Icons Department of Philosophy
Kok-chor Tan


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Associate Professor
of Philosophy

tel: 215-898-6913
fax: 215-898-5576
office: 464 Logan Hall
email: kctan (at) sas.upenn.edu


Research Areas:


• Social and Political Philosphy
• Ethics
• International Justice

 

     
    Research
    My area of specialization is in political philosophy, and I am especially interested in problems of global justice, nationalism and human rights. Currently, I am thinking of a book-length project with the working title “Human Rights and Social Justice in a Diverse World”, and papers on luck egalitarianism. At Penn, my teaching, which reflects these interests, includes courses on global justice, political philosophy, introductory ethics, and specialized courses on topics such multiculturalism and human rights. I have also taught courses in philosophy of law, biomedical ethics, and introduction to philosophy (freshman seminar).
     
     
    Representative Publications
   

Justice Without Borders (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

   

Toleration, Diversity and Global Justice (Penn State Press, 2000).

 

 

“Justice and Personal Pursuits,” The Journal of Philosophy CI/7 (2004): 331-362

   

“Patriotic Obligations,” Monist 86/3 (2003): 434-453.

    “Liberal Toleration in Rawls’s Law of Peoples,” Ethics 108 (1998): 276-295.
     
    Recent and Current Courses
     Political Philosophy
     Ethics
     Philosophy of Law
     Biomedical Ethics

 


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