Rebecca Reilly-Cooper
Provisional thesis title
Deliberative Democracy and the Emotions
Submission date
September 2010
Short outline of research interests
Contemporary moral and political philosophy, including: democratic theory and deliberative democracy; distributive justice; feminist political theory; the role of emotions in moral reasoning.
Details of conference activities
A Metaphysical Objection to Deliberative Democracy – Political Studies Association CANE Graduate conference, York, November 2007; Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Theory, February 2008
'The Force of the Better Argument': Appeals to Emotion in Democratic Deliberation – Brave New World Graduate Political Theory Conference, July 2008; Manchester Metropolitan University Workshops in Political Theory, September 2008
The Role of Emotions in Democratic Deliberation - MANCEPT Internal Seminar, October 2008; Emotion, Value and Desire Workshop, Manchester Centre for Emotion and Value, May 2009; Rocky Mountains Ethics Congress, Boulder, Colorado, August 2009
Teaching activities
- POLI10702 Introduction to Political Theory
- POLI 20881 Freedom and Equality: Contemporary Debates
- POLI 20900 Extended Essay
- POLI 30001 Contemporary Political Analysis