All Outputs (11)

Anderson on Vulnerability (2020)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2020). Anderson on Vulnerability. Angelaki, 25(1-2), 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2020.1717808

Recently, feminists have begun to draw attention to the vulnerability of human beings. This theoretical perspective lies in contrast to an element of the philosophical tradition that values autonomy and freedom. I would like, in this paper, to engage... Read More about Anderson on Vulnerability.

Why universalism (2016)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2016). Why universalism

This is a defence of a universalist position against many who have critiqued it - for example, against post modern critiques and identity theory critiques.

DEBATE: Response to McWherter (2015)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2015). DEBATE: Response to McWherter. Journal of Critical Realism, 14(5), 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1179/1476743015Z.00000000080

© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015. This contribution to a debate with Dustin McWherter evaluates his claim that Kant is a ‘non-ontologist’ or an ‘anti-ontologist’ and challenges one specific consequence which McWherter argues follows from this attributi... Read More about DEBATE: Response to McWherter.

Kant and Kierkegaard on freedom and evil (2013)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2013). Kant and Kierkegaard on freedom and evil. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 72, 275-296

Kierkegaard and the ground of morality (2013)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2013). Kierkegaard and the ground of morality

Kierkegaard, battersby and feminism (2011)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2011). Kierkegaard, battersby and feminism. Women: A Cultural Review, 22(2-3), 180-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/09574042.2011.561111

Response to Morgan on Assiter (2011)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2011). Response to Morgan on Assiter. Journal of Critical Realism, 10(3), 392-409. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcr.v10i3.392

The Cartesian limitations of John Rawls: A reading using Confucius and Kierkegaard (2009)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2009). The Cartesian limitations of John Rawls: A reading using Confucius and Kierkegaard

Confucius and Kierkegaard (2009)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2009). Confucius and Kierkegaard. International Journal of the Humanities, 7(6),

Human needs: A realist perspective (2007)
Journal Article
Assiter, A., & Noonan, J. (2007). Human needs: A realist perspective. Journal of Critical Realism, 6(2), 173-198. https://doi.org/10.1558/jocr.v6i2.173

"Student Retention and Motivation" (2007)
Journal Article
Assiter, A., & Gibbs, G. R. (2007). "Student Retention and Motivation". European Political Science, 6(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210108