Alexander Moseley, PhD

Dr Alexander Moseley

Director of Classical Foundations and Independent Philosopher,Writer, Personal Tutor and Academic Adviser

BA Hons Econ/Pol York, 1989

MA Econ, York Ontario 1993

PhD Philosophy Edinburgh 1997

Tutored at the Universities of York (Ontario), Edinburgh and Stirling. 1991-1997

Assistant Professorship in Economics and Philosophy; Head of British Studies (1999-2000) University of Evansville's British Campus

Also taught in local Sixth Forms and Comprehensives. 2001-03

Area Editor for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Political Philosophy, reviewing articles and encouraging submissions. 1999-2007

Founding Director of Classical Foundations tutorial service with partner, Moira Brown, Cello, Piano and Music Theory teacher.

Reviewed several manuscripts and books for various publishing houses and the IEP (see below) on just war, John Locke, military ethics and general political philosophy works.

Internet Encyclopedia Articles

Philosophy of War

The Political Philosophy of John Locke

Alexander Moseley's

Philosophy of War Pages

Replies to comments on Just War problems

Political and cultural critiques

Polemical articles posted on LewRockwell.com on various political issues (music, hunting, education, economics, book reviews).

BOOKS

An A-Z of Philosophy. Continuum 2008. Brief summaries of a variety of philosophical theories and thinkers.

John Locke's Educational Philosophy, Continuum Press 2007. Biographical and critical analysis of Locke's educational theories.

Introduction to Political Philosophy, Continuum Press, 2007. A critical overview of the main political theories that govern debate: Statism; Realism; Liberalism; Conservatism; Socialism; Anarchism; and Environmentalism.

A Philosophy of War Algora: New York, 2002: A comprehensive philosophical analysis of war covering war's nature, definition, and causation.

Human Rights and Military Intervention, Eds. Alexander Moseley and Richard Norman, Ashgate, 2002. A collection of essays on the justification and problems involved in intervening in foreign lands. Co-wrote introduction with Professor Norman and co-wrote an essay on intervention to halt the destruction of art work.

ARTICLES

"The Ethical Warrior" in Ethics Education in the Military, eds. Paul Robinson, Nigel de Lee, and Don Carrick.

"John Locke's Morality of War" in Journal of Military Ethics, Vol 4. Issue 2, 2005.

"Is war a spontaneous Hayekian institution?" Peace and Change, February 2002.

"Liberalism and Suicide Bombers", Moral Musings, 1998.

"The Rules of War in Sub-Saharan Africa" in Paul Robinson's Just War in Comparative Perspective.

ISBN 0-7546-3587-2

"Anti-Captilist Riots" in The Freeman, magazine.

"The Paradox of Illiberal Cities," in Ideas for Liberty magazine.

Various articles on lewrockwell.com

BOOK REVIEWS

Free-Market Feminism, by David Conway. Commentaries by Brenda Almond, Miriam E. David, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Christina Hoff Sommers.
IEA Health and Welfare Unit: Choice in Welfare No.43, 1998. pp.96 reviewed in Journal of Applied Philosophy.

Who Killed Canadian History?
J.L.Granatstein, A Phyllis Bruce Book, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd: Toronto, Canada, 1998. pp.149 in Moral Musings.

Jonathan Glover’s Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century. Jonathan Cape: London, 1999. pp.414. Reviewed in Journal of Applied Philosophy.

News

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News and notes:

Autumn 2008

Aristotle complete and off for proof-reading. Sage's "John Locke - Early Education" to be published in Aug. 2009 in a Sage Handbook.

Summer 2008

Sage completed before deadline.

Working on a chapter on Locke's educational theories for Sage Handbook on the Philosophy of Education; also on Aristotle for the Continuum series of educational biographies.

Gave a talk as part of Military Ethics Education Network at St-Cyr, France on "Aristotle to Sartre - Moral Responsibility"

Easter 2008

Fatherhood. What could be better?

Completed manuscript for A to Z of Philosophy; just begun Aristotle: Educational Biography.

Autumn 2007

Just become a father to Charles!

Invited to do a chapter on Locke for an educational book. Completed "The Philosophical Warrior" for Military Ethics collection.

Summer 2007

New book contract: Aristotle's educational biography!!

Proofs for John Locke, Eductional Biography done.

Completed "The Ethical Warrior" for a Military Ethics collection (Nov 2007)

Introduction to Political Philosophy now published. Working on A-Z of Philosophy for Continuum.

Autumn 2006

Proofs for Political Philosophy in.

Summer 2006

Taking a course in holistic massage. Great fun and philosophically fascinating too. Here's a brief history of massage.

Acted as philosophical commentator at conference on military ethics.

Spring 2006

Got married to Moira!

IEP article on Just War being reprinted in Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests.

Letter in New Scientist, proud of that one! Working on a new proposal for Continuum...watch this space. Finished Key Concepts: Politics; completed over 1/2 of Lockey boy.

Supposedly, my Philosophy of Love article on the IEP has been translated into Persian for a magazine. Nice to know where one's writings end up.

December 2005:

Proposed marriage to Moira! Accepted too, bless her!

Laptop slowly died, so no news added. Achieved a second contract with Continuum Press for John Locke's Educational Philosophy; teaching seven days a week; family matters took precedence this year. All other time spent on the book contracts (and moving house in July).

February 2005

Contract for Continuum Press: Politics: Key Concepts in Philosophy.

December 2004

Commissioned article on "Just Terrorism" completed for Wadsworth.

September 2004

Diary

Began an online reading diary. I've lost the others I've kept, so this should be more permanent!

August 2004

Presently working on articles on Locke, Locke on War, and Terrorism.

Next Philosophy Book 2/3 complete! Good draft chapters completed on Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, and Aquinas, Hobbes and Locke (as of July 2004). Rousseau next.

Talks and conferences

Locke on Just War - September, 2004. Hull University.

Evolution of Just War Codes: Wales, November 2003.

Cicero: University of Hull in October 2003

Convened a workshop on Philosophy and Literature, Society for Applied Philosophy, Senate House, London, October 2002.

Towards a private education, Society for Applied Philosophy Conference, Oxford, 2002.

Co-convened Human Rights and Military Intervention Conference, University of Manchester, Summer 2001. Talk on Just War and Art.

Many others before this I can't recall, some I do:

Philosophy of War: University of East Anglia, 1998.

Philosophy of War. University of Edinburgh, 1998.

Hayekian Spontaneous Evolution in the war codes; LSE, 1998.

Multiculturalism, University of Hull, 1998.

Just War Theory, University of Edinburgh, 1995.