Jeff McMahan (philosopher)

Jeff McMahan is an American philosopher. McMahan was educated at Oxford and Cambridge, and is currently professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He has written extensively on normative and applied ethics. His publications include "The Morality of Nationalism" (co-edited with Robert McKim; Oxford, 1997) and "The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life" (Oxford, 2002). "Killing in War" (published by Oxford University Press) is due to be released Jan 15, 2009. The work will deal with Just War theory and will argue against the deeply held beliefs within the theory.

External links

* [http://philosophy.rutgers.edu/FACSTAFF/BIOS/mcmahan.html Personal website] . Includes list of publications.
* [http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2004/09/the_moral_case_.html Unjust War in Iraq] . "The Pelican Record" XLI, no. 5 (December 2004): 21-33.
* [http://www.rochester.edu/College/humanities/projects/terror/McMahan_Sommer.pdf?TheHumanitiesProject=9f176d6a1bedb8b0e38092d80adc2bcc Introduction to the work of Jeff McMahan] . By Lucia Sommer.