Academic Publications
Please find below an up-to-date list of my academic publications. I have published a single-author book with Cambridge University Press, two edited volumes, ten book chapters, and numerous articles in prominent peer reviewed journals like American Journal of Political Science, Political Theory and Journal of Business Ethics..
"Thunder's account of the role of citizenship in a worthy life is a broadly attractive one, and he defends it quite ably in his penultimate chapter against six important objections to his integrationist thesis. He writes, moreover, with clarity and grace."
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- Richard Dagger, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond.
Monographs
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Citizenship and the Pursuit of the Worthy Life. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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The Polycentric Republic: A Theory of Civil Order for Free and Diverse Societies. Under review
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Edited Volumes
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The Ethics of Citizenship in the 21st Century. Editor and contributor. Spring, 2017.
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Polycentric Governance and the Good Society: A Normative and Philosophical Investigation. Co-edited with Pablo Paniagua. Forthcoming with Lexington Books.
Journal Articles
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“Moral Parochialism and the Limits of Impartiality." The Heythrop Journal, vol. 61 (2020), pp. 24-34.
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“Can a Good Person Be a Good Trader? An Ethical Defense of Financial Trading." Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 159, no. 1 (Sep 2019), pp. 89-103. Co-authored with Marta Rocchi.
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“The Public Role of Humanities Scholarship, in the Humboldtian Tradition." University of Toronto Quarterly, vol. 85, no. 4 (Fall 2016), pp. 46-66.
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“Rethinking the Ethics of Giving: The Normative and Motivational Inadequacy of Resource Management Approaches to Beneficence." Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 46, no. 3 (Fall 2015), pp. 297-317.
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“Why Respect for Freedom Cannot Explain the Content and Grounds of Human Rights: A Response to Valentini.” Political Theory, vol. 42, n. 4 (August 2014), pp. 490-497.
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“Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Grounding and Motivating an Ethos of Social Responsibility in a Free Society.” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 12, no. 4 (Dec 2009), pp. 559-580.
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“Why Value Pluralism Does Not Support the State’s Enforcement of Liberal Autonomy: A Response to Crowder.” Political Theory, vol. 37, no. 1 (February 2009), pp. 154-160.
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"Are Traditional Catholics Defective Citizens?" Josephinum Journal of Theology, vol. 16, no. 2 (2009), pp. 379-393.
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“A Rawlsian Argument Against the Duty of Civility.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 50, no. 3 (July 2006), pp. 676-690.
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“Can a Good Person be a Lawyer?” Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 1 (2006), pp. 313-334.
Book Chapters
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“An Ethical Case for Bottom-Up, Polycentric Governance in a Complex Society.” In Polycentric Governance and the Good Society: A Normative and Philosophical Investigation. Co-edited by David Thunder and Pablo Paniagua. Forthcoming with Lexington Books.
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"Associational Life and Liberty: A Critical Interpretation of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.” In Culture, Secularisation and Democracy: Lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville. Edited by Hans-Martien ten Napel and Sophie van Bijsterveld. Forthcoming with Routledge.
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“Imagining a Post-Sovereign Polity as a Realistic Utopia.” In Rethinking Democracy for Post-Utopian Worlds. Alternative Political Projects After the Sovereign State. Edited by Julia Urabayen and Jorge León Casero. Forthcoming with Springer.
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“The ‘Neighbourhood as a Pivotal Element of the Infrastructure of a Flourishing Society.” In Happiness and Domestic Life: The Influence of the Home on Subjective and Social Wellbeing (New York: Routledge, 2022). With Ana Cecilia Serrano-Núñez.
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“Overcoming the Myth of the Sovereign, Self-Governing People.” In Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community, ed. Trevor Stack & Rose Luminiello. (London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2022). pp. 125-146.
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“From Polis to Metropolis: On the Limits of Classical Approaches to Governance in a Fragmented Social Landscape.” In Disciplines of the City: New Forms of Governance in Today’s Postmetropolises, ed. Julia Urabayen & Jorge León Casero (New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2019), pp. 3-31.
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“The Place of Conscience-Based Exemptions in the Struggle Against Injustice.” In Contemporary Challenges to Conscience: Legal & Ethical Frameworks for Professional Conduct, ed. Alexander Stepkowski (Peter Lang, 2019). Click here for order information.
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​​“What is the Use of an Ethical Theory of Citizenship?” In The Ethics of Citizenship in the 21st Century, ed. David Thunder. Springer, 2017, pp. 3-12.
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“An Ethical Defense of Citizenship.” In The Ethics of Citizenship in the 21st Century, ed. David Thunder. Springer, 2017, pp. 85-104.
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“Managing the Social and Moral Costs of a Culture of Choice.” In Margaret S. Archer sobre Cultura y Socialización en la Modernidad Tardía [Margaret S. Archer on Culture and Socialization in Late Modernity]. Eunsa, 2015.
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“Public Reason and Abortion Revisited.” In Persons, Moral Worth, and Embryos: A Critical Analysis of Pro-Choice Arguments, ed. Stephen Napier. Springer, 2011, pp. 239-254.
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​“Can the Political Priority of Liberty be Squared with the Ethical Priority of Flourishing?” In Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty, ed. Aeon J. Skoble. Lexington Books, 2008, pp. 27-39.
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“Public Discourse Without God? Moral Disposition in Democratic Deliberation.” In Ethics Without God? The Divine in Contemporary Moral and Political Thought, ed. Fulvio Di Blasi, Joshua P. Hochschild, and Jeffrey Langan. St. Augustine Press, 2007, pp. 49-64.
Book Translation:
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Fulvio de Blasi. God and the Natural Law: A Rereading of Thomas Aquinas. Translated (from Italian) by David Thunder. St. Augustine Press, 2006.
Book Reviews and Essays:
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“Back to Basics: Twelve Rules for Writing a Publishable Article.” PS: Political Science and Politics, July 2004, pp. 493-495.
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Review of Graham Long’s Relativism and the Foundations of Liberalism (2004) and Gerald Gaus’s Contemporary Theories of Liberalism (2003). The Review of Politics, vol. 67, no. 4 (Fall 2005): 775-778.
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"The Flattening of Time": Review of Modern Social Imaginaries (Duke University Press, 2004) by Charles Taylor. The Review of Politics, vol. 66, no. 3 (Summer 2004): 145-147.
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Review Essay: Love and Friendship: Rethinking Politics and Affection in Modern Times (Lexington Books, 2003) by Eduardo Velásquez. Interpretation, vol. 35, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 95-101.
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“The Limits of Finnis’s Nontheistic Account of Human Dignity and Rights: A Review of John Finnis, Human Rights and Common Good.” Jurisprudence, vol. 3, no. 1 (June 2012): 267-276.
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Review of Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing by Archer M. Melzer (Chicago University Press, 2014). Perspectives in Politics, vol. 13, no. 3 (September 2015): 847-848.
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Review of George Rupp's Beyond Individualism: The Challenge of Inclusive Communities (2015). The Review of Politics, vol. 78, no 3 (Summer 2016): 491-493.
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Review of Ralph Ketcham, Public-Spirited Citizenship: Leadership and Good Government in the United States (2015). American Political Thought, vol. 6, no. 2 (Spring 2017): 330-333.