Dr Emily Mcternan
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
University College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Emily McTernan joined UCL in September 2013. She is a Lecturer in Political Theory and Programme Director of the MA in Legal and Political Theory. Previously, she has been a Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE (2012-2013) and a Research Associate at the School of Philosophy, ANU (June- December 2015).
Research Interest
Luck, and its lack of significance for our practices of responsibility in moral or political life; Facts, and what role they could play in political philosophy; Virtues and social norms, and their role in creating justice and injustice; The ideal of social equality.
Publications
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How to make citizens behave: Social psychology, liberal virtues, and social norms. Journal of Political Philosophy, 22 (1) (2014): 84-104.
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If you care about social equality, you want a big state: Home, work, care, and social egalitarianism. Juncture, Party Conference Issue, 23 (2016): 138–144. Co-authored with Martin O’Neill, Christian Schemmel and Fabian Schuppert.
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How to be a responsibility-sensitive egalitarian: From metaphysics to social practice. Political Studies, 64 (3) (2016): 748-764.
