Christopher Bennett
BA Stirling, MA, PhD Sheffield
Department of Philosophy
Head of the Department of Philosophy
c.bennett@sheffield.ac.uk
45 Victoria Street
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Christopher Bennett
Department of Philosophy
45 Victoria Street
Sheffield
S3 7QB
Department of Philosophy
45 Victoria Street
Sheffield
S3 7QB
- Profile
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Christopher Bennett is Head of the Department of Philosophy. His interests are in moral, political and legal philosophy. He also has interests in moral psychology and the history of philosophy. He also has interests in moral psychology and the history of philosophy. From 2013-2018 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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Books
- What Is This Thing Called Ethics?. Taylor & Francis.
- What is this thing called Ethics?. Routledge.
Journal articles
- Evaluating voluntary sector involvement in mass incarceration: The case of Samaritan prisoner volunteers. Punishment & Society. View this article in WRRO
- Russell on naturalism and practical reason. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. View this article in WRRO
- Shoemaker on sentiments and quality of will. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 1-12. View this article in WRRO
- The authority of moral oversight : on the legitimacy of criminal law. Legal Theory. View this article in WRRO
- Indirect Communication, Authority, and Proclamation as a Normative Power: Løgstrup's Critique of Kierkegaard. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 40(1), 147-182. View this article in WRRO
- The category and the office of proclamation with particular reference to Luther and Kierkegaard. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 40(1), 183-209. View this article in WRRO
- The Alteration Thesis: Forgiveness as a Normative Power. Philosophy and Public Affairs, 46(2), 207-233. View this article in WRRO
- Invisible Punishment is Wrong – But Why? The Normative Basis of Criticism of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 56(4), 480-499. View this article in WRRO
- Expression, Freedom of Speech and the State. Jurisprudence, 8(2), 360-369. View this article in WRRO
- Considering Murphy on Human Executioners. Criminal Justice Ethics, 36(1), 111-116. View this article in WRRO
- Penal Disenfranchisement. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 10(3), 411-425. View this article in WRRO
- A Review of David Owens' Shaping the Normative Landscape. Jurisprudence, 6(2), 364-370. View this article in WRRO
- What Is The Core Normative Argument for Greater Democracy in Criminal Justice?. The Good Society, 23(1), 41-41. View this article in WRRO
- Morality, Self-Knowledge and Human Suffering: An Essay on the Loss of Confidence in the World, by Josep E. Corbí. New York: Routledge, 2012, 254 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-89069-4 hb $85.00. European Journal of Philosophy, 21, e14-e18.
- Ross London,Crime, punishment and restorative justice: from the margins to the mainstream. Restorative Justice, 1(2), 298-301.
- Vera Bergelson: Victims’ Rights and Victims’ Wrongs. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 6(1), 103-109.
- Making Amends: Atonement in Law, Morality and Politics. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 8(1), 165-167.
- L. Zaibert, Punishment and Retribution. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 4(1), 105-107.
- Review: Margaret Urban Walker: Moral Repair. Mind, 118(469), 215-220.
- A Theory of Political Obligation- By Margaret Gilbert. Philosophical Books, 49(4), 390-392.
- Autonomy and Conjugal Love: A Reply to Golash. Res Publica, 12(2), 191-201.
- On the Right to be Punished: responsibility and the critique of the rehabilitative ideal. Criminal Justice Matters, 60(1), 20-21.
- Punishment. Philosophical Books, 45(4), 324-334.
- Review Article: Forgiveness and the Claims of Retribution. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 1(1), 89-101.
- The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics and Culture. Contemporary Political Theory, 2(2), 255-257.
- Is Amnesty a Collective Act of Forgiveness?. Contemporary Political Theory, 2(1), 67-76.
- McTaggart on the right to be punished. Hegel Bulletin, 19(1-2), 85-96.
- Howard P Kainz, An Introduction to Hegel: The Stages of Modern Philosophy, Athens: Ohio University Press, 1996, pp xi + 102. Hegel Bulletin, 18(02), 43-45.
- Michael Rosen, On Voluntary Servitude, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996, pp xi + 289. Hegel Bulletin, 18(02), 60-64.
- Communities at Work? The Concept of ‘Community’ in Organisational Analysis. Philosophy of Management, 5(3), 31-41.
- Excuses, Justifications and the Normativity of Expressive Behaviour. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 32(3), 563-581.
Chapters
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- Grace, Freedom, and the Expression of Emotion: Schiller and the Critique of Kant In Cohen A & Stern R (Ed.), Thinking about the Emotions: A Philosophical History (pp. 184-205). Oxford: Oxford University Press. View this article in WRRO
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- Retributivist Theories, Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (pp. 4446-4456). Springer New York
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- Satisfying the needs and interests of victims, Handbook of Restorative Justice (pp. 247-264).
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- Apology and Reparation in a Multicultural State, Law and Philosophy (pp. 272-287). Oxford University Press
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- What Is This Thing Called Ethics?. Taylor & Francis.
- Research group
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I am currently supervising PhD students working on the following topics:
- Foucault and obesity
- Sexual ethics
- Transitional Justice
- Kantian approaches to bioethics