Serena Olsaretti
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I am a political philosopher based at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where I hold a research professorship with ICREA, the Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies. Before moving to Barcelona in 2010, I was a University Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John´s College. Before that, I was a Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
At Pompeu Fabra, I am in the Department of Law and a member of the Law & Philosophy Group; I am also a member of the Scientific Committee of the BIAP – the Barcelona Institute for Analytic Philosophy. My research has focused on theories of justice, the ethics of markets and theories of well-being. Since moving to Universitat Pompeu Fabra I have been especially interested in questions of justice involving the family, but have also continued to work on libertarianism, desert and egalitarianism. Between 2015 and 2021 I was the PI of an ERC Consolidator Grant funded project on Justice and the Family: An Analysis of the Normative Significance of Procreation and Parenthood in a Just Society). I am currently writing a book on Parental Justice. You can find more information about me here and here. To contact me, please write to me at serena dot olsaretti at upf dot edu |
Publications
Books
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The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice (ed.), 2018
Liberty, Desert and the Market, Cambridge University Press, 2004 Additional information i. This book has been reviewed in: a. Business Ethics Quarterly (Jeffrey Moriarty, Business Ethics Quarterly 15(4), 2005, pp. 734-735) b. Philosophical Review (David Schmidtz, Philosophical Review 116(1), 2007, pp. 128-131;); c. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (Iwao Hirose, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 02.04.2006); d. Economics and Philosophy (Liam Murphy, Economics and Philosophy 23(1), 2007, pp. 125-138); e. Philosophical Books (Dale Murray, Philosophical Books 48(4), 2007, pp. 345-356); f. Economic Affairs (Elaine Sternberg, Economic Affairs 27(3), 2007; ii. Excerpts from Chapter 6 have been reprinted in I. Carter, M.H. Kramer, H. Steiner (eds.), Freedom. A Philosophical Anthology, pp. 315-320, Blackwell Publishing, 2007; iii. The Journal of Political Philosophy has published a ‘Debate’ article on material from this book, and invited a reply by the author; iv. The Liberty Fund held a Colloquium on the book, in Indianapolis, USA, 2006. Preferences and Well-Being (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2006 Additional information This book has been reviewed in Journal of Value Enquiry (T. Paytas, Journal of Value Enquiry 43 (2), 2009, pp. 273-279) Desert and Justice (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2003 Additional information This book has been reviewed in a. Utilitas (Kimberley Brownlee, Utilitas 18 (4), 2006, pp. 449-451; b. Ethics (Jan Narveson, 115 (1), 2004, pp. 151-7); c. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (Peter Simpson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 7 (2004); d. Philosophical Books (Dale Murray, Philosophical Books 48(4), 2007: 345- 356). |
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Articles & Book Chapters
“Why Socialising the Costs of Children is Fair to Parents: A Rejoinder to Hohl”, Philosophy & Public Affairs (2022)
“Justice and the Family” (with Anca Gheaus), in Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Section: Justice, ed. Prof. Dr. John Tasioulas (2022), pp.1-11
“A Non-Remedial Case for a Temporary Migration Package?”, Law, Ethics and Philosophy Volume 7, 2021
“Family and Justice in Political Philosophy”, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics 2021
“Egalitarian Justice, Population Size and Parents´ Responsibility for the Costs of Children”, in The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics, edited by G Arrnehius, K Bykvist, T Campbell and E Finneron-Burns (Oxford University Press, 2021)
“Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities: How the Family Can Be on Equality´s Side”, forthcoming in Themes from Scanlon (Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, Vol. 7), edited by W. K. Essler, D. Føllesdal, and M. Frauchiger (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2021)
“The Costs of Children”, in The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children, edited by Gideon Calder, Anca Gheaus and Jurgen van Wispelaere (Routledge, 2018)
“The Idea of Distributive Justice”, in The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice, edited by Serena Olsaretti (Oxford University Press, 2018)
“Children as Negative Externalities?”, Politics, Philosophy & Economics 16, 2 (2017)
