Dr James Christensen

Background

I have a BA from the University of Reading, an MA from the University of York, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. After obtaining my doctorate, I worked at the University of Essex, first as a lecturer (assistant professor) and then as a senior lecturer (associate professor). My first book, Trade Justice (2017), is published by Oxford University Press, and my second book, Global Justice (2020), is published by Bloomsbury.

Research Interests

My research interests are in analytic social and political philosophy (including empirically-informed political theory), applied ethics, and normative ethics. Within these fields, I have worked on a variety of topics, including international trade, immigration, striking, and torture. My current work explores the normative dimensions of social punishment (cancel culture, public shaming, no-platforming, etc.).

Publications

‘Trading with Tyrants’, in Weiland and Gunnemyr (eds.), The Ethics of Inefficacy (Abingdon: Routledge, forthcoming).
‘Striking and the Means Principle’, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025.
‘Justice without millionaires’, Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2025 (with Tom Parr and David Axelsen).
‘Using Aid to Control Migration’, Political Studies, Vol. 72, No. 3, 2023 (with Miranda Simon)
‘Egalitarian Trade Justice’, Moral Philosophy & Politics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2023.
‘The Morality of Substitution Intervention: The Case of Yemen’, Politics, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2023.
‘Selling Arms and Expressing Harm’, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2022.
‘Justice for Millionaires?’, Economics & Philosophy, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2022 (with Tom Parr and David Axelsen).
Global Justice (London: Macmillan, 2020).
‘Arming the Outlaws: On the Moral Limits of the Arms Trade’, Political Studies, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2019.
‘Distributive Justice and World Trade Law: A Political Theory of International Trade Regulation, by Oisin Suttle’, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2018.
Trade Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).
‘Fair Trade, Formal Equality, and Preferential Treatment’, Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2015.
‘Weapons, Security, and Oppression: A Normative Study of International Arms Transfers’, Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2015. Reprinted in Steven Scalet and John Arthur (eds.), Morality and Moral Controversies (10th edition) (New York: Routledge, 2019).
‘Practice-Dependence, Trade, & Equality: A Review of Aaron James’s Fairness in Practice’, Raisons Politiques, Vol. 51, 2013.