Staff Profile:Professor Brad Hooker

Name:

Professor Brad Hooker

Job Title:

Professor

Responsibilities:

Doctoral Admissions and Studentships for Philosophy

Areas of Interest:

Normative Ethics, Meta-ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law

Professor Hooker is author of Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-consequentialist Theory of Morality, editor of Rationality, Rules, and Utility, and Truth in Ethics, and co-editor of Well-Being and Morality, Morality, Rules, and Consequences, and Moral Particularism. He has also published a large number of articles, mostly in moral philosophy. He is currently working on a textbook on moral philosophy and a history of 20th century moral philosophy, and a book on fairness.

Ongoing research

Rule-consequentialist ethics, Fairness, Moral Desert, Needs, Personal Good, History of Twentieth Century Moral Philosophy.

Undergraduate Teaching in 2016-17
Part Two: Moral Philosophy
Part Three: Fairness

PhD supervision:
I am happy to supervise doctoral students in moral philosophy.

Visit Professor Brad Hookers personal page

Research groups / Centres:

• President of the British Philosophical Association, 2006-9
• Elected member of Executive Committee of British Philosophical Association, 2003-9.
• Member of Executive Committee of the Mind Association, 1998-2005, Honorary Secretary 2001-5.
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College, 2008-
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Strategic Reviewers Group, 2011-
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Panel for Studentships, 2005-2007
• Editor, Utilitas, 2011-, Assitant Editor 1997-2010
• Editorial Board, Ethics, 2007-
• Associate Editor, Ratio, 1993-
• Member of Editorial Board, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, 2001-
• Member of Editorial Board, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2001-
• Member of Editorial Board, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, 2001-
• Constitutional Drafting Committee, British Philosophical Association, 2001-2
• Advisory Board, St. Anne's College, Oxford, 2008-
• Advisory Council, Institute for Philosophy, University of London, 2007-2009
• Board of Advisors, Open University, Ethics Centre, 2007-
• Board of Advisors, University of Leeds, Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Centre, 2005-
• Member of the Bentham Committee, University College London, 2004-
• Member of the Quality Assurance Agency's Benchmarking Committee for Philosophy, 1999-2000
• Member of Executive Committee, International Society for Utilitarian Studies, 1997-
• Member of Executive Committee, British Society for Ethical Theory, 1997-2008
• Currently external examiner for University of Nottingham BA & MA
• Previously external examiner for undergraduate degrees or years at King's College London, St. Andrews, Open University, Cambridge, University of London. Previously external examiner for doctoral degrees at Oxford, Cambridge, King's College London, St. Andrews, Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Open University, Australian National University, Uppsala, Royal Institute of Technology-Stockholm, and Tulane.

Publications:

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Number of items: 56.

2016

• Hooker, B. (2016) Wrongness, evolutionary debunking, public rules. Etica and Politica, 18 (1). pp. 135-149. ISSN 1825-5167

2015

• Hooker, B. (2015) The elements of well-being. Journal of Practical Ethics, 3 (1).
• Hooker, B. (2015) On E.E. Constance Jones's article 'Practical Dualism'. The Virtual Issue (3). pp. 74-80.

2014

• Hooker, B. (2014) Must Kantian contractualism and rule-consequentialism converge? In: Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics. Oxford University Press, pp. 34-52. ISBN 9780198722144
• Hooker, B. (2014) Acts or rules? The fine tuning of utilitarianism. In: Parry, J. (ed.) God, the Good, and Utilitarianism: Perspectives on Peter Singer. Cambridge University Press, pp. 125-138. ISBN 9781107050754
• Hooker, B. (2014) Utilitarianism and fairness. In: Eggleston, B. and Miller, D. (eds.) Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism. Cambridge University Press, pp. 280-302. ISBN 9781107656710

