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Tony Coady
Areas of public interest: (examples of areas of public interest this person is qualified to comment on)
Autonomy; Censorship; Corruption; Dirty hands; Dissent; Domestic Politics; Humanitarian Intervention; Justice; Just War Theory; Morality; Police Ethics; Patriotism; Political Ethics; Political Philosophy; Political Violence; Religion and Politics; Society; Terrorism; Testimony; Trust
Contact Details:
Ph: wk (+61 3) 8344 5155
email: t.coady@unimelb.edu.au
University of Melbourne
VIC. 3010.
Title & Institutional Affiliations:
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
Selected Media appearances and public comments:
Fear drives a bid for censorship, The Age, 1 June 2007
An uneasy marriage of necessity, The Age, April 3 2007
Righteous Violence, Perspective, ABC Radio National, 22 August 2005
A Just War?, Compass ABC TV, 29 March 2002
Tony is an contributor to ON LINE opinion, ejournal of social and political debate
General Areas of Academic Expertise:
Political Philosophy; Epsitemology; Ethics; Applied Ethics
Selected Publications:
Morailty and Political Violence, Cambridge University Press, 2008
Righteous Violence: The Ethics and Politics of Military Intervention (co-edited with M. O'Keefe), Melbourne University Press, 2005
Terrorism and Justice: Moral Argument in a Threatened World (co-edited with M. O'Keefe), Melbourne University Press, 2005
Violence and Police Culture (co-edited with S. james, S. Miller and M. O'Keefe), Melbourne University Press, 2000.

Further information about Tony and his research, including a list of publications

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