Damian Grace

BA PhD UNSW

Damian Grace

Damian Grace is a political philosopher and historian of political ideas. He has taught normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, history of political thought and philosophy of religion over the past four decades. He has published broadly but his research has centred on Renaissance political theory and applied ethics.

Research

  • The political thought of More and Erasmus
  • The reputation of Machiavelli
  • The ethics of compliance regimes
  • The philosophy of friendship

Publications

2012

Entries on Aquinas, Erasmus, and Kohlberg (with Michael Jackson) in Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning ed. Norbert Seel, Heidelberg/New York: Springer 2012.

2010

Jackson, M. and Grace, D. (2010) “The utopian vision within Leviathan" Utopia and Utopianism {Spain}, Vol III at http://www.utopiaandutopianism.com/3.html

2009

'Utopia' in Literary Encyclopedia, 2009 at http://www.litencyc.com/

Business Ethics, (with Stephen Cohen) fourth edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2009; (1st edn. 1995; 2nd edn. 1998; 3rd edn. 2005).

Review of Bernhard Schlink, Guilt About the Past, Australian Book Review, 310, April 2009.

‘Utopia’ in A Companion to Thomas More, ed. A.D. Cousins and D. Grace (Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2009).

2008

"Errant corporations, diffuse responsibilities, and the environment: Ethical issues in the Orica case study", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 90, 4, April 2009: doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.017

2007

Ethical Theory and Practice in the World of Accounting (co-authored with S.Cohen) (ICAA, 2007)

‘The Right of Freedom of Expression’ in J. Franklin (ed.) Life to the Full (Ballan: Connor Court, 2007) 45-9.

"The Cartoons and Incommensurable Values" in B. Debatin (ed.) Der Karikaturenstreit und die Pressefreiheit, (Berlin: LIT, 2007) 127-130.

2006

`Review article: Campbell Jones, Martin Parker and Rene ten Bos, For Business Ethics,' Australian Journal of Management, 31 2, 2006, 371-380.