Jacqueline Hobbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 216859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacqueline Hobbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacqueline |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobbs |
| SIGNATURE | HOBBS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5478-3117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Between activism and apathy: Global structural injustice and ordinary citizens
The literature on global structural injustice demands that ordinary citizens take political responsibility for the global structural injustices in which they are implicated. In order to do so, it is argued that they join relevant political movements and engage in activism aimed at addressing unjust global structures. This paper argues that there is a limit to how much political participation can be expected from ordinary citizens. Not everyone ca…
Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration
Normative Demand for Deference in Political Solidarity
Allies of those experiencing injustice or oppression face a dilemma: to be neutral in the face of calls to solidarity risks siding with oppressors, yet to speak or act on behalf of others risks compounding the injustice. We argue that adhering to a normative demand for deference (NDD) to those with lived experience offers would-be allies a way of navigating this dilemma. While theorists of solidarity have generally focused on epistemic benefits o…
Self-interest, transitional cosmopolitanism and the motivational problem
It is often argued that cosmopolitanism faces unique motivational constraints, asking more of individuals than they are able to give. This ‘motivational problem’ is held to pose a significant challenge to cosmopolitanism, as it appears unable to transform its moral demands into motivated political action. This article develops a novel response to the motivational problem facing cosmopolitanism, arguing that self-interest, alongside appeals to sen…
National Injustice, Caring Institutions and Cosmopolitan Motivation
This paper examines the relationship between strategies of cosmopolitan education intended to motivate citizens of affluent countries to care about distant others facing injustice, and injustices within the borders of these affluent countries. I argue that promoting justice within affluent countries and motivating citizens to act to address global injustices, are potentially complementary rather than competing projects. I make two claims. (i) Inj…
Cosmopolitan Sentiment: Politics, Charity, and Global Poverty
Duties to address global poverty face a motivation gap. We have good reasons for acting yet we do not, at least consistently. A ‘sentimental education’, featuring literature and journalism detailing the lives of distant others has been suggested as a promising means by which to close this gap (Nussbaum in Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions , CUP, Cambridge, 2001; Rorty in Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers , vol. 3, CUP, Cam…
Cosmopolitan anger and shame
Sentimental cosmopolitans argue that cultivating empathy for distant others is necessary in order to motivate action to address global injustices. This paper accepts the basic premises of the sentimental cosmopolitan project but argues that it ought to be extended to include cultivating other cosmopolitan emotions, particularly anger and shame. There is a tendency to think of anger and shame as unworthy, or as base motives to be overcome; but I a…
Nudging Charitable Giving: The ethics of Nudge in international poverty reduction
The use of nudge theory by non-governmental organizations and governments as a means to encourage charitable donations in order to address global poverty has been the subject of much recent enthusiasm. Supporters argue that nudges aimed at altering behaviour are much less complex and normatively problematic than attempts to alter attitudes towards global poverty. This paper aims to challenge these assumptions. In order to do so, it identifies pro…
Communicating Climate Knowledge: Proxies, Processes, Politics
This forum article is the product of interdisciplinary discussion at a conference on climate histories held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in early 2011, with the specific aim of building a network around the issue of communicating cultural knowledge of environmental change. The lead articles, by Kirsten Hastrup as an anthropologist and Simon Schaffer as a historian of science, highlight the role of agents and proxies. These are followed by five i…
Communicating Climate Knowledge: Proxies, Processes, Politics
This forum article is the product of interdisciplinary discussion at a conference on climate histories held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in early 2011, with the specific aim of building a network around the issue of communicating cultural knowledge of environmental change. The lead articles, by Kirsten Hastrup as an anthropologist and Simon Schaffer as a historian of science, highlight the role of agents and proxies. These are followed by five i…
Cosmopolitan anger and shame
