Publications of Ruth W. Grant
%% Books
@book{fds249785,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {John Locke’s Liberalism},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {1987},
Key = {fds249785}
}
@book{fds309864,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the
Conduct of the Understanding},
Publisher = {Hackett Publishing},
Editor = {Grant, RW and Tarcov, N},
Year = {1996},
Key = {fds309864}
}
@book{fds249786,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the
Ethics of Politics},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {1997},
Key = {fds249786}
}
@book{fds320144,
Author = {Locke, J and Shapiro, I and Dunn, J and Grant, R},
Title = {Two treatises of government and a letter concerning
toleration},
Pages = {1-359},
Year = {2003},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9780300100174},
Abstract = {Among the most influential writings in the history of
Western political thought, John Locke's Two Treatises of
Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital
to political debates today, more than three centuries after
they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume,
accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke
scholars. Ian Shapiro's introduction places Locke's
political writings in historical and biographical context.
John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which
Locke wrote the 'Two Treatises of Government and A Letter
Concerning Toleration' and the major interpretive
controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a
discussion of Locke's views on women and the family, and
Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of
Locke's political theory. Taken together, the texts and
essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the
history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke's
political thought. © 2003 by Yale University. All rights
reserved.},
Key = {fds320144}
}
@book{fds311757,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Naming Evil, Judging Evil},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds311757}
}
@book{fds50296,
Author = {Ruth W. Grant},
Title = {Naming Evil, Judging Evil},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds50296}
}
@book{fds309861,
Title = {In Search of Goodness},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Editor = {Grant, RW},
Year = {2011},
Key = {fds309861}
}
@book{fds249787,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Strings attached: Untangling the ethics of
incentives},
Pages = {1-202},
Year = {2011},
Month = {November},
ISBN = {9780691151601},
Abstract = {Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses,
factories, and government--influencing people's choices
about almost everything, from financial decisions and
tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people
have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. ButStrings
Attacheddemonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a
kind of power rather than as a form of exchange, many
ethical questions arise: How do incentives affect character
and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or
exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What
are the responsibilities of the powerful in using
incentives? Ruth Grant shows that, like all other forms of
power, incentives can be subject to abuse, and she
identifies their legitimate and illegitimate uses. Grant
offers a history of the growth of incentives in early
twentieth-century America, identifies standards for judging
incentives, and examines incentives in four areas--plea
bargaining, recruiting medical research subjects,
International Monetary Fund loan conditions, and motivating
students. In every case, the analysis of incentives in terms
of power yields strikingly different and more complex
judgments than an analysis that views incentives as trades,
in which the desired behavior is freely exchanged for the
incentives offered. Challenging the role and function of
incentives in a democracy,Strings Attachedquestions whether
the penchant for constant incentivizing undermines active,
autonomous citizenship. Readers of this book are sure to
view the ethics of incentives in a new light. © 2011 by
Russell Sage Foundation and Princeton University Press. All
Rights Reserved.},
Key = {fds249787}
}
@book{fds376563,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Strings attached: Untangling the ethics of
incentives},
Pages = {1-202},
Year = {2011},
Month = {November},
ISBN = {9780691161020},
Abstract = {Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses,
factories, and government--influencing people's choices
about almost everything, from financial decisions and
tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people
have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings
Attached demonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a
kind of power rather than as a form of exchange, many
ethical questions arise: How do incentives affect character
