Ruth Grant is a Professor of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in political theory with a particular interest in early modern philosophy and political ethics. She is the author of John Locke's Liberalism and of Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics.  Her most recent book is Strings Attached: Untangling the Ethics of Incentives. She is also the editor of two collections of essays; Naming Evil, Judging Evil and In Search of Goodness. Her work originally focused on the historical study of liberal thought and has moved increasingly toward contemporary ethics. Her articles have appeared in a variety of journals including APSR, Political Theory, Journal of Politics, and Politics and Society. She has received fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Center, and the Russell Sage Foundation, and a teaching award from Duke University.

Office Location: 140 Science Drive, 210G Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 660-4300
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Web Page: https://duke.box.com/s/orp1pyshi1ijdy20a89oab6xmiiufmp0

Education:
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 1984
M.A., The University of Chicago, 1975
B.A., The University of Chicago, 1971

Specialties:

Political Theory

Research Interests: Politics and Ethics, Early Modern Political Philosophy

Ruth Grant is a Professor of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in political theory with a particular interest in early modern philosophy and political ethics. She is the author of John Locke's Liberalism and of Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics. She is also the editor of two collections of essays; Naming Evil, Judging Evil and In Search of Goodness. Her most recent book is Strings Attached: Untangling Ethics of Incentives. For further information please visit http://www.facebook.com/stringsattachedbook. Her work originally focused on the historical study of liberal thought and has moved increasingly toward contemporary ethics. Her articles have appeared in a variety of journals including APSR, Political Theory, Journal of Politics, and Politics and Society. She has received fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Center, and the Russell Sage Foundation, and a teaching award from Duke University.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

• Grant, RW; Katzenstein, S; Kennedy, C. "How Could They Let This Happen? Cover Ups, Complicity, and the Problem of Accountability." Res Publica 30.2 (June, 2024): 361-400. [doi]  [abs]
• Grant, RW. "Reflections on a Career." Perspectives on Political Science 50.3 (January, 2021): 154-157. [doi]
• Grant, RW. "Incentives and praise compared: the ethics of motivation." International Review of Economics 66.1 (March, 2019): 17-28. [doi]
• Grant, RW; Keohane, RO. "Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics." Global Governance.  2017. 467-481. [doi]  [abs]
• Grant, RW. "Homo politicus: Reflections on the passions and the interests." Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 34B (January, 2016): 123-137. [doi]  [abs]

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