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CURRICULUM VITAE
(Updated: November 2016)
Dept. of Philosophy, York University amacla@yorku.ca
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 www.alicemaclachlan.com
EMPLOYMENT:
2012- Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, LA&PS, York University (Canada).
2007-2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, LA&PS, York University (Canada).
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Philosophy) Boston University, 2008. Dissertation: The Nature and Limits of Forgiveness.
M.A. (Philosophy) Queen’s University, 2002. Thesis: Forgiveness and Paradox.
B.A. Hon. (Philosophy), M.A. (Cantab) Cambridge University, 2000, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS:
EDITED BOOKS
Justice, Responsibility, and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict. Ed. A. MacLachlan & C. A. Speight.
Springer, 2013.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Fiduciary Duties and the Ethics of Public Apology.” Journal of Applied Philosophy (2016).
DOI: 10.1111/japp.12214.
“Political Reconciliation and Political Health,” Criminal Law and Philosophy 10 (2016): pp. 143-152.
“‘Trust Me, I’m Sorry’: The Paradox of Public Apology.” The Monist 98:4 (Fall 2015) 441-56.
“Collective Roles, Responsibilities, and Relating,” Dialogue 52:1 (2014) 1-10.
"Gender and the Public Apology.” Transitional Justice Review 1:2 (2013) 126-47.
“Closet Doors and Stage-Lights: On the Goods of Out.” Social Theory & Practice 38:2 (2012) 302-32.
“Unreasonable Resentments.” Journal of Social Philosophy 41:4 (2010) 422-441.
“Seeing Sympathy: Remarks on Sympathizing with the Enemy.” Review of International Affairs
61:1138-1139 (2010) 178-189.
“The State of ‘Sorry:’ Official Apologies & their Absence.” Journal of Human Rights 9:3 (2010) 373-85.
“Getting it: on Jokes and Art,” with Steven Burns, Journal of the Cdn Society of Aesthetics, 10 (2004).
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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“In Defense of Third Party Forgiveness,” forthcoming, The Moral Psychology of Forgiveness. Ed. K.
Norlock (Rowman and Littlefield), 2017.
“‘Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya:’ Revenge as Moral Address,” forthcoming, Reasonable Responses.
Ed. C. Hundleby (Windsor Studies in Argumentation), 2016.
“Beyond the Ideal Political Apology,” The Uses and Abuses of Political Apology. Ed. M. Mihai and M.
Thaler, pp. 13-31. Palgrave MacMillan 2014.
“Government Apologies to Indigenous Peoples,” Justice, Responsibility, and Reconciliation in
the Wake of Conflict. Ed. A. MacLachlan and C. A. Speight, pp. 183-204. Springer, 2013.
“Complicating Out: The Case of Queer Femmes,” with Susanne Sreedhar, Passing/Out: Sexual
Identity Veiled and Revealed. Ed. D. Cooley and K. Harrison, pp. 43-74. Ashgate, 2012.
“The Philosophical Controversy over Political Forgiveness,” Public Forgiveness in Post-Conflict
Contexts. Ed. B.A.M. van Stokkom et al., pp.37-64. Intersentia, 2012.
“Resentment and Moral Judgment in Smith and Butler,” Philosophy of Adam Smith: Essays
Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Theory of Moral Sentiments. Adam Smith
Review 5, Ed. V. Brown & S. Fleischacker, pp. 161-177. Routledge, 2010.
“Practicing Imperfect Forgiveness,” Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy:
Theorizing the Non-Ideal. Ed. L. Tessman, pp. 185-204. Springer, 2009.
“Moral Powers and Forgivable Evils,” Evil, Political Violence and Forgiveness: Essays in
Honour of Claudia Card. Ed. K. Norlock & A. Veltman, pp. 135-158. Lexington, 2009.
“Forgiveness and Moral Solidarity,” Forgiveness: Probing the Boundaries. Ed. S. Schulman and
D. White, pp. 3-16. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2008.
“Aliases, Alienation and Agency: The Physical Integrity of Sydney Bristow,”
Co-authored with D.P. Finding, Secrets and Spies: Investigating Alias, ed. S. Abbott and S.
Brown, pp. 73-86. Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
REVIEWS
Review of A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation, C. Murphy, Transnational Legal Theory 3:1
(2012) 95-100.
Review of Forgiveness, E. Garrard & D. McNaughton, Philosophical Quarterly 62:247 (2012) pp. 435-8.
“Jill Scott’s A Poetics of Forgiveness: A Review,” Review of Canadian Comparative Literature
(September 2011).
“Relating after Wrongdoing: Review of K. Norlock, Forgiveness from a Feminist Perspective and L.
Radzik, Making Amends: Atonement in Law, Morality and Politics,” Hypatia 26:4 (2011) 851-7.
Review of E. M. Dadlez, Mirrors to One Another: Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David
Hume, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Feb. 2010. http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=18828
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Forgiveness and Mercy,” Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, 2nd ed. Elsevier, 2012. pp. 113-120.
“Drafting Peer Support: The Promise and Perils of an Online Draft Exchange,” APA Newsletter on
Feminism and Philosophy 9:1, Fall 2009.
“The Object of Repair: Commentary on Margaret Urban Walker’s ‘Restorative Justice and
Reparations,’” Symposia on Race, Gender and Philosophy, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007.