and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or
exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What
are the responsibilities of the powerful in using
incentives? Ruth Grant shows that, like all other forms of
power, incentives can be subject to abuse, and she
identifies their legitimate and illegitimate uses. Grant
offers a history of the growth of incentives in early
twentieth-century America, identifies standards for judging
incentives, and examines incentives in four areas--plea
bargaining, recruiting medical research subjects,
International Monetary Fund loan conditions, and motivating
students. In every case, the analysis of incentives in terms
of power yields strikingly different and more complex
judgments than an analysis that views incentives as trades,
in which the desired behavior is freely exchanged for the
incentives offered. Challenging the role and function of
incentives in a democracy, Strings Attached questions
whether the penchant for constant incentivizing undermines
active, autonomous citizenship. Readers of this book are
sure to view the ethics of incentives in a new
light.},
Key = {fds376563}
}
@book{fds208419,
Author = {R.W. Grant},
Title = {Strings Attached: Untangling t he Ethics of
Incentives},
Publisher = {Princeton University Press and Russell Sage
Foundation},
Year = {2012},
Key = {fds208419}
}
%% Chapters in Books
@misc{fds249777,
Author = {Grant, RW and Grant, S},
Title = {The Madisonian Presidency},
Booktitle = {The Presidency in the Constitutional Order},
Publisher = {Louisiana State University Press},
Editor = {Bessette, J and Tulis, J},
Year = {1981},
Key = {fds249777}
}
@misc{fds249778,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {John Locke on Women and the Family},
Booktitle = {John Locke, Two Treaties of Government and Letter Concerning
Toleration},
Publisher = {Yale University Press},
Editor = {Shapiro, I},
Year = {2003},
Key = {fds249778}
}
@misc{fds249779,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Political theory, political science, and
politics},
Pages = {174-192},
Booktitle = {What is Political Theory},
Publisher = {SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD},
Year = {2004},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9780761942610},
Doi = {10.4135/9781446215425.n9},
Key = {fds249779}
}
@misc{fds249780,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Ethics and Politics: Institutional Solutions and Their
Limits},
Volume = {2},
Booktitle = {Faces of Man: the Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Lectures
1993-2004},
Publisher = {Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago},
Year = {2005},
Key = {fds249780}
}
@misc{fds249781,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Is Humanistic Education Humanizing?},
Series = {Peter Euben and Elizabeth Kiss, eds.},
Booktitle = {Debating Moral Education},
Publisher = {Duke University Press},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds249781}
}
@misc{fds249782,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {The Rousseauan Revolution and the Problem of
Evil},
Series = {Ruth W. Grant ed.},
Booktitle = {Naming Evil, Judging Evil},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds249782}
}
@misc{fds249776,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Generous to a Fault: Altruism and Psychic
Health},
Pages = {177 pages},
Booktitle = {In Search of Goodness},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Editor = {Grant, RW},
Year = {2011},
Month = {April},
ISBN = {9780226306834},
Abstract = {The eight essays in this volume challenge the dichotomies
that usually govern how goodness has been discussed in the
past: altruism versus egoism; reason versus emotion; or
moral choice versus moral character.},
Key = {fds249776}
}
@misc{fds249775,
Author = {Grant, RW and Hertzberg, B},
Title = {Education},
Volume = {13},
Pages = {544 pages},
Booktitle = {A Companion to Locke},
Publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
Editor = {Stuart, M},
Year = {2015},
Month = {March},
ISBN = {9781405178150},
Abstract = {This collection of 29 original essays examines the diverse
scope of John Locke's contributions as a celebrated
philosopher, empiricist, and father of modern political
theory.},
Doi = {10.1080/00131724909342067},
Key = {fds249775}
}
@misc{fds331124,
Author = {Grant, RW and Hertzberg, BR},
Title = {Locke on Education},
Pages = {448-465},
Booktitle = {A Companion to Locke},
Publisher = {JOHN WILEY & SONS INC},
Year = {2015},
Month = {October},
ISBN = {9781405178150},
Abstract = {John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education began as a
series of letters to his friend, Sir Edward Clarke. Written
during the same period he was writing the final draft of An
Essay Concerning Human Understanding, the Thoughts was first
published in 1693. Locke was as concerned with cultivating
the minds of adults as he was with childhood education. Of
the Conduct of the Understanding addresses this concern.
