Social and Political Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Sex, Gender and Feminism


Teaching


Research

Coercion and power; philosophy of sex, gender and feminism; ethics – especially related to interpersonal issues of power, social norms, and Aristotelian approaches to ethics; moral psychology; privacy; political philosophy. I work on issues at the intersection of ethics and social and political philosophy, largely focused on how to use and regulate power, coercion, and social norms. A significant number of my publications investigate these issues in the area of gender relations, as they occur in prostitution, dating and mating, sexual harassment, and rape. I also have ongoing interests in action theory and moral psychology, privacy, and problems related to the intensification of technology and information.


Publications

  • Confronting Torture: Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture Today, 2018 (co-editor, with Martha C. Nussbaum; University of Chicago Press)
  • “Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirens’ Singing”, in Anderson and Nussbaum, eds., Confronting Torture, 2018
  • “Conceptualizing Rape as Coerced Sex”, Ethics, 2016
  • “Coercion as Enforcement and the Social Organisation of Power Relations: Coercion in Specific Contexts of Social Power”, Jurisprudence, 2016
  • “Objectification: A 21st Century Reassessment”, in Thom Brooks, ed., Current Controversies in Political Philosophy, 2015
  • On Sexual Obligations and Sexual Autonomy”, Hypatia, 2013
  • On the Immorality of Threatening”, Ratio, 2011
  • The Enforcement Approach to Coercion”, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2010
  • Privacy without the Right to Privacy”, The Monist, January 2008
  • “Sex under Pressure: Jerks, Boorish Behavior, and Gender Hierarchy”, Res Publica , 2005
  • “Prostitution and Sexual Autonomy: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution”, Ethics, 2002

 


Additional Department Roles

  • TA Coordinator

Scott Anderson

Associate Professor
phone 604 822 4769
location_on Buchanan E 373
Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago


About

Office Hours – 2023W:

  • On leave 2023W

 

Social and Political Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Sex, Gender and Feminism


Teaching


Research

Coercion and power; philosophy of sex, gender and feminism; ethics – especially related to interpersonal issues of power, social norms, and Aristotelian approaches to ethics; moral psychology; privacy; political philosophy. I work on issues at the intersection of ethics and social and political philosophy, largely focused on how to use and regulate power, coercion, and social norms. A significant number of my publications investigate these issues in the area of gender relations, as they occur in prostitution, dating and mating, sexual harassment, and rape. I also have ongoing interests in action theory and moral psychology, privacy, and problems related to the intensification of technology and information.


Publications

  • Confronting Torture: Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture Today, 2018 (co-editor, with Martha C. Nussbaum; University of Chicago Press)
  • “Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirens’ Singing”, in Anderson and Nussbaum, eds., Confronting Torture, 2018
  • “Conceptualizing Rape as Coerced Sex”, Ethics, 2016
  • “Coercion as Enforcement and the Social Organisation of Power Relations: Coercion in Specific Contexts of Social Power”, Jurisprudence, 2016
  • “Objectification: A 21st Century Reassessment”, in Thom Brooks, ed., Current Controversies in Political Philosophy, 2015
  • On Sexual Obligations and Sexual Autonomy”, Hypatia, 2013
  • On the Immorality of Threatening”, Ratio, 2011
  • The Enforcement Approach to Coercion”, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2010
  • Privacy without the Right to Privacy”, The Monist, January 2008
  • “Sex under Pressure: Jerks, Boorish Behavior, and Gender Hierarchy”, Res Publica , 2005
  • “Prostitution and Sexual Autonomy: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution”, Ethics, 2002

 


Additional Department Roles

  • TA Coordinator

Scott Anderson

Associate Professor
phone 604 822 4769
location_on Buchanan E 373
Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago

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Office Hours – 2023W:

  • On leave 2023W

 

Social and Political Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Sex, Gender and Feminism

Teaching keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

Coercion and power; philosophy of sex, gender and feminism; ethics – especially related to interpersonal issues of power, social norms, and Aristotelian approaches to ethics; moral psychology; privacy; political philosophy. I work on issues at the intersection of ethics and social and political philosophy, largely focused on how to use and regulate power, coercion, and social norms. A significant number of my publications investigate these issues in the area of gender relations, as they occur in prostitution, dating and mating, sexual harassment, and rape. I also have ongoing interests in action theory and moral psychology, privacy, and problems related to the intensification of technology and information.

Publications keyboard_arrow_down
  • Confronting Torture: Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture Today, 2018 (co-editor, with Martha C. Nussbaum; University of Chicago Press)
  • “Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirens’ Singing”, in Anderson and Nussbaum, eds., Confronting Torture, 2018
  • “Conceptualizing Rape as Coerced Sex”, Ethics, 2016
  • “Coercion as Enforcement and the Social Organisation of Power Relations: Coercion in Specific Contexts of Social Power”, Jurisprudence, 2016
  • “Objectification: A 21st Century Reassessment”, in Thom Brooks, ed., Current Controversies in Political Philosophy, 2015
  • On Sexual Obligations and Sexual Autonomy”, Hypatia, 2013
  • On the Immorality of Threatening”, Ratio, 2011
  • The Enforcement Approach to Coercion”, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2010
  • Privacy without the Right to Privacy”, The Monist, January 2008
  • “Sex under Pressure: Jerks, Boorish Behavior, and Gender Hierarchy”, Res Publica , 2005
  • “Prostitution and Sexual Autonomy: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution”, Ethics, 2002

 

Additional Department Roles keyboard_arrow_down
  • TA Coordinator