Brad Hooker
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Professor Emeritus
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 book on fairness.
Research centres and groups
- Honorary Fellow, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, 2022—
- President of the Mind Association, 2021–22.
- Vice-President of the Mind Association, 2020–21.
- Co-director (1 of 3), Ethical Reading, a non-profit community interest company, 2020—
- Distinguished Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford, 2019—
- 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.
Research projects
- Rule-consequentialist ethics
- Fairness
- Moral Desert
- Needs
- Personal Good
- History of Twentieth Century Moral Philosophy
Publications
- Hooker, B. (2022) Deep personal relationships, value, merit, and change. Ratio , 35 (4). pp. 344-351. ISSN: 0034-0006 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rati.12349
- Hooker, B. (2022) Should philosophical reflection on ethics do without moral concepts?. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice , 16 ISSN: 1572-8447 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-022-10303-x
- Hooker, B. (2021) Does having deep personal relationships constitute an element of well-being?. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume , 95 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN: 1467-8349 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arisup/akab003
- Hooker, B. (2021) Parfit's final arguments in normative ethics. In: McMahan, J. , Campbell, T. , Goodrich, J. , Ramakrishnan, K. , (eds.) Principles and Persons: The Legacy of Derek Parfit. , 1. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780192893994 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192893994.003.0010
- Hooker, B. (2020) The role(s) of rules in consequentialist ethics. In: Portmore, D. , (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Consequentialism. Oxford University Press , New York.
- Borg, E. and Hooker, B. (2019) Epistemic virtues vs. ethical values in the financial services sector. Journal of Business Ethics , 155 (1). pp. 17-27. ISSN: 1573-0697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3547-x
- Hooker, B. (2018) Moral theory and its role in everyday moral thought and action. In: Zimmerman, A. , Jones, K. , Timmons, M. , (eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Moral Epistemology. Routledge , Oxford, UK. ISBN: 9781138816121
- Hooker, B. (2017) What makes a judgement a moral judgement. Journal of Political Theory and Philosophy , 1 (1). pp. 97-112.
- Hooker, B. (2016) Wrongness, evolutionary debunking, public rules. Etica and Politica , 18 (1). pp. 135-149. ISSN: 1825-5167
- Hooker, B. (2015) On Jones's 'Practical Dualism': commentary. The Virtual Issue (3). pp. 74-80.
- Hooker, B. (2015) The elements of well-being. Journal of Practical Ethics , 3 (1).
- Hooker, B. (2015) Rule consequentialism. Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ISSN: 1095-5054
- Hooker, B. (2014) Must Kantian contractualism and rule-consequentialism converge?. Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics. , 4. Oxford University Press pp. 34-52. ISBN: 9780198722144
- Hooker, B. (2014) Acts or rules? The fine tuning of utilitarianism. In: Parry, J. , (eds.) 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
- Hooker, B. (2013) Introduction. In: Bakhurst, D. , Hooker, B. , Little, M. , (eds.) Thinking about Reasons: Themes from the Philosophy of Jonathan Dancy. Oxford University Press pp. 1-12. ISBN: 9780199604678
- Hooker, B. (2013) R. M. Hare. In: Crimmins, J. , (eds.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic , New York. pp. 207-209. ISBN: 9780826429896
- Hooker, B. (2013) Rule utilitarianism. In: Crimmins, J. , (eds.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic pp. 490-495. ISBN: 9780826429896
- Hooker, B. (2013) Consequentialism. In: Crimmins, J. , (eds.) Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism. Bloomsbury Academic pp. 89-94. ISBN: 9780826429896
- Hooker, B. (2013) Egoism, partiality, impartiality. In: Crisp, R. , (eds.) Oxford Handbook on the History of Ethics. Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 710-728. ISBN: 9780199545971
- Bakhurst, D. , Hooker, B. , Little, M. , eds. (2013) Thinking about reasons: themes from the philosophy of Jonathan Dancy. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 368. ISBN: 9780199604678
- 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: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599325.003.0002
- Hooker, B. , eds. (2012) Developing deontology: new essays in ethical theory. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp 124. ISBN: 9781444361945
- Hooker, B. (2011) Morality and the good life. The Philosophers' Magazine (53). pp. 91-95. ISSN: 1354-814X
- Hooker, B. (2011) When is impartiality morally appropriate?. In: Feltham, B. and Cottingham, J. , (eds.) Partiality and impartiality: morality, special relationships and the wider world. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. pp. 26-41. ISBN: 9780199579952
- Hooker, B. (2011) Promises and rule consequentialism. In: Sheinman, H. , (eds.) Promises and agreements: philosophical essays . Oxford University Press , USA. pp. 235-252. ISBN: 9780195377958
- Hooker, B. (2010) On what matters. The Philosophers' Magazine , 50 pp. 66-67. ISSN: 1354-814X