Locke's thoughts on education are part of his comprehensive
epistemological, moral, and political reflections. For this
reason, this chapter begins by considering the Thoughts and
the Conduct in turn for what they reveal of Locke's
educational principles and recommended practices. Then, it
turns to address the ways in which these writings on
education can deepen our understanding of unresolved
theoretical problems in Locke's thought, of key concepts
such as freedom and reasonableness, and of the degree of
coherence of his philosophy altogether.},
Doi = {10.1002/9781118328705.ch23},
Key = {fds331124}
}
@misc{fds369114,
Author = {Grant, RW and Keohane, RO},
Title = {Accountability and Abuses of Power in World
Politics},
Pages = {467-481},
Booktitle = {Global Governance},
Year = {2017},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9781315254234},
Abstract = {The interdependence of states, globaliza tion of business,
expansion of the scope and authority of multilateral
organizations, and rapid increases in the num ber of
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have heightened
concerns about the way power is used and abused on the world
stage. Controversy about globalization pivots around the
twin issues of accountability and democracy. A crucial
feature of representative democracy is that those wbo govern
are held accountable to tbe governed. If governance above
the level of the nation-state is to be legitimate in a
democratic era, mechanisms for appropriate accoun tability
need to be institutionalized. Yet these mechanisms cannot
simply replicate, on a larger sca le, the familiar
procedures and practices of democratic states.},
Doi = {10.4324/9781315254234-31},
Key = {fds369114}
}
%% Journal Articles
@article{fds331125,
Author = {Grant, R},
Title = {Advice to dissertation writers},
Journal = {PS: Political Science & Politics},
Volume = {19},
Number = {1},
Pages = {64-65},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {1986},
Month = {January},
Doi = {10.1017/S1049096500017194},
Key = {fds331125}
}
@article{fds249783,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Notes on Divine Right and Democracy by David
Wooton},
Journal = {Ethics},
Year = {1987},
Key = {fds249783}
}
@article{fds249788,
Author = {Grant, RW and Kautz, S},
Title = {Review of Interpretation and Social Criticism by Michael
Walzer},
Journal = {Journal of Politics},
Volume = {50},
Number = {1},
Pages = {259-262},
Year = {1988},
Month = {February},
ISSN = {0022-3816},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=A1988M945100026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Doi = {10.2307/2131060},
Key = {fds249788}
}
@article{fds249793,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Locke's Political Anthropology and Lockean
Individualism},
Journal = {The Journal of Politics},
Volume = {50},
Number = {1},
Pages = {42-63},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {1988},
Month = {February},
ISSN = {0022-3816},
Doi = {10.2307/2131040},
Key = {fds249793}
}
@article{fds249800,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {The Exclusionary Rule and the Meaning of Separation of
Powers},
Journal = {Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy},
Volume = {14},
Number = {1},
Year = {1991},
Month = {Winter},
Key = {fds249800}
}
@article{fds249794,
Author = {Aldrich, JH and Grant, RW},
Title = {The Antifederalists, the First Congress, and the First
Parties},
Journal = {The Journal of Politics},
Volume = {55},
Number = {2},
Pages = {295-326},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Year = {1993},
Month = {May},
ISSN = {0022-3816},
Doi = {10.2307/2132267},
Key = {fds249794}
}
@article{fds249795,
Author = {GRANT, RW},
Title = {Integrity and Politics},
Journal = {Political Theory},
Volume = {22},
Number = {3},
Pages = {414-443},
Publisher = {SAGE Publications},
Year = {1994},
Month = {August},
ISSN = {0090-5917},
Doi = {10.1177/0090591794022003003},
Key = {fds249795}
}
@article{fds249797,
Author = {Grant, RW and Orr, M},
Title = {Language, Race and Politics: From “Black” to
“African-American”},
Journal = {Politics & Society},
Volume = {24},
Number = {2},
Pages = {137-152},
Publisher = {SAGE Publications},
Year = {1996},
Month = {January},
ISSN = {0032-3292},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1996UQ54100003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Doi = {10.1177/0032329296024002004},
Key = {fds249797}
}
@article{fds249796,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {The ethics of talk: Classroom conversation and democratic
politics},
Journal = {TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD},
Volume = {97},
Number = {3},
Pages = {470-482},
Publisher = {TEACHERS COLL OF COLUMBIA UNIV},
Year = {1996},
Month = {Spring},
ISSN = {0161-4681},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1996UF73100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Key = {fds249796}
}
@article{fds249784,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Review of Nomos XL: Integrity and Conscience (Ian Shapiro
and Robert Adams, eds.)},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Year = {1999},
Month = {September},
Key = {fds249784}
}
@article{fds372615,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Integrity and Conscience: Nomos XL. Edited by Ian Shapiro
and Robert Adams. New York: New York University Press, 1998.