“Liberal Equality and the Moral Status of Parent-Child Relationships”, in Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Volume 3, edited by D. Sobel, P. Vallentyne, and S. Wall (Oxford University Press, 2017)
“Voluntariness, Coercion, Self-Ownership”, in The Oxford Handbook of Freedom, edited by D. Schmidtz (Oxford University Press, 2017)
“Equality of Resources and the Demands of Authenticity” (with P. Bou-Habib), CRISPP (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy), 19, 4 (2016), pp. 434-455
“Autonomy and Children’s Well-Being” (with Paul Bou-Habib), in A. Bagattini and C. Macleod (eds.), The Nature of Children's Well-Being
“Equality, Autonomy and the Price of Parenting” (with Paul Bou-Habib),The Journal of Social Philosophy 44, 4 (2013), pp. 420-438
“Children as Public Goods?”, Philosophy & Public Affairs 41, 3 (2013), pp. 226-258
“Rescuing Justice and Equality from Libertarianism”, Economics and Philosophy 29 (2013), pp. 43-63. Reprinted in A. Kaufman (ed.), Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage: G.A. Cohen’s Egalitarianism, Cambridge University Press, 2014
“Libertarianism and Coercion: A Reply to Barnes”, Analysis 73, 2 (2013), pp. 295-299
“Scanlon on Responsibility and the Value of Choice”, The Journal of Moral Philosophy 10, 4 (2013), pp 465-483 [For Thomas Scanlon’s reply, see pp. 484-7]
“Equality of Resources and the Demands of Authenticity” (with P. Bou-Habib), CRISPP (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy), iFirst (2012), pp. 1-22
“Responsibility and the Consequences of Choice”, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. CIX, Part 2 (2009), pp. 165-188
“Choice, Circumstance and the Cost of Children”, in I. Carter, Matthew Kramer, Steve de Wijze (eds.), Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice (Routledge, 2009)
“Debate: The Concept of Voluntariness—A Reply”, Journal of Political Philosophy 16, 1 (2008), pp.112-121
“The Limits of Hedonism”, Philosophical Studies, 136 (2007), pp. 409-415
“Desert, Justice and Luck”, in John Dryzek, Bonnie, Honig, and Anne Phillips (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, Oxford University Press, 2006
“Introduction”, Preferences and Well-Being, Cambridge University Press, 2006
“Endorsement and Freedom in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach”, Economics and Philosophy, 21, 1 (2005), pp. 89-108
“Liberal egalitarianism and Workfare” (co-authored with P. Bou-Habib), Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21, 3 (2004), pp. 257-271
“Debating Desert and Justice”, in Desert and Justice, Oxford University Press, 2003
“Distributive justice and compensatory desert”, in Desert and Justice, Oxford University Press, 2003
“Unmasking Equality? Kagan on Equality and Desert”, Utilitas 14, 3 (2002), pp. 387-400
“Desert and Luck”, in D. Bell and A. de Shalit (eds.), Forms of Justice, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002
“The Value of Freedom and Freedom of Choice", Politeia 56 (1999), pp. 114-121
“Freedom, Force, and Choice: Against the Rights-based Definition of Voluntariness”, The Journal of Political Philosophy, 6, 1 (1998), pp. 53-78
“Justice and the Family” (with Anca Gheaus), in Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Section: Justice, ed. Prof. Dr. John Tasioulas (2022), pp.1-11
“A Non-Remedial Case for a Temporary Migration Package?”, Law, Ethics and Philosophy Volume 7, 2021
“Family and Justice in Political Philosophy”, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics 2021
“Egalitarian Justice, Population Size and Parents´ Responsibility for the Costs of Children”, in The Oxford Handbook of Population Ethics, edited by G Arrnehius, K Bykvist, T Campbell and E Finneron-Burns (Oxford University Press, 2021)
“Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities: How the Family Can Be on Equality´s Side”, forthcoming in Themes from Scanlon (Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, Vol. 7), edited by W. K. Essler, D. Føllesdal, and M. Frauchiger (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2021)
“The Costs of Children”, in The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children, edited by Gideon Calder, Anca Gheaus and Jurgen van Wispelaere (Routledge, 2018)
“The Idea of Distributive Justice”, in The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice, edited by Serena Olsaretti (Oxford University Press, 2018)
“Children as Negative Externalities?”, Politics, Philosophy & Economics 16, 2 (2017)
“Liberal Equality and the Moral Status of Parent-Child Relationships”, in Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Volume 3, edited by D. Sobel, P. Vallentyne, and S. Wall (Oxford University Press, 2017)
“Voluntariness, Coercion, Self-Ownership”, in The Oxford Handbook of Freedom, edited by D. Schmidtz (Oxford University Press, 2017)
