Brian Carey
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Carey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Carey |
| SIGNATURE | CAREY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2335-6483 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hypocrisy and Epistemic Injustice
In this article I argue that we should understand some forms of hypocritical behaviour in terms of epistemic injustice; a type of injustice in which a person is wronged in their capacity as a knower. If each of us has an interest in knowing what morality requires of us, this can be undermined when hypocritical behaviour distorts our perception of the moral landscape by misrepresenting the demandingness of putative moral obligations. This suggests…
Justice in Hiring
In this article I argue that justice often requires that candidates who are sufficiently qualified for jobs be hired via lottery on the basis that this is the best way to recognise each candidate's equal moral claim to access meaningful work. In reaching this conclusion I consider a variety of potential objections from the perspectives of the employer, of the most qualified candidate, and of third parties, but ultimately reject the idea that a pe…
A Multifunctional Account of Political Feasibility
In this article, I argue for a “multifunctional account” of political feasibility and against recent attempts by several theorists to defend accounts of political feasibility that reduce feasibility judgments to a single function. According to the view I defend, political feasibility can (and should) serve multiple useful functions in our political deliberative practices. This pluralist and context-dependent approach allows us to retain the insig…
The Language of Public Reason
Provisional Sufficientarianism
Against the right to revoke citizenship
The state’s right to denationalise and deport certain citizens has been defended in public discourse primarily on the grounds that it is a necessary and proportionate response to certain types of threats to national security. While political theorists have been highly critical of such justifications, less attention has been paid to a second line of defence that is sometimes invoked alongside appeals to national security. According to this view, c…
Public Reason—Honesty, Not Sincerity
Justice for Jerks
The preference satisfaction model of linguistic advantage
In this article, I argue that we should measure a person’s linguistic advantage within a particular linguistic environment according to the extent to which his or her preferences about that environment are satisfied. I begin by outlining three criteria that a model of linguistic advantage should satisfy, if it is to serve as a plausible guide for theories of linguistic justice. I then describe a model that is capable of satisfying these criteria …
Towards a ‘Non‐Ideal’ Non‐Ideal Theory
This article explores the role that considerations about the feasibility of a political proposal should play at the levels of both ideal and non‐ideal theory. Drawing on recent work in the literature on political feasibility, I begin by describing a ‘constraint‐based’ view of ideal and non‐ideal theory, with feasibility considerations serving different functions depending on whether they are operating at the ideal or non‐ideal level. Taking feasi…
Daguerreotypes in the National Archives of Canada
The announcement of the daguerreotype process to the French scientific community in August 1839 spread through the Western world like a shockwave. The British North American colonies comprising Canada East and Canada West (now Quebec and Ontario) and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were no exceptions. Rumours of the discovery had been published in Canadian newspapers as early as 3 May 1839.1 As early …
An imperial gift
The visit to Canada by French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius in autumn 1984 prompted General André L'Homme of France to send to the Public Archives Canada a highly valuable photographic document, to recall and illustrate a historical event mostly forgotten by journalists. In reporting this visit, Le Figaro suggested that Mr Fabius trip was one of reconciliation between the two countries, France and Canada, but omitted to mention the first mission …
Public Reason—Honesty, Not Sincerity
Against the right to revoke citizenship
The state’s right to denationalise and deport certain citizens has been defended in public discourse primarily on the grounds that it is a necessary and proportionate response to certain types of threats to national security. While political theorists have been highly critical of such justifications, less attention has been paid to a second line of defence that is sometimes invoked alongside appeals to national security. According to this view, c…
The preference satisfaction model of linguistic advantage
In this article, I argue that we should measure a person’s linguistic advantage within a particular linguistic environment according to the extent to which his or her preferences about that environment are satisfied. I begin by outlining three criteria that a model of linguistic advantage should satisfy, if it is to serve as a plausible guide for theories of linguistic justice. I then describe a model that is capable of satisfying these criteria …
An imperial gift
The visit to Canada by French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius in autumn 1984 prompted General André L'Homme of France to send to the Public Archives Canada a highly valuable photographic document, to recall and illustrate a historical event mostly forgotten by journalists. In reporting this visit, Le Figaro suggested that Mr Fabius trip was one of reconciliation between the two countries, France and Canada, but omitted to mention the first mission …
Daguerreotypes in the National Archives of Canada
The announcement of the daguerreotype process to the French scientific community in August 1839 spread through the Western world like a shockwave. The British North American colonies comprising Canada East and Canada West (now Quebec and Ontario) and the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were no exceptions. Rumours of the discovery had been published in Canadian newspapers as early as 3 May 1839.1 As early …
Towards a ‘Non‐Ideal’ Non‐Ideal Theory
This article explores the role that considerations about the feasibility of a political proposal should play at the levels of both ideal and non‐ideal theory. Drawing on recent work in the literature on political feasibility, I begin by describing a ‘constraint‐based’ view of ideal and non‐ideal theory, with feasibility considerations serving different functions depending on whether they are operating at the ideal or non‐ideal level. Taking feasi…
Justice for Jerks
The preference satisfaction model of linguistic advantage
In this article, I argue that we should measure a person’s linguistic advantage within a particular linguistic environment according to the extent to which his or her preferences about that environment are satisfied. I begin by outlining three criteria that a model of linguistic advantage should satisfy, if it is to serve as a plausible guide for theories of linguistic justice. I then describe a model that is capable of satisfying these criteria …
Public Reason—Honesty, Not Sincerity
Against the right to revoke citizenship
The state’s right to denationalise and deport certain citizens has been defended in public discourse primarily on the grounds that it is a necessary and proportionate response to certain types of threats to national security. While political theorists have been highly critical of such justifications, less attention has been paid to a second line of defence that is sometimes invoked alongside appeals to national security. According to this view, c…
Provisional Sufficientarianism
The Language of Public Reason
Hypocrisy and Epistemic Injustice
In this article I argue that we should understand some forms of hypocritical behaviour in terms of epistemic injustice; a type of injustice in which a person is wronged in their capacity as a knower. If each of us has an interest in knowing what morality requires of us, this can be undermined when hypocritical behaviour distorts our perception of the moral landscape by misrepresenting the demandingness of putative moral obligations. This suggests…
Justice in Hiring
In this article I argue that justice often requires that candidates who are sufficiently qualified for jobs be hired via lottery on the basis that this is the best way to recognise each candidate's equal moral claim to access meaningful work. In reaching this conclusion I consider a variety of potential objections from the perspectives of the employer, of the most qualified candidate, and of third parties, but ultimately reject the idea that a pe…
A Multifunctional Account of Political Feasibility
In this article, I argue for a “multifunctional account” of political feasibility and against recent attempts by several theorists to defend accounts of political feasibility that reduce feasibility judgments to a single function. According to the view I defend, political feasibility can (and should) serve multiple useful functions in our political deliberative practices. This pluralist and context-dependent approach allows us to retain the insig…
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