Basissem Politische Theorie
Dozent:in: Dr. Maria Paola Ferretti; Dr. Cornelia Frings; Julian Frinken
Sem (BA/MEd/MA-EU) Democratic public discource and free speech
Dozent:in: Dr. Maria Paola Ferretti

SoSe 2026

Monografien

1. L’etica dell’anticorruzione (mit E. Ceva), Roma, Carocci (2025).

2. Political Corruption. The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions (mit E. Ceva), New York: Oxford University Press (2021). Buchbesprechungen: Manuscript workshop “Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics,” Harvard University; University of Pavia (2020); “Authors-meet-critics” workshop Center for Ethics, Politics, and Society University of Minho (2021); Presentation Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa; Roundtable discussion ECPR General Conference 2021; Panel discussion Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA) General Conference 2021; Presentation GECOPOL University of Geneva; “Authors-meet-critics” session British and Irish Association for Political Thought, Oxford 2022; “Authors-meet-critics” symposium, Center for Citizenship Studies, University of Geneva 2022. Journal symposia: Review of Politics (2023); Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Politica (2023); European Journal Rezensionen: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice; Journal of Applied Philosophy; Public Administration Review.

3. The Public Perspective. Public Justification and the Ethics of Belief, London: Rowman and Littlefield (2019). Buchbesprechungen: Universität Milan, Universität Rijeka. Journal symposia: Politeia. Rezensionen: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice; Croatian Journal of Philosophy; Zeitschrift für Philosophische Literatur.

4. Public Justification and Pluralism, PhD Dissertation, The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (2002).

Sammelbände (peer-reviewed)

1. Toleration and Respect (mit I. Carter), Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Philosophy 30:1 (2013).

2. Rule-and-exemptions: The Politics of Difference within Liberalism, Special Issue of Res Publica 15:3 (2009).

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften (peer-reviewed)

1. “La sfida della corruzione politica all’etica pubblica. Introduzione”, (mit E.Ceva), Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Politica 4 (2023): 5-17.

2. “The Interactive Wrong of Political Corruption: A Reply to Warren, Santoro, and Fabre”, (mit E.Ceva), European Journal of Political Theory (2023). https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851231186700

3. “The Right to Know and the Distribution of Knowledge”, Notizie di Politeia 39:149 (2023): 118-121.

4. “The Open Texture of Public Institutional Action and Its Corruption: A Response to Destri, el-Wakil, and Heywood” (mit E. Ceva). The Review of Politics (2023): 1-5. doi:10.1017/S0034670522001085

5. “Introduction - Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti: Political Corruption: The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions” (mit E. Ceva). The Review of Politics (2023): 1-2. doi:10.1017/S0034670522001048

6. “Present Risks, Future Lives: Social Freedom and Environmental Sustainability Policies“, The Journal of Ethics (2023). Online First: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-022-09415-4

7. “Fake News and the Responsibilities of Citizens”, Social Theory and Practice 49:1 (2023): 29-55.

8. “An Institutional Ethics of Office Accountability for Well-functioning Public Institutions” (mit E. Ceva), Public Affairs Quarterly 35:4 (2021): 277–296.

9. “Upholding Public Institutions in the Midst of Conflicts: The Threat of Political Corruption” (mit E. Ceva), Ethics and Global Politics 14:3 (2021): 163-182.

10. “Etica delle credenze e giustificazione pubblica. Una risposta a Bistagnino e Biale”, Notizie di Politeia 36:138 (2020): 131-134.

11. “A Taxonomy of Institutional Corruption”, Social Philosophy and Policy 35:2 (2019): 242-263.

12. “Political Corruption, Individual Behaviour and the Quality of Institutions” (mit E.Ceva), Politics, Philosophy and Economics 17:2 (2018): 216-231.

13. “La corruzione dei pubblici ufficiali: un male politico o un problema di etica personale?” (mit E.Ceva), Notizie di Politeia 34:129 (2018): 35-49.

14. “Teaching and Learning Guide to Political Corruption” (mit E. Ceva), Philosophy Compass 13:4 (2018): 1-4.

15. “Political Corruption” (mit E. Ceva), Philosophy Compass 12:12 (2017): 1-10.

16. “Risk Imposition and Freedom”, Politics, Philosophy and Economics 15:3 (2016): 261-279.

