Nicholas Southwood is an Australian philosopher and associate professor of Philosophy at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...

. He is a co-editor of the '' Journal of Political Philosophy'' and Director of the Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory. Southwood is known for his research on

contractualism Contractualism is a term in philosophy which refers either to a family of political theories in the social contract tradition (when used in this sense, the term is an umbrella term for all social contract theories that include contractarianism), o ...

and

social philosophy Social philosophy examines questions about the foundations of social institutions, social behavior, and interpretations of society in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social ...

Books

* ''Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality'', Oxford University Press, 2010, * ''Explaining Norms'', with Geoffrey Brennan, Lina Eriksson and

Robert E. Goodin Robert 'Bob' E. Goodin (born 30 November 1950) was Professor of Government at the University of Essex and is now Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Social and Political theory at the Australian National University. Biography Goodin atten ...

, Oxford University Press, 2013,

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Nicholas Southwood at the ANU
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