340p. $50.00.},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Volume = {93},
Number = {3},
Pages = {708-708},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {1999},
Month = {September},
Doi = {10.2307/2585597},
Key = {fds372615}
}
@article{fds372614,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Response to NASSP book award panel},
Journal = {CULTURAL INTEGRITY AND WORLD COMMUNITY},
Volume = {22},
Number = {15},
Pages = {445-452},
Publisher = {EDWIN MELLEN PRESS},
Editor = {Hughes, C and Hudson, Y},
Year = {2000},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {0-7734-7670-9},
Key = {fds372614}
}
@article{fds309863,
Title = {Rousseau and the Ancients},
Booktitle = {North American Society for the Study of Jean-Jacques
Rousseau},
Editor = {Grant, RW and Stewart, P},
Year = {2001},
Key = {fds309863}
}
@article{fds249798,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Political theory, political science, and
politics},
Journal = {Political Theory},
Volume = {30},
Number = {4},
Pages = {577-595},
Publisher = {SAGE Publications},
Year = {2002},
Month = {January},
ISSN = {0090-5917},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000176785000007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Doi = {10.1177/0090591702030004007},
Key = {fds249798}
}
@article{fds249801,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {The ethics of incentives: Historical origins and
contemporary understandings},
Journal = {Economics and Philosophy},
Volume = {18},
Number = {1},
Pages = {111-139},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2002},
Month = {January},
ISSN = {0266-2671},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000175194800010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Doi = {10.1017/S0266267102001104},
Key = {fds249801}
}
@article{fds303774,
Author = {Grant, RW and Sugarman, J},
Title = {Ethics in Human Subjects Research: Do Incentives
Matter?},
Journal = {The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: a forum for
bioethics and philosophy of medicine},
Volume = {29},
Number = {6},
Publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
Year = {2004},
ISSN = {1744-5019},
Key = {fds303774}
}
@article{fds249799,
Author = {Grant, RW and Sugarman, J},
Title = {Ethics in human subjects research: do incentives
matter?},
Journal = {The Journal of medicine and philosophy},
Volume = {29},
Number = {6},
Pages = {717-738},
Year = {2004},
Month = {December},
ISSN = {0360-5310},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15590518},
Abstract = {There is considerable confusion regarding the ethical
appropriateness of using incentives in research with human
subjects. Previous work on determining whether incentives
are unethical considers them as a form of undue influence or
coercive offer. We understand the ethical issue of undue
influence as an issue, not of coercion, but of corruption of
judgment. By doing so we find that, for the most part, the
use of incentives to recruit and retain research subjects is
innocuous. But there are some instances where it is not.
Specifically, incentives become problematic when conjoined
with the following factors, singly or in combination with
one another: where the subject is in a dependency
relationship with the researcher, where the risks are
particularly high, where the research is degrading, where
the participant will only consent if the incentive is
relatively large because the participant's aversion to the
study is strong, and where the aversion is a principled one.
The factors we have identified and the kinds of judgments
they require differ substantially from those considered
crucial in most previous discussions of the ethics of
employing incentives in research with human
subjects.},
Doi = {10.1080/03605310490883046},
Key = {fds249799}
}
@article{fds249790,
Author = {Grant, RW and Keohane, RO},
Title = {Accountability and Abuses of Power in World
Politics},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Volume = {99},
Number = {1},
Pages = {29-43},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2005},
Month = {February},
ISSN = {0003-0554},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000227684400003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Abstract = {Debates about globalization have centered on calls to
improve accountability to limit abuses of power in world
politics. How should we think about global accountability in
the absence of global democracy? Who should hold whom to
account and according to what standards? Thinking clearly
about these questions requires recognizing a distinction,
evident in theories of accountability at the nation-state
level, between "participation" and "delegation" models of
accountability. The distinction helps to explain why
accountability is so problematic at the global level and to
clarify alternative possibilities for pragmatic improvements
in accountability mechanisms globally. We identify seven
types of accountability mechanisms and consider their
applicability to states, NGOs, multilateral organizations,
multinational corporations, and transgovernmental networks.