2013

• Hooker, B. (2013) Consequentialism. In: Crimmins, J. E. (ed.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 89-94. ISBN 9780826429896
• Hooker, B. (2013) R. M. Hare. In: Crimmins, J. E. (ed.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic, New York, pp. 207-209. ISBN 9780826429896
• Hooker, B. (2013) Rule utilitarianism. In: Crimmins, J. E. (ed.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 490-495. ISBN 9780826429896
• Bakhurst, D., Hooker, B. and Little, M. O., eds. (2013) Thinking about reasons: themes from the philosophy of Jonathan Dancy. Oxford University Press, Oxford , pp368. ISBN 9780199604678
• Hooker, B. (2013) Egoism, partiality, impartiality. In: Crisp, R. (ed.) Oxford Handbook on the History of Ethics. Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 710-728. ISBN 9780199545971
• Hooker, B. (2013) Introduction. In: Bakhurst, D., Hooker, B. and Little, M. O. (eds.) Thinking about Reasons: Themes from the Philosophy of Jonathan Dancy. Oxford University Press, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780199604678

2012

• Hooker, B., ed. (2012) Developing deontology: new essays in ethical theory. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp124. ISBN 9781444361945
• Hooker, B. (2012) Theory vs anti-theory in ethics. In: Heuer, U. and Lang, G. (eds.) Luck, Value, and Commitment: Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Bernard Williams. Oxford University Press, pp. 19-40. ISBN 9780199599325 doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599325.003.0002

2011

• Hooker, B. (2011) Morality and the good life. The Philosophers' Magazine (53). pp. 91-95. ISSN 1354-814X
• Hooker, B. (2011) Promises and rule consequentialism. In: Sheinman, H. (ed.) Promises and agreements: philosophical essays. Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 235-252. ISBN 9780195377958
• Hooker, B. (2011) When is impartiality morally appropriate? In: Feltham, B. M. and Cottingham, J. G. (eds.) Partiality and impartiality: morality, special relationships and the wider world. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 26-41. ISBN 9780199579952

2010

• Hooker, B. (2010) Consequentialism. In: Skorupski, J. (ed.) The Routledge companion to ethics. Routledge philosophy companions. Routledge, pp. 444-455. ISBN 9780415413626
• Hooker, B. (2010) Griffin on Human Rights. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 30 (1). pp. 193-205. ISSN 0143-6503 doi: 10.1093/ojls/gqp025
• Hooker, B. (2010) On what matters. The Philosophers' Magazine, 50. pp. 66-67. ISSN 1354-814X
• Hooker, B. (2010) Publicity in morality: a reply to Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer. Ratio, 23 (1). pp. 111-117. ISSN 0034-0006 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2009.00454.x

2009

• Hooker, B. (2009) Ideal code Utilitarianism. In: Pojman, L. and Tramel, P. (eds.) Moral philosophy: a reader. 4th edition. Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis, pp. 200-215. ISBN 9780872209633
• Hooker, B. (2009) The demandingness objection. In: Chappell, T. (ed.) The problem of moral demandingness. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 148-162. ISBN 9780230219403
• Hooker, B. (2009) Up and down with aggregation. Social Philosophy and Policy, 26 (1). pp. 126-147. ISSN 1471-6437 doi: 10.1017/S0265052509090062

2008

• Hooker, B. (2008) American moral philosophy. In: Misak, C. (ed.) Oxford handbook of American philosophy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 578-594. ISBN 9780199219315
• Hooker, B. (2008) Fairness, needs, desert. In: Kramer, M. and Grant, C. (eds.) The legacy of H. L. A. Hart; legal, political and moral philosophy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 181-199. ISBN 9780199542895
• Hooker, B. (2008) The meaningful life: subjectivism, objectivism, and divine support. In: Athanassoulis, N. and Vice, S. (eds.) The moral life: essays in honour of John Cottingham. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 184-200. ISBN 9780230527560
• Hooker, B. and Fletcher, G. (2008) Variable versus fixed-rate rule-utilitarianism. Philosophical Quarterly, 58 (231). pp. 344-352. ISSN 1467-9213 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.518.x
• Hooker, B. (2008) Act-consequentialism versus rule-consequentialism. Politeia, 24. pp. 75-85. ISSN 0256-8845
• Hooker, B. (2008) Rule consequentialism. Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054

