Jeremy Williams
I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, where I specialise in moral and political philosophy. I am particularly interested in bioethics, moral status, the ethics of killing and harming, and - on the political side - questions of toleration and political justification. Please see below for my writing on these topics.
You can contact me by email, at [email protected], or via my academia.edu page.
You can contact me by email, at [email protected], or via my academia.edu page.
Academic publications
Book Review: 'To Do, To Die, To Reason Why: Individual Ethics in War, written by Victor Tadros', Journal of Moral Philosophy 20 (2023): 390-93. [Manuscript]
‘On Anti-Abortion Violence’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 104 (2022): 273-296. [Manuscript]
‘Death and Consensus Liberalism’, Philosophers’ Imprint 17 (2017): 1-30 (open access).
‘War and Global Public Reason’, Utilitas 29 (2017): 398-422. [Manuscript]
Invited Review: Rawls and Religion, ed.s Tom Bailey and Valentina Gentile, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, July 2015 (open access).
‘Public Reason and Prenatal Moral Status’, Journal of Ethics 19 (2015): 23-52. [Manuscript]
‘Conscription’, in Catriona McKinnon (ed.), Issues in Political Theory, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). (Also in 4th Edition, 2019, eds. C. McKinnon, R. Jubb and P. Tomlin.)
‘Deliberative Polling’, in ibid.
‘Torture and Counter-Terrorism’, in ibid.
‘Sex-Selective Abortion: A Matter of Choice’, Law and Philosophy 31 (2012): 125–159. [Manuscript]
‘Wrongful Life and Abortion’, Res Publica 16 (2010): 351-366. [Manuscript]
‘Resolving Disputes Over Frozen Embryos: A New Proposal’, Journal of Applied Philosophy 27 (2010): 172–185. [Manuscript]
Book Review: 'To Do, To Die, To Reason Why: Individual Ethics in War, written by Victor Tadros', Journal of Moral Philosophy 20 (2023): 390-93. [Manuscript]
‘On Anti-Abortion Violence’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 104 (2022): 273-296. [Manuscript]
‘Death and Consensus Liberalism’, Philosophers’ Imprint 17 (2017): 1-30 (open access).
‘War and Global Public Reason’, Utilitas 29 (2017): 398-422. [Manuscript]
Invited Review: Rawls and Religion, ed.s Tom Bailey and Valentina Gentile, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, July 2015 (open access).
‘Public Reason and Prenatal Moral Status’, Journal of Ethics 19 (2015): 23-52. [Manuscript]
‘Conscription’, in Catriona McKinnon (ed.), Issues in Political Theory, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). (Also in 4th Edition, 2019, eds. C. McKinnon, R. Jubb and P. Tomlin.)
‘Deliberative Polling’, in ibid.
‘Torture and Counter-Terrorism’, in ibid.
‘Sex-Selective Abortion: A Matter of Choice’, Law and Philosophy 31 (2012): 125–159. [Manuscript]
‘Wrongful Life and Abortion’, Res Publica 16 (2010): 351-366. [Manuscript]
‘Resolving Disputes Over Frozen Embryos: A New Proposal’, Journal of Applied Philosophy 27 (2010): 172–185. [Manuscript]
General readership pieces
'Getting to the heart of the abortion debate', CapX, 31st May 2022.
‘The ethics of voting for the lesser evil’, politics.co.uk, 27th November 2019.
‘The ethical case against sex-selective abortion isn’t simple’, The Conversation, 25th September 2018.
‘When does a foetus have moral status?’ (with Jonathan Parry), The Conversation, 21st May 2018.
‘Is using abortion to select the sex of children ever permissible?’ (with Heather Widdows), LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, March 2012.
'Getting to the heart of the abortion debate', CapX, 31st May 2022.
‘The ethics of voting for the lesser evil’, politics.co.uk, 27th November 2019.
‘The ethical case against sex-selective abortion isn’t simple’, The Conversation, 25th September 2018.
‘When does a foetus have moral status?’ (with Jonathan Parry), The Conversation, 21st May 2018.
‘Is using abortion to select the sex of children ever permissible?’ (with Heather Widdows), LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, March 2012.