Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy is a Professor of Law, Philosophy and Political Science as well as Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and The Conceptual Foundations of Transitional Justice (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). Professor Murphy has also co-edited three volumes, Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World (Springer), Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards (Springer), and Climate Change and Its Impacts: Risks and Inequalities (Springer).
Professor Murphy is an editor-in-chief of the Springer Series The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE) and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Moral Philosophy. Professor Murphy is also a member of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women.
Professor Murphy is an editor-in-chief of the Springer Series The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE) and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Moral Philosophy. Professor Murphy is also a member of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women.
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In A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation, Colleen Murphy develops a ground-breaking analysis of what rebuilding political relationships entails. The central thesis is that political reconciliation is a complex process involving the cultivation of mutual respect for the rule of law, reasonable political trust, and central relational capabilities. Murphy’s account deepens and transforms our understanding of why the promotion of political reconciliation matters. The erosion of the rule of law, trust, and capabilities in contexts of civil conflict and repressive rule is morally troubling, Murphy maintains, because reciprocity and respect for agency are undermined. Cultivating political relationships based on mutual respect for the rule of law, reasonable trust, and support for capabilities is significant because political relationships will then express equal respect for individuals and their agency and a commitment to the reciprocal sharing of the benefits and burdens of social cooperation. Furthermore, to promote political reconciliation is to promote the fundamental characteristics of democratic political relationships. Murphy’s analysis also provides novel insight into how to promote political reconciliation through public policy. Murphy articulates the precise criteria that policies must satisfy to be effective in rebuilding political relationships. She cautions against developing a general formula for the pursuit of political reconciliation; policies instead should be selected based on the particular damage to political relationships found in a given transitional context. Finally, Murphy explains why political reconciliation cannot be achieved by domestic or international political elites alone, but intrinsically depends on the cooperation and involvement of citizens.
Papers by Colleen Murphy
In A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation, Colleen Murphy develops a ground-breaking analysis of what rebuilding political relationships entails. The central thesis is that political reconciliation is a complex process involving the cultivation of mutual respect for the rule of law, reasonable political trust, and central relational capabilities. Murphy’s account deepens and transforms our understanding of why the promotion of political reconciliation matters. The erosion of the rule of law, trust, and capabilities in contexts of civil conflict and repressive rule is morally troubling, Murphy maintains, because reciprocity and respect for agency are undermined. Cultivating political relationships based on mutual respect for the rule of law, reasonable trust, and support for capabilities is significant because political relationships will then express equal respect for individuals and their agency and a commitment to the reciprocal sharing of the benefits and burdens of social cooperation. Furthermore, to promote political reconciliation is to promote the fundamental characteristics of democratic political relationships. Murphy’s analysis also provides novel insight into how to promote political reconciliation through public policy. Murphy articulates the precise criteria that policies must satisfy to be effective in rebuilding political relationships. She cautions against developing a general formula for the pursuit of political reconciliation; policies instead should be selected based on the particular damage to political relationships found in a given transitional context. Finally, Murphy explains why political reconciliation cannot be achieved by domestic or international political elites alone, but intrinsically depends on the cooperation and involvement of citizens.