Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan is a British-born philosopher and scholar of women's studies who is currently a Professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University, Canada.[1][2][3] She is also a member of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy and the graduate faculty of the Department of Political Science. Brennan was Department Chair of Philosophy from 2002-2007, and 2008-2011. She is currently Vice-President of the Canadian Philosophical Association, and will become President in 2017.[1][4]

Education and career

Brennan received her BA in Philosophy from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she wrote her dissertation, Thresholds for Rights, under the supervision of Shelly Kagan.[5][6] Brennan grew up on the east coast of Canada, living in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. She was born in Lancashire, England.[7][8]

Brennan has been a Visiting Faculty Fellow in Philosophy, RSSS, the Australian National University and a Taylor Fellow in Philosophy and a Visiting Fellow in Bioethics at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[9][10]

Brennan co-founded Feminist Philosophical Quarterly, an online, open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting feminist philosophical scholarship.[1][11][12][13][14]

Research interests

Brennan's research focuses on contemporary normative ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, and feminist philosophy.[7][15][16][17] In work on children's rights and family justice, Brennan argues that adults should enter into parenting contracts rather than marriage contracts.[18][19] In normative ethics, Brennan has developed a moderate deontological account according to which rights can be overridden on the basis of the amount of good that can be brought about by doing so.[20][21] Brennan has also published on the topics of gender identity and fashion, bioethics, philosophy of sport, the moral significance of death, and on feminist approaches to fitness.[22][23][24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cleary, Skye (2016-08-26). "APA Member Interview: Samantha Brennan". Blog of the APA. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  2. ↑ Fracassi, Sabrina. "Western's recreation dress policy sparks debate on campus". The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  3. ↑ Rahmati, Rita. "Study says more attractive women get better grades". The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  4. ↑ "cpa-acp: officers and editors". www.acpcpa.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Forwarding to Samantha Brennan's New Homepage". Publish.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  6. ↑ "Samantha Brennan | The Rotman Institute of Philosophy". Rotman.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  7. 1 2 "Samantha Brennan - Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research - Western University". www.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  8. ↑ "Samantha Brennan (Author of Philosophy And Death)". Goodreads.com. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  9. ↑ "Samantha Brennan". Carnegiecouncil.org. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  10. ↑ "Otago Philosophy - Visitors". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  11. ↑ "A new open access journal: Feminist Philosophy Quarterly - New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science". www.newappsblog.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  12. ↑ alpha (2014-02-28). "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly: coming soon to an internet near you!". Feminist Philosophers. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  13. ↑ KateNorlock (2015-07-22). "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, launched". Feminist Philosophers. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  14. ↑ "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly | Western University". ir.lib.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  15. ↑ "Samantha Brennan". www.carnegiecouncil.org. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  16. ↑ "Analytic Feminism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  17. ↑ "8: To Be a Parent...Or Not". Examining Ethics. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  18. ↑ "Parenthood and Procreation (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  19. ↑ "The Not-So-Revolutionary Single Woman | Boston Review". bostonreview.net. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  20. ↑ Brennan, Samantha (1995-06-01). "Thresholds for Rights". The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 33 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1995.tb00737.x. ISSN 2041-6962.
  21. ↑ Rice, Eugene. "Resolving Human Rights Conflicts: Evaluating Judith Jarvis Thomson's High-Threshold Thesis". The Journal of Value Inquiry. 38 (2): 203–216. doi:10.1007/s10790-004-4303-x. ISSN 0022-5363.
  22. ↑ University, Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Western (2012-10-04). "Western News - Professors redefining fitness, feminism and 50". Western News. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  23. ↑ "Samantha Brennan CV" (PDF). Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  24. ↑ Cacciola, Scott (2016-09-26). "Chris Bosh's Desire to Play Leaves Heat at an Ethical Crossroads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

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