Sentimental cosmopolitans argue that cultivating empathy for distant others is necessary in order to motivate action to address global injustices. This paper accepts the basic premises of the sentimental cosmopolitan project but argues that it ought to be extended to include cultivating other cosmopolitan emotions, particularly anger and shame. There is a tendency to think of anger and shame as unworthy, or as base motives to be overcome; but I a…
Nudging Charitable Giving: The ethics of Nudge in international poverty reduction
The use of nudge theory by non-governmental organizations and governments as a means to encourage charitable donations in order to address global poverty has been the subject of much recent enthusiasm. Supporters argue that nudges aimed at altering behaviour are much less complex and normatively problematic than attempts to alter attitudes towards global poverty. This paper aims to challenge these assumptions. In order to do so, it identifies pro…
Communicating Climate Knowledge: Proxies, Processes, Politics
This forum article is the product of interdisciplinary discussion at a conference on climate histories held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in early 2011, with the specific aim of building a network around the issue of communicating cultural knowledge of environmental change. The lead articles, by Kirsten Hastrup as an anthropologist and Simon Schaffer as a historian of science, highlight the role of agents and proxies. These are followed by five i…
Nudging Charitable Giving: The ethics of Nudge in international poverty reduction
The use of nudge theory by non-governmental organizations and governments as a means to encourage charitable donations in order to address global poverty has been the subject of much recent enthusiasm. Supporters argue that nudges aimed at altering behaviour are much less complex and normatively problematic than attempts to alter attitudes towards global poverty. This paper aims to challenge these assumptions. In order to do so, it identifies pro…
Cosmopolitan anger and shame
Sentimental cosmopolitans argue that cultivating empathy for distant others is necessary in order to motivate action to address global injustices. This paper accepts the basic premises of the sentimental cosmopolitan project but argues that it ought to be extended to include cultivating other cosmopolitan emotions, particularly anger and shame. There is a tendency to think of anger and shame as unworthy, or as base motives to be overcome; but I a…
Cosmopolitan Sentiment: Politics, Charity, and Global Poverty
Duties to address global poverty face a motivation gap. We have good reasons for acting yet we do not, at least consistently. A ‘sentimental education’, featuring literature and journalism detailing the lives of distant others has been suggested as a promising means by which to close this gap (Nussbaum in Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions , CUP, Cambridge, 2001; Rorty in Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers , vol. 3, CUP, Cam…
National Injustice, Caring Institutions and Cosmopolitan Motivation
This paper examines the relationship between strategies of cosmopolitan education intended to motivate citizens of affluent countries to care about distant others facing injustice, and injustices within the borders of these affluent countries. I argue that promoting justice within affluent countries and motivating citizens to act to address global injustices, are potentially complementary rather than competing projects. I make two claims. (i) Inj…
Self-interest, transitional cosmopolitanism and the motivational problem
It is often argued that cosmopolitanism faces unique motivational constraints, asking more of individuals than they are able to give. This ‘motivational problem’ is held to pose a significant challenge to cosmopolitanism, as it appears unable to transform its moral demands into motivated political action. This article develops a novel response to the motivational problem facing cosmopolitanism, arguing that self-interest, alongside appeals to sen…
Normative Demand for Deference in Political Solidarity
Allies of those experiencing injustice or oppression face a dilemma: to be neutral in the face of calls to solidarity risks siding with oppressors, yet to speak or act on behalf of others risks compounding the injustice. We argue that adhering to a normative demand for deference (NDD) to those with lived experience offers would-be allies a way of navigating this dilemma. While theorists of solidarity have generally focused on epistemic benefits o…
Between activism and apathy: Global structural injustice and ordinary citizens
The literature on global structural injustice demands that ordinary citizens take political responsibility for the global structural injustices in which they are implicated. In order to do so, it is argued that they join relevant political movements and engage in activism aimed at addressing unjust global structures. This paper argues that there is a limit to how much political participation can be expected from ordinary citizens. Not everyone ca…
Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration
Political Philosophy and Ethics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Action (physics (4 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works)