2007

• Hooker, B. (2007) Rule-consequentialism and internal consistency: a reply to Card. Utilitas, 19 (4). pp. 514-519. ISSN 1741-6183 doi: 10.1017/S0953820807002786
• Hooker, B. (2007) Rule-consequentialism. In: Shafer-Landau, R. (ed.) Ethical theory: an anthology. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 482-495. ISBN 9781405133197
• Hooker, B. (2007) Moral particularism and the real world. In: Lance, M., Potrc, M. and Strahovnik, V. (eds.) Challenging moral particularism. Routledge, London, pp. 12-30. ISBN 9780415963770
• Hooker, B. (2007) Review: George Sher, In praise of blame. Oxford University Press, 2006. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617
• Hooker, B. (2007) Desert. Philosopher's Magazine (39). pp. 20-24. ISSN 1368-7611

2006

• Hooker, B. (2006) Feldman, rule-consequentialism, and desert. In: McDaniel, K., Raibley, J., Feldman, R. and Zimmerman, M. J. (eds.) The good, the right, life and death: essays in honour of Fred Feldman. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, pp. 103-114. ISBN 9780754652939
• Stratton-Lake, P. and Hooker, B. (2006) Scanlon versus Moore on goodness. In: Horgan, T. and Timmons, M. (eds.) Metaethics after Moore. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 149-168. ISBN 9780199269907

2005

• Hooker, B. (2005) Addendum to Smart's "Utilitarianism". In: Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2nd edition. Thomson Gale, Michigan, pp6200. ISBN 9780028657806
• Hooker, B. (2005) Moral rules and principles. In: The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thomson Gale, Michigan, pp6200. ISBN 9780028657806
• Hooker, B. (2005) Right, wrong, and rule-consequentialism. In: West, H. (ed.) Blackwell guide to Mill's utilitarianism. Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, pp. 233-248. ISBN 9781405119481
• Hooker, B. (2005) Review: Stephen Darwell, Welfare and rational care. Princeton University Press 2002. Mind, 114 (454). pp. 409-14. ISSN 1460-2113 doi: 10.1093/mind/fzi409
• Hooker, B. (2005) Consequentialism. In: Honderich, T. (ed.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 162-165. ISBN 9780199264797
• Hooker, B. (2005) Fairness. In: Honderich, T. (ed.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 287-288. ISBN 9780199264797
• Hooker, B. (2005) Moral pluralism. In: Honderich, T. (ed.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 631. ISBN 9780199264797
• Hooker, B. (2005) Prioritarianism. In: Honderich, T. (ed.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford companions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 757-8. ISBN 9780199264797
• Hooker, B. (2005) Scanlon. In: Honderich, T. (ed.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 838. ISBN 9780199264797
• Hooker, B. (2005) Fairness. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 8 (4). pp. 329-352. ISSN 1572-8447 doi: 10.1007/s10677-005-8836-2
• Hooker, B. (2005) Reply to Arneson and McIntyre. Philosophical Issues, 15 (Normativit). pp. 264-281. ISSN 1758-2237
• Hooker, B. (2005) Some questions not to be begged in moral theory. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 19 (2). pp. 277-84. ISSN 2153-6910
• Hooker, B. (2005) The golden rule. Think, 10. pp. 25-9. ISSN 1477-1756

2003

• Hooker, B. (2003) Book review of 'Fairness: theory and practice of distributive justice' by N. Rescher. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617
• Hooker, B. (2003) Contractualism, spare wheel, aggregation. In: Matravers, M. (ed.) Scanlon and contractualism. Frank Cass Publishers, London, UK, pp. 53-76. ISBN 9780714655734
• Hooker, B. (2003) Dancy on how reasons are related to oughts. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 41 (S1). pp. 114-120. ISSN 2041-6962 doi: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2003.tb00980.x
• Hooker, B. and Streumer, B. (2003) Procedural versus substantive practical reason. In: Mele, A. and Rawling, P. (eds.) Oxford Handbook on Rationality. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 57-74. ISBN 9780195145397
• Hooker, B. (2003) Review of 'The demands of consequentialism' by T. Mulgan. Philosophy, 78 (2). pp. 289-307. ISSN 1469-817X doi: 10.1017/S0031819103310290

2002

• Hooker, B. (2002) Contractualism, spare wheel, aggregation. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 5 (2). pp. 53-76. ISSN 1743-8772 doi: 10.1080/13698230410001702592

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