“An Ethic of Plurality: Reconciling Politics and Morality in Hannah Arendt,” History and
Judgment. Vienna: IWM Junior Visiting Fellows Conference Vol. XXI, 2006.
“History and Judgment: Editors’ Introduction,” with I. Torsen, History and Judgment. Vienna:
IWM JVF Conference Vol. XXI, 2006.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Feminist Perspectives on Reproduction and the Family,” invited contribution, MacMillan
Interdisciplinary Handbook: Feminist Philosophy. Ed. C. Hay.
“Forgiveness and Love,” invited contribution, The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy. Ed. A.
Martin.
“Gender and Forgiveness in Crime and Punishment,” with Xavier Scott.
“The Ethics of Incivility.”
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TEACHING
Current PhD Supervision:
Imola Ilyes, “Affective Attunement: The Emotional Construction of Moral Norms.” (since 2013)
Stephane Savoie, “Narrative Identity and Wellbeing” (since 2013)
Olivia Schuman, “The Ethical Implications of Non-Anonymous Gamete Donation” (since 2014)
Michael Montess, “The Ethics of PrEP for HIV Prevention in MSM” (since 2016)
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GRADUATE COURSES
PHIL 5802/3 Core Practical Philosophy, with M. Giudice, 2010, 2014; with R. Myers, 2009, 2015.
PHIL 6150 History of Continental Philosophy: Hannah Arendt, Fall 2010.
PHIL 6190 Topics in Feminist Philosophy: The Politics of Negative Affect, Winter 2015.
PHIL 6200 Theoretical Ethics: Contemporary Virtue Ethics, Fall 2008.
PHIL 6410 Issues in Contemporary Ethical Theory: Love, Winter 2017.
PHIL 6505 Major Problems in Political Philosophy: Transitional Justice, Summer 2012.
PHIL 6800 (Proseminar) Moral Practice Across Species and Societies, with K. Andrews, Fall 2016.
PHIL 6850 Research Seminar, with C. Verheggen, 2015-2016 (full year).
PHIL 6010 Directed Reading Course: Moral Sentimentalism, Summer 2009 (3 students).
PHIL 6010 Directed Reading Course: Contemporary Moral Theory, Winter 2008 (1 student).
PHIL 6010 Directed Reading Course: Family Ethics, 2015-2016 (2 students).
PHIL 6010 Directed Reading Course: Saviour Siblings and Surrogacy, Fall 2016 (1 student).
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
PHIL 1000 Introduction to Philosophy, 2007-8, 2008-9 (full year).
PHIL 2070 Introduction to Ethics, Winter 2011, Fall 2011.
PHIL 2500 Gender, Power, and Oppression: Introduction to Feminist Philosophy, Winter 2012.
PHIL 3020 Ethics, Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015.
PHIL 3195 Punishment and Responsibility, Fall 2009.
PHIL 3510 Feminist Approaches to Ethics and Politics, Winter 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017.
PHIL 4500 Topics in Feminist Philosophy, Fall 2011, 2012.
PHIL 4802 Core Practical Philosophy, with M. Giudice, Fall 2010; with R. Myers, Fall 2009.
PHIL 4900 Philosophy Honours Seminar: Retribution and Reconciliation, 2007-8 (full year).
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SERVICE
ACADEMIC SERVICE TO YORK UNIVERSITY:
Chair, SexGen York; Member of President’s Advisory Council on Human Rights, 2015-2017.
Committee Member, SexGen York, 2007-9; 2014-15.
Chair, LA&PS Petitions Committee, 2011-12; 2015-2016.
Member, LA&PS Petitions Committee, 2008-12, 2014-2016.
Research Release Adjudication Committee, LA&PS, Winter 2015.
Merit Committee, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), Fall 2012.
Teaching Award Adjudication Sub-Committee, LA&PS, Winter 2012.
Coordinator: Certificate of Practical Ethics, 2009-12; Certificate of Professional Ethics 2010-12.
Board member, York Centre for Practical Ethics, 2008-10, 2011-2014.
Philosophy Representative, Faculty of Arts Council, 2007-8.
Referee: Norton, Oxford University Press, Palgrave MacMillan, Polity Press, Routledge, Temple
University Press, Westview Press;
Dialogue, Ergo, Hypatia, Journal of Global Ethics, Journal of Value Inquiry, Journal of Social
Philosophy, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophical Studies,
Public Affairs Quarterly, Social Theory and Practice, Social Philosophy Today;
Canadian Philosophical Association, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Society for
Analytic Feminism; Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Workshop Coordinator, “The Purpose & Anatomy of Corporate Apologies,” Lilly Canada, January 2014.
Speaker, “Forgiveness in Clinical Contexts”, Ontario Medical Association, October 2013.
Panelist, “Violence, Morality, Narrative and Queerness in Sarah Kane’s Blasted”, Buddies in Bad Times
Theatre, October 2010.
Community Lecture, “Gender, Revenge and David Slade’s ‘Hard Candy’”, TALKIES, hosted by
Basement Arts (www.basementarts.com) Toronto, November 2009.
Colloquium Participant, multiple Liberty Fund Academic Colloquia (2008-2016).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Canadian Philosophical Association
Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
North American Society for Social Philosophy
Society for Analytic Feminism
Southwestern Ontario Feminist Philosophy Workshop
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love