By disaggregating the problem in this way, we hope to
identify opportunities for improving protections against
abuses of power at the global level.},
Doi = {10.1017/S0003055405051476},
Key = {fds249790}
}
@article{fds249791,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Ethics and incentives: A political approach},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Volume = {100},
Number = {1},
Pages = {29-39},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2006},
Month = {February},
ISSN = {0003-0554},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000235829400004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Abstract = {Understood within an economic framework as a form of trade,
incentives appear inherently ethical; understood as a form
of power, incentives seem ethically suspect. Incentives,
along with coercion and persuasion, are among the ways in
which some people get others to do what they want them to
do. This paper analyzes incentives as a form of power in
order to develop criteria for distinguishing legitimate from
illegitimate uses of them. Whereas an economic approach
focuses on voluntariness as the sole criterion in judging
incentives, this political approach yields three standards:
purpose, voluntariness, and effect on the character of the
parties involved. The paper explores issues that arise in
applying these standards. Framing the problem of incentives
as a problem of power reveals the ethical issues with
greater depth and complexity than placing incentives in an
economic frame of reference.},
Doi = {10.1017/S0003055406061983},
Key = {fds249791}
}
@article{fds303775,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Ethics and Incentives: A Political Approach},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2006},
Month = {February},
ISSN = {1537-5943},
Key = {fds303775}
}
@article{fds249792,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Passions and interests revisited: The psychological
foundations of economics and politics},
Journal = {Public Choice},
Volume = {137},
Number = {3-4},
Pages = {451-461},
Publisher = {Springer Nature},
Year = {2008},
Month = {December},
ISSN = {0048-5829},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000260378900003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92},
Abstract = {Homo Politicus, Homo Oeconomicus. Can these two abstract
human types meaningfully be distinguished? Is there a
characteristic set of motivations that drive human beings in
so far as they are political actors and a different set that
drive their economic lives? What are the psychological
foundations of economics and politics? The answers to these
questions have significant implications both for the study
and the practice of economics and politics. If homo
politicus is essentially identical to homo oeconomicus, it
is safe to generalize from the study of economic behavior to
political phenomena. If not, such a procedure will distort
our understanding of politics. Similarly, if we design
political institutions and public policies assuming that
people will behave as they do when they confront economic
choices, we may find our intentions thwarted if we have
neglected the distinctive motivations characteristic of
political action. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media,
LLC.},
Doi = {10.1007/s11127-008-9325-7},
Key = {fds249792}
}
@article{fds249789,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {John Locke on Custom's Power and Reason's
Authority},
Journal = {Review of Politics},
Volume = {74},
Number = {4},
Pages = {607-629},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2012},
Month = {Fall},
Abstract = {Locke stresses the power of custom in shaping opinion and
behavior, though this aspect of his thought has been
underappreciated. Recognizing its importance raises critical
issues, particularly the relation between custom and reason
and the role of authoritative custom in supporting political
and social power. Locke explains in detail the various
psychological and sociological mechanisms by which the power
of custom is manifested; but he nonetheless consistently and
emphatically rejects its authority. Instead, Locke is a
champion of the authority of reason. Because custom is
powerful, but reason is authoritative, Locke attempts to
enlist the power of custom in the service of reason and of
reasonable politics, and because custom is powerful and its
impact unavoidable, individual intellectual independence
cannot mean being without cultural prejudices. At best, it
means the ability to gain some critical distance from them.
These observations place Locke's relation to the
Enlightenment in a new perspective. © 2012 University of
Notre Dame.},
Doi = {10.1017/S0034670512000770},
Key = {fds249789}
}
@article{fds249772,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Rethinking the Ethics of Incentives},
Journal = {Journal of the International Network of Economic
Methods},
Volume = {22},
Number = {3},
Pages = {354-372},
Publisher = {Informa UK Limited},
Year = {2015},
Month = {January},
ISSN = {1350-178X},
Abstract = {Incentives are typically conceived as a form of trade, and
so voluntariness appears to be the only ethical concern. As
a consequence, incentives are often considered ethically
superior to regulations because they are voluntary rather
than coercive. But incentives can also be viewed as one way
to get others to do what they otherwise would not; that is,
as a form of power. When incentives are viewed in this
light, many ethical questions arise in addition to
voluntariness: What are the responsibilities of the powerful
in using incentives? Can incentives be manipulative or
exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? Like
all other forms of power, incentives can be abused. This
paper develops criteria for distinguishing their legitimate
from their illegitimate uses, viz. legitimacy of purpose,
voluntariness, and effect on character. The criteria are
then applied to three cases: plea bargaining, recruiting
medical research subjects, and motivating children to learn.
