Nicholas Southwood

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Nicholas Southwood
Awards ARC Future Fellow, Fulbright Scholarship, University Medal (ANU)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic
Institutions Australian National University
Main interests
political philosophy, moral philosophy

Nicholas Southwood is an Australian philosopher and associate professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Political Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory. Southwood is known for his research on contractualism [1] [2] [3] and social philosophy. [4] [5] [6]

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  1. Barnes, R. Eric (December 2012). "Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality". Australasian Journal of Philosophy . 90 (4): 815–818. doi:10.1080/00048402.2012.728613. ISSN   0004-8402. S2CID   170770166.
  2. Vallier, Kevin (14 October 2012). "Review of Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN   1538-1617 . Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. Bocchiola, Michele (11 January 2015). "Nicholas Southwood: Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality". Ethical Theory and Moral Practice . 18 (4): 873–875. doi:10.1007/s10677-015-9559-7. ISSN   1386-2820. S2CID   146491634.
  4. Theuns, Tom (12 January 2015). "Book Review: Political Theory: Explaining NormsExplaining Norms by BrennanGeoffreyErikssonLinaGoodwinRobert E. and SouthwoodNicholas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 290 pp., £35.00, ISBN 9780199654680". Political Studies Review . 13 (1): 82. doi:10.1111/1478-9302.12073_4. ISSN   1478-9299. S2CID   149017343.
  5. Spiekermann, Kai (March 2015). "Explaining Norms, Geoffrey Brennan, Lina Eriksson, Robert E. Goodin and Nicholas Southwood. Oxford University Press, 2013, vii + 290 pages". Economics & Philosophy . 31 (1): 174–181. doi:10.1017/S0266267114000467. ISSN   0266-2671. S2CID   155069530 . Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. Gaus, Gerald (4 February 2014). "Review of Explaining Norms". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617 . Retrieved 19 August 2018.