The Motivating Power of Under-Confidence: “The Race is Close But We’re Losingâ€
Should political campaigns in close races communicate that they may win (over-confidence) or that they may lose (under-confidence)?
Research
What is Ethical Foreign Policy Leadership
The study of ethics and leadership can be traced back to Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks.
Fomenting a Rebellion: Teaching American History in the Clemente Course
Are Poor Voters Indifferent to Whether Elected Leaders Are Criminal or Corrupt? A Vignette Experiment in Rural India
Although in theory elections are supposed to prevent criminal or venal candidates from winning or retaining office, in practice voters frequently elect and reelect such candidates.
Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability, and Corruption: Evidence from US States
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states, in line with the view that this isolation reduces accountability.
Taking Just War Seriously in Gaza
'Who Turned the Trolley?' and 'How Was the Trolley Turned?'
Justice
Following Stimpson and Herdt’s careful account of the evolution of gender studies and its relation to women’s and sexuality studies, the twenty-one essays here cast an appropriately broad net, spannin
Response to Six Critics
In this essay I respond to commentators on Ethics for Enemies, including (1) Caspar Hare on torture and other harms imposed on an agent after his act, (2) Suzanne Uniacke on conceptual issues related
Collection Under Uncertainty: The Creation of the Chinese People's Movement Archive
The collections and archives of the International Institute of Social History contain evidence of a social and economic world that affected the life and happiness of millions of people.
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