Thinking of incentives in terms of power relations, rather
than as a form of trade, yields a strikingly different
account of the ethical issues involved in their
use.},
Doi = {10.1080/1350178X.2015.1071506},
Key = {fds249772}
}
@article{fds320143,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Homo politicus: Reflections on the passions and the
interests},
Journal = {Research in the History of Economic Thought and
Methodology},
Volume = {34B},
Pages = {123-137},
Publisher = {Emerald Group Publishing Limited},
Year = {2016},
Month = {January},
Abstract = {In The Passions and the Interests, Hirschman explored a
movement in 18th century thought whose aim was to shape
human motivations by establishing the prominence of
interests, particularly material interests, in order to
diminish the negative effects of the passions in political
life. If the pursuit of gain could replace the pursuit of
glory, for example, commercial transactions might replace
bloody wars as a means of resolving conflict. Hirschman
finds this claim overly optimistic. And, in his view, in
making their case, these thinkers oversimplified and
impoverished our understanding of human psychology by
reducing all motivation to interest - a problem that
persists in contemporary social science. After exploring
Hirschman's account of 18th century thinkers, this paper
attempts a discussion of a richer psychology identifying the
variety of passions that motivate action toward different
political goals; viz. status, justice, solidarity, and
security. These political passions - including ambition,
compassion, righteous indignation, loyalty, and fear - can
have positive as well as negative political
consequences.},
Doi = {10.1108/S0743-41542016000034B009},
Key = {fds320143}
}
@article{fds341049,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Incentives and praise compared: the ethics of
motivation},
Journal = {International Review of Economics},
Volume = {66},
Number = {1},
Pages = {17-28},
Year = {2019},
Month = {March},
Doi = {10.1007/s12232-018-0293-z},
Key = {fds341049}
}
@article{fds355667,
Author = {Grant, RW},
Title = {Reflections on a Career},
Journal = {Perspectives on Political Science},
Volume = {50},
Number = {3},
Pages = {154-157},
Year = {2021},
Month = {January},
Doi = {10.1080/10457097.2021.1897333},
Key = {fds355667}
}
@article{fds372670,
Author = {Grant, RW and Katzenstein, S and Kennedy, C},
Title = {How Could They Let This Happen? Cover Ups, Complicity, and
the Problem of Accountability},
Journal = {Res Publica},
Year = {2023},
Month = {January},
Abstract = {Sexual abuse by clergymen, poisoned water, police
brutality—these cases each involve two wrongs: the abuse
itself and the attempt to avoid responsibility for it. Our
focus is this second wrong—the cover up. Cover ups are
accountability failures, and they share common strategies
for thwarting accountability whatever the abuse and whatever
the institution. We find that cover ups often succeed even
when accountability mechanisms are in place. Hence, improved
institutions will not be sufficient to prevent
accountability failures. Accountability mechanisms are tools
that people must be willing to use in good faith. They fail
when people are complicit. What explains complicity? We
identify certain human proclivities and features of modern
organizations that lead people to become complicit in the
wrongdoing of others. If we focus exclusively on the design
of institutions, we will fail to constrain the perpetrators
of wrongdoing. Understanding complicity is key to
understanding accountability failures.},
Doi = {10.1007/s11158-023-09628-w},
Key = {fds372670}
}
%% Edited Volumes
@misc{fds48289,
Title = {Naming Evil, Judging Evil},
Publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
Editor = {Ruth W. Grant and a forward by Alasdair
MacIntyre},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds48289}
}
%% Book Reviews
@article{fds38446,
Author = {Book Note: David Wootton},
Title = {Divine Right and Democracy},
Journal = {Ethics},
Year = {1987},
Month = {Fall},
Key = {fds38446}
}
@article{fds18913,
Author = {Michael Walzer},
Title = {Interpretation and Social Criticism},
Journal = {Journal of Politics},
Year = {1988},
Month = {February},
Key = {fds18913}
}
@article{fds8294,
Title = {Nomos XL: Integrity and Conscience},
Journal = {American Political Science Review},
Editor = {Ian Shapiro and Robert Adams},
Year = {1999},
Month = {September},
Key = {fds8294}
}