- Ethics of war
- Decmocratization and intervention
- Foundations of state sovereignty
- Global justice
Endre Begby left PRIO in 2020. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Endre Begby
Interests and experience
Endre Begby is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. He was appointed a PRIO Global Fellow in 2014, but has a long standing history with the institute, having worked full time at PRIO from 2000 to 2002 and with several stays as Visiting Researcher since. From 2005 to 2007, he taught at the International Summer School.
Among his publications in political philosophy are “Liberty, Statehood, and Sovereignty: Walzer on Mill on Non-Intervention” (Journal of Military Ethics 2(1), 46-62) and The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (co-edited with Henrik Syse and Greg Reichberg, Blackwell, 2006).
While much of Begby's work remains rooted in normative theory, he tries to use philosophical insights to explore questions that intersect with fields such as developmental economy, governance, and law. His academic background is in philosophy, and he also works on issues in philosophy of mind and language. You can learn more about his work in these areas, and also download drafts of his papers, from his homepage endrebegby.synthasite.com
Latest publications
The Ethics of War. Part II: Contemporary Authors and Issues
Journal article in Philosophy Compass
The Ethics of War. Part I: Historical Trends
Journal article in Philosophy Compass
The Political Ethics of the Liberal Peace
Journal article in Philosophy and Public Policy
Human Security and Liberal Peace
Journal article in Public Reason
The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings
Edited volume
Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962): 'Relativism' Hits the Headlines
Book chapter in The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader's Guide
Liberty, Statehood and Sovereignty: Walzer on Mill on Non-intervention
Journal article in Journal of Military Ethics
Cultural Diversity as Communal Good: How Liberal is the Liberal Conception of Tolerance?
Conference paper
Cultural Diversity as Communal Good: How Liberal is the Liberal Conception of Tolerance?
Conference paper
Democratic Deficit?
Journal article in Security Dialogue
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Global Fellows Programme at PRIO
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Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings
The Ethics of War, an anthology by PRIO researchers Greg Reichberg, Henrik Syse and Endre Begby, is now available in paperback.
The Ethics of War
The Ethics of War is a much-needed anthology published by Blackwell Publishing.
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