17. “Liberal Democratic Institutions and the Damages of Political Corruption” (mit E. Ceva) The Ethics Forum 9:1 (2014): 126-145.

18. “Pluralism Slippery Slopes and Democratic Public Discourse” (mit E. Rossi), Theoria 60:137 (2013): 29-47.

19. “Toleration and Respect. Introduction” (mit I. Carter), Journal of Applied Philosophy 30:1 (2013): 191-194.

20. “A Multirelational Account of Toleration” (mit S. Laegaard), Journal of Applied Philosophy 30:1 (2013): 224-238.

21. “Risk and Distributive Justice: The Case of Regulating New Technologies”, Science and Engineering Ethics 15:4 (2010): 501-515.

22. “Exemptions for Whom? On the Relevant Focus of Egalitarian Concern”, Res Publica 15:3 (2009): 269-287.

23. “Rule-and-exemptions: The Politics of Difference within Liberalism. An Introduction.” (mit L. Stradnova), Res Publica 15:3 (2009): 213-217.

24. “Usi e abusi del piano inclinato in circostanze di pluralismo: esempi dal dibattito sull’embriologia in Germania e Gran Bretagna” (mit E. Rossi), Notizie di Politeia 95:3 (2009): 57-71.

25. “Accountability or ‘Good Decisions’? The Rival Goals of Civil Society Participation in International Governance” (mit J. Steffek), Global Society 23:1 (2009): 37-57.

26. “What do Civil Society Organisations Expect from Participation in Science? Lessons from Germany and Spain on the Issue of GMOs” (mit V. Pavone), Science and Public Policy 36:4 (2009): 287-299.

27. “Lay Public or Experts? E-Participation in Authorisation for GMO Products in the European Union” (mit M. Lener), Review of Policy Research 25:6 (2008): 507-525.

28. “Le persone ragionevoli e le loro credenze”, Notizie di Politeia 87 (2007): 38-51.

29. “Why Public Participation in Risk Regulation? The Case of Authorising GMO Products in the European Union”, Science as Culture 16:4 (2007): 377-393.

30. “More Politics, Stronger Consumers? The New Division of Responsibility for Food in the European Union” (mit F. Bergeaud), Appetite 47:2 (2006): 134-142.

31. “Food System and the Slow Pace of Institutional Change in Italy (mit P. Magaudda), Appetite 47: 2 (2006): 161-169.

32. “L'idealismo liberale di T.H. Green”, Notizie di Politeia 53 (1999): 67-76.

Artikel in Sammelbänden, Enzyklopädieeinträge, Online-Veröffentlichungen

1. “Office Accountability: The open Texture of Institutional Normativity” (mit E.Ceva) in N. Kirby (ed.) What is Good Government? The Philosophy of Office, Institutions and Administration, Oxford University Press (forthcoming 2025).

2. “Institutional Corruption” (mit E. Ceva) in S. Coroado and L. De Sousa (eds.) Encyclopedia of Corruption, Edward Elgar Publishing (2024): 149-153.

3. “Qatargate e Etica Pubblica” (mit E. Ceva) Il Mulino (2023). Online: https://rivistailmulino.it/a/qatargate-ed-etica-pubblica

4. “Picking ad Apples and Unmasking Trojan Horses” (mit E. Ceva) in Public Ethics (2023). https://www.publicethics.org/post/picking-out-bad-apples-unmasking-trojan-horses-the- qatargate-and-the-ethics-of-public-institutions

5. “Corruption, Institutional” (mit E. Ceva) in M. Sellers and S. Kirste (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Springer, Dordrecht (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_1015-1

6. “Post-Factualism, Political Communication and the Role of Citizens”, in N. E. Snow and M. S. Vaccarezza (eds.) Virtues, Democracy, and Online Media: Ethical and Epistemic Issues, London: Routledge (2021): 224-240.

7. “Interpreting Anti-corruption within a Public Ethics of Accountability”, Public Administration Review (mit E. Ceva) (2018). https://www.publicadministrationreview.com/corruption-a- blog-symposium/

8. “Responsibility and Fake News in the Time of Social Media”, Medium (2018). https://medium.com/colloquium/responsibility-and-fake-news-in-the-time-of-social-media- 340f555c1d0e

9. “The Ethics of Anticorruption Policies” (mit E. Ceva) in A. Lever and A. Poama (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, London: Routledge (2018): 255-266.