“Equality of Resources and the Demands of Authenticity” (with P. Bou-Habib), CRISPP (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy), 19, 4 (2016), pp. 434-455
“Autonomy and Children’s Well-Being” (with Paul Bou-Habib), in A. Bagattini and C. Macleod (eds.), The Nature of Children's Well-Being
“Equality, Autonomy and the Price of Parenting” (with Paul Bou-Habib),The Journal of Social Philosophy 44, 4 (2013), pp. 420-438
“Children as Public Goods?”, Philosophy & Public Affairs 41, 3 (2013), pp. 226-258
“Rescuing Justice and Equality from Libertarianism”, Economics and Philosophy 29 (2013), pp. 43-63. Reprinted in A. Kaufman (ed.), Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage: G.A. Cohen’s Egalitarianism, Cambridge University Press, 2014
“Libertarianism and Coercion: A Reply to Barnes”, Analysis 73, 2 (2013), pp. 295-299
“Scanlon on Responsibility and the Value of Choice”, The Journal of Moral Philosophy 10, 4 (2013), pp 465-483 [For Thomas Scanlon’s reply, see pp. 484-7]
“Equality of Resources and the Demands of Authenticity” (with P. Bou-Habib), CRISPP (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy), iFirst (2012), pp. 1-22
“Responsibility and the Consequences of Choice”, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. CIX, Part 2 (2009), pp. 165-188
“Choice, Circumstance and the Cost of Children”, in I. Carter, Matthew Kramer, Steve de Wijze (eds.), Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice (Routledge, 2009)
“Debate: The Concept of Voluntariness—A Reply”, Journal of Political Philosophy 16, 1 (2008), pp.112-121
“The Limits of Hedonism”, Philosophical Studies, 136 (2007), pp. 409-415
“Desert, Justice and Luck”, in John Dryzek, Bonnie, Honig, and Anne Phillips (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, Oxford University Press, 2006
“Introduction”, Preferences and Well-Being, Cambridge University Press, 2006
“Endorsement and Freedom in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach”, Economics and Philosophy, 21, 1 (2005), pp. 89-108
“Liberal egalitarianism and Workfare” (co-authored with P. Bou-Habib), Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21, 3 (2004), pp. 257-271
“Debating Desert and Justice”, in Desert and Justice, Oxford University Press, 2003
“Distributive justice and compensatory desert”, in Desert and Justice, Oxford University Press, 2003
“Unmasking Equality? Kagan on Equality and Desert”, Utilitas 14, 3 (2002), pp. 387-400
“Desert and Luck”, in D. Bell and A. de Shalit (eds.), Forms of Justice, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002
“The Value of Freedom and Freedom of Choice", Politeia 56 (1999), pp. 114-121
“Freedom, Force, and Choice: Against the Rights-based Definition of Voluntariness”, The Journal of Political Philosophy, 6, 1 (1998), pp. 53-78
Teaching & Supervising
I teach in the one-year MA in Political Philosophy at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, which I give a brief presentation about here.
I am happy to supervise M.A. and Ph.D. theses in various areas of contemporary political and moral philosophy.
If you are interested in the possibility of working with me for a Ph.D., please feel free to contact me by email to discuss it. My PhD students typically write in English.
I have been a co-supervisor of doctoral students based at other institutions; but prospective doctoral students intending to move to UPF would need to apply to the Department of Law’s doctoral programme. Some information about source of funding to study for a PhD at Pompeu Fabra is here.
If you are interested in working alongside me as a post-doctoral researcher, you may be eligible to apply for a Eutopia Post-Doctoral Fellowship to come to Pompeu Fabra. More information about other research programmes, both state and EU funded, may be found by contacting the university’s research service.
Some information about various aspects of living in Barcelona while at Pompeu Fabra can be found here.
I am happy to supervise M.A. and Ph.D. theses in various areas of contemporary political and moral philosophy.
If you are interested in the possibility of working with me for a Ph.D., please feel free to contact me by email to discuss it. My PhD students typically write in English.
I have been a co-supervisor of doctoral students based at other institutions; but prospective doctoral students intending to move to UPF would need to apply to the Department of Law’s doctoral programme. Some information about source of funding to study for a PhD at Pompeu Fabra is here.
If you are interested in working alongside me as a post-doctoral researcher, you may be eligible to apply for a Eutopia Post-Doctoral Fellowship to come to Pompeu Fabra. More information about other research programmes, both state and EU funded, may be found by contacting the university’s research service.
Some information about various aspects of living in Barcelona while at Pompeu Fabra can be found here.