- Hooker, B. (2010) Griffin on Human Rights. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies , 30 (1). pp. 193-205. ISSN: 0143-6503 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqp025
- 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: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2009.00454.x
- Hooker, B. (2010) Consequentialism. In: Skorupski, J. , (eds.) The Routledge companion to ethics. Routledge philosophy companions Routledge Companion to Ehtics pp. 444-455. ISBN: 9780415413626
- 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) Up and down with aggregation. Social Philosophy and Policy , 26 (1). pp. 126-147. ISSN: 1471-6437 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0265052509090062
- Hooker, B. (2009) The demandingness objection. In: Chappell, T. , (eds.) The problem of moral demandingness. Palgrave Macmillan pp. 148-162. ISBN: 9780230219403
- Hooker, B. and Fletcher, G. (2008) Variable versus fixed-rate rule-utilitarianism. Philosophical Quarterly , 58 (231). pp. 344-352. ISSN: 1467-9213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.518.x
- 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. (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) Act-consequentialism versus rule-consequentialism. Politeia , 24 pp. 75-85. ISSN: 0256-8845
- Hooker, B. (2008) American moral philosophy. In: Misak, C. , (eds.) Oxford handbook of American philosophy. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 578-594. ISBN: 9780199219315
- Hooker, B. (2007) Review: George Sher, In praise of blame. Oxford University Press, 2006. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ISSN: 1538-1617
- Hooker, B. (2007) Rule-consequentialism. In: Shafer-Landau, R. , (eds.) Ethical theory: an anthology. Wiley-Blackwell , Oxford. pp. 482-495. ISBN: 9781405133197
- Hooker, B. (2007) Desert. Philosopher's Magazine (39). pp. 20-24. ISSN: 1368-7611
- Hooker, B. (2007) Moral particularism and the real world. In: Lance, M. , Potrc, M. , Strahovnik, V. , (eds.) Challenging moral particularism. Routledge , London. pp. 12-30. ISBN: 9780415963770
- Hooker, B. (2007) Rule-consequentialism and internal consistency: a reply to Card. Utilitas , 19 (4). pp. 514-519. ISSN: 1741-6183 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0953820807002786
- 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
- Hooker, B. (2006) Feldman, rule-consequentialism, and desert. In: McDaniel, K. , Raibley, J. , Feldman, R. , Zimmerman, M. , (eds.) The good, the right, life and death: essays in honour of Fred Feldman. Ashgate Publishing , Aldershot. pp. 103-114. ISBN: 9780754652939
- Hooker, B. (2005) Right, wrong, and rule-consequentialism. In: West, H. , (eds.) Blackwell guide to Mill's utilitarianism. Wiley-Blackwell , Boston. pp. 233-248. ISBN: 9781405119481
- Hooker, B. (2005) Moral rules and principles. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thomson Gale , Michigan. pp 6200. ISBN: 9780028657806
- Hooker, B. (2005) Addendum to Smart's "Utilitarianism". Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2nd edition. Thomson Gale , Michigan. pp 6200. ISBN: 9780028657806
- Hooker, B. (2005) Fairness. In: Honderich, T. , (eds.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 287-288. ISBN: 9780199264797
- Hooker, B. (2005) Moral pluralism. In: Honderich, T. , (eds.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 631. ISBN: 9780199264797
- Hooker, B. (2005) Review: Stephen Darwell, Welfare and rational care. Princeton University Press 2002. Mind , 114 (454). pp. 409-14. ISSN: 1460-2113 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzi409
- Hooker, B. (2005) Prioritarianism. In: Honderich, T. , (eds.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford companions Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 757-8. ISBN: 9780199264797
- Hooker, B. (2005) Scanlon. In: Honderich, T. , (eds.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford Companions Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 838. ISBN: 9780199264797
- Hooker, B. (2005) Consequentialism. In: Honderich, T. , (eds.) Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd edition. Oxford Companions Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 162-165. ISBN: 9780199264797
- Hooker, B. (2005) The golden rule. Think , 10 pp. 25-9. ISSN: 1477-1756
- 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) Reply to Arneson and McIntyre. Philosophical Issues , 15 (Normativit). pp. 264-281. ISSN: 1758-2237
- Hooker, B. (2005) Fairness. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice , 8 (4). pp. 329-352. ISSN: 1572-8447 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-005-8836-2
- Hooker, B. (2003) Contractualism, spare wheel, aggregation. In: Matravers, . , (eds.) 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: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2003.tb00980.x
- Hooker, B. (2003) Review of 'The demands of consequentialism' by T. Mulgan. Philosophy , 78 (2). pp. 289-307. ISSN: 1469-817X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031819103310290
- 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. and Streumer, B. (2003) Procedural versus substantive practical reason. In: Mele, . and Rawling, . , (eds.) Oxford Handbook on Rationality. Oxford University Press , New York, USA. pp. 57-74. ISBN: 9780195145397
- Hooker, B. (2002) Contractualism, spare wheel, aggregation. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy , 5 (2). pp. 53-76. ISSN: 1743-8772 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230410001702592