10. “194 e obiezione: è vera coscienza?” (mit E. Ceva) Il Mulino 3:14 (2014): 390-398.

11. “Corporatism and ‘New Groups’. Emerging Value Conflicts in Contemporary Germany” (mit C. Moulin-Doos) in G. Calder and E. Ceva (eds.) Diversity in Europe: Dilemmas of Differential Treatment in Theory and Practice, London: Routledge (2011): 140-156.

12. “Participatory Strategies in the Regulation of GMO Products in the EU”, in J. Steffek at Al. (eds.) Civil Society Participation in International and European Governance: A Cure for Its Democratic Deficit?, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan (2008): 166-184.

13. “Pluralism” in A.C. Grayling and A. Pyle (eds.) The Encyclopedia of British Philosophy, London: Thoemmes (2006): 2528-2530.

14. “La ragione al supermercato. Cibo, rischio e razionalità delle scelte quotidiane”, Diogene (2005): 8-11.

15. “Tre modi di intendere le differenze culturali”, in C. Del Bo and M. Ricciardi (eds.) Pluralismo e libertà fondamentali, Milan: Giuffrè (2004): 5-30.

16. “Libertà fondamentali e pluralismo. Una bibliografia annotate”, in C. Del Bò and M. Ricciardi (eds.) Pluralismo e libertà fondamentali, Milan: Giuffrè (2004): 197-208.

17. “Fra le ragioni pubbliche e le ragioni private”, in E. Bardone und E. Rossi (eds.) Valori e contesti, Rome: Ibis (2004): 105-126.

18. “La libertà come primo valore: continuità o discontinuità?”, in F. Sciacca (ed.) Le libertà fondamentali in John Rawls. Con un saggio di Robert Alexy, Milan: Giuffrè (2002): 75-89.

Berichte und Working Paper

1. “Participatory Science and Scientific Participation: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Decision Making About Novel Developments in Biotechnologies” (mit A. Merolla), Final Report, 2007.

2. “Participation, Democratic Deficit and Good Regulation. A Case Study of Participatory Strategies in the European Regulation of GMO Products”, ZERP-Diskussionspapier, 6/2006.

3. “Italy between Local Tradition and Global Aspiration” (mit P. Magaudda), Trust in Food Working Paper, 2004. http://www.trustinfood.org

4. “Country Report on Political Corruption and Party Financing: Italy”, Transparency International Working Paper, 2002.

Buchrezensionen

1. Rezension von Gaus, Gerald: The Tyranny of the Ideal. Justice in a Diverse Society, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, Neue Politische Literatur, 63:1 (2018): 221.

2. Rezension von Vittorio Bufacchi, Social Injustice. Essays in Political Theory, Palgrave 2012, International Review of Sociology 22:3 (2012): 584-586.

3. Rezension von Nicholas Wolterstorff, John Locke and the Ethics of Belief, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, Bollettino di Filosofia Politica (2001). http://bfp.sp.unipi.it/rec/wolter.htm

4. Rezension von Gerald F. Gaus, Justificatory Liberalism. Essay on Epistemology and Political Theory, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, Bollettino di Filosofia Politica (2000). http://bfp.sp.unipi.it/rec/gaus.htm

5. Rezension von John Gray, Isaiah Berlin, London: Harper Collins, 1995, Notizie di Politeia 27:8 (1995).

Übersetzungen

1. Anscombe, E. “Si può far sesso senza avere figli” (Original: You can Have sex Without Children in Ethics, Religion and Politics. Collected Philosophical Papers, Oxford: Blackwell, 1981, Vol. III, 82-96), Aut 324 (2004): 133-148.

2. Carter, I. “Sul problema dell'egualitario ricco” (Original: On the Problem of the Rich Egalitarian), Iride 14:34 (2001): 609-616.

3. Otsuka, M. “Il personale è politico? Il withfine fra pubblico e privato nella sfera della giustizia distributiva.” (Original: Is the Personal Political? The Boundary Between the Public and the Private in the Realm of Distributive Justice), Iride 14:34 (2001): 617-6

Sem (BA/MEd) Practice-oriented Political Philosophy