Prof. Peter Jones
Professor of Political Philosophy
- Email: p.n.jones@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7506
- Fax: 0191 222 5069
- Address: Room: 115
Politics
40-42 Great North Road
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Research Interests
Contemporary political philosophy, multiculturalism, toleration, recognition, deontology, human rights, group rights, the nature of liberalism, freedom of belief and expression, democratic theory, international and global justice.
The theme that runs through most of my research is human diversity - especially diversities of belief, value and culture - and questions of how social, political and legal arrangements should respond to that diversity. My current work focuses on issues of toleration and recognition and on questions concerning the status of groups.
Selected Publications
- Jones P, ed. Group Rights. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.
- Jones P. International Toleration and the 'War on Terror'. Globalizations 2009, 6(1), 37-51.
- Jones P. Toleration and recognition: what should we teach?. Educational Philosophy and Theory 2009.
- Jones P. Toleration, supererogation, and rights. In: David Edyvane and Susan Mendus, ed. Toleration Re-Examined. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2009.
- Jones PN. Cultures, group rights, and group-differentiated rights. In: Dimova-Cookson M; Stirk P, ed. Multiculturalism and Moral Conflict. London: Routledge, 2008.
- Jones P. Group rights. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008. Available at: http://plato.stanford.edu/.
Projects
- Religion and Society
Project Leaders: Professor Peter Jones - Toleration, Disagreement and Difference
Project Leaders: Professor Peter Jones
Postgraduate Supervision
Contemporary political philosophy, multiculturalism, toleration, human rights, civil rights, universalism and particularism, democratic theory, international politics, global justice.
Current postgraduates: Martyn Griffin, Amelia Heath, Matthew Johnson, Clare Mills, Andres Perezalonso, Chaditsa Poulatova.
Roles and Responsibilities
Research Director and RAE Co-ordinator for Politics
Undergraduate Teaching
POL1022: Introduction to Political Thought
POL8015: Concepts and Methods in Political Research