Randal Robert Alexander Marlin
Adjunct Research Professor
Philosophy
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Randal Marlin is Adjunct Professor in the Philosophy Department at Carleton University. His current focus of research activity is communication ethics, in particular the study of ethical dimensions of persuasion and propaganda. His most recent publication is Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion (Broadview: August 1, 2002). A second edition is scheduled for the spring. He has also published articles on free speech issues and is active in civil liberties, and is past-president of the Civil Liberties Association, National Capital Region.
Research Interest
Jacques Ellul Propaganda and communication ethics Existentialism Philosophy of law
Publications
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“Rawlsian Justice and Community Planning,†in Susan Hendler, Planning Ethics: a Reader in Planning Theory, Practice and Education, Rutgers University Press, 1995.
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“Censoring Pornography,†in Women and Public Policy. Reprints selected from Policy Options, and with an introduction by Doris Anderson, The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1987.
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“Cartesian Freedom and the Problem of the Mesland Letters,†in Early Modern Philosophy: Essays in honour of Robert F. McRae, edited by Georges J.D. Moyal and Stanley Tweyman; New York: Caravan Books, 1986.
