Jonathan B. Riley

Academic Interests:

• Liberalism
• Utilitarian Ethics
• Rational Choice Theory
• Constitutionalism

Co-founding Editor:

• PPE: A Journal of Politics Philosophy, and Economics.

Books Authored:

• Mill's On Liberty (Routledge, 1998, 2015)
• Liberal Utilitarianism: Social Choice Theory and J.S. Mill's Philosophy (Cambridge, 1988)

Books Edited:

• Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule, with J. Ferejohn and J. Rakova (Cambridge, 2001)
• J. S. Mill's Principles of Political Economy (Oxford, 1999)

Selected Articles:

• "Is Mill an Illiberal Utilitarian?" Ethics 125 (April 2015): 781-796
• "Isiah Berlin's Pelagian Soul: a Reply," Political Theory 42 (June 2014): 345-354
• "Isiah Berlin's 'Minimum of Common Moral Ground'," Political Theory 41 (February 2013): 61-89
• "Mill's Extraordinary Utilitarian Moral Theory," Politics, Philosophy, and Economics 9 (February 2010): 67-116
• "The Interpretation of Maximizing Utilitarianism," Social Philosophy and Policy 26 (Winter 2009): 286-325,
• "Liberty as a Right," The Philosopher's Magazine 46 (2009): 46-52
• "Millian Qualitative Superiorities and Utilitarianism, Part 2," Utilitas 21 (June 2009): 127-143
• "Millian Qualitative Superiorities and Utilitarianism, Part 1," Utilitas 20 (September 2008): 257-278
• "What are Millian Qualitative Superiorities?" Prolegomena 7 (2008): 61-79
• "Genes, Memes, and Justice," Analyse & Kritik 28 (June 2006): 32-56
• "Utilitarian Liberalism: Between Gray and Mil," Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (June 2006): 117-135
• "Liberal Rights in a Pareto-optimal Code," Utilitas 18 (March 2006): 61-79
• "J.S. Mill's Liberal Doctrine of Freedom of Expression,"  Utilitas 17 (July 2005): 147-179
• "Ethical Pluralism and Common Decency," The Journal of Moral Philosophy 1 (July 2004): 211-221
• "Interpreting Mill's Qualitative Hedonism," The Philosophical Quarterly 53 (July 2003): 412-418
• "Defending Cultural Pluralism Within Liberal Limits", Political Theory 30 (2002), 68-96
• "Interpreting Berlin's Liberalism", American Political Science Review 95 (2001), 283-296.

Selected Book Chapters:

• "John Stuart Mill”, in D. Pritchard, ed., Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press (2019)
• “Bentham, Mill, Stoicism and Higher Pleasures”, in G.Varouxakis and M. Philp, eds., Utility and Happiness: Essays Presented in Honour of Frederick Rosen. London: University College London Press (2019)
• “Liberal Pluralism and Common Decency,” in J.-W. Müller, ed., Isaiah Berlin’ s Cold War Liberalism. London: Palgrave MacMillan (2019)
• “Freedom of Speech”, in W.Thompson, ed., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, February (2018)
• “Mill’s Absolute Ban on Paternalism”, in K. Grill and J. Hanna, eds., Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism. London: Routledge (2017): 153-169
• “Mill on Utilitarian Sanctions,” in C. Macleod and D.E. Miller, eds., Companion to John Stuart Mill. Oxford: Blackwell (2017): 342-357
• “Liberty”, in C. McKinnon, ed., Issues in Political Theory , 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2015): 30-53. (a different version of this chapter is included in the 2nd edition of this Oxford collection published in 2012,101-123. Original version of the chapter is included in the 1st edition published in 2008, 103-125)
• “Welfare: Philosophical Aspects”, in J.D. Wright, ed., International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences , 2nd edition., Vol. 25. Oxford: Elsevier (2015): 504-510 (substantially revised version of the article in the first edition of the Encyclopedia)
• “The Right to Liberty”, in T. Schramme and M. Shefczyk, eds., John Stuart Mill: Über die Freiheit . Klassiker Auslegen, Band 47. Berlin: de Gruyter  (2015): 11-32
• “An Extraordinary Utilitarianism”, in C. Binder, G. Codognato, M. Teschl, and Yongsheng Xu eds., Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare: Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent . New York: Springer (2015): 305-334
• “Different Kinds of Pleasures,” in A. Loizides, ed., Mill’s System of Logic: A Critical Guide. London: Routledge (2014): 170-191
• “Rawls, Mill and Utilitarianism”, in J. Mandle and D. Reidy, eds., A Companion to Rawls . New York: Wiley-Blackwell (2013): 397-412
• “John Stuart Mill,” “The Pareto Principle,” and “Rational Choice Theory,” three separate articles in J. E. Crimmins, ed., The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Utilitarianism . New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic (2013): 346-56, 398-403, 466-70
• “The Greatest Happiness Principle”, in H. LaFollette, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Ethics . Oxford: Blackwell, 2013
• “Mill’s Greek Ideal of Individuality”, in K.N. Demetriou and A. Loizides, eds., John Stuart Mill: A British Socrates . London: Palgrave Macmillan (2013): 97-125
• “Happiness and the Moral Sentiment of Justice”, in L. Kahn, ed., Mill on Justice . London: Palgrave Macmillan (2012): 158-183
• “Foreword”, in John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, A Few Words on Non-Intervention, and Austin on Jurisprudence . New York: Kaplan (2010)
• “Optimal Moral Rules and Supererogatory Acts”, in B. Eggleston, D. Miller, and D. Weinstein, eds., John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life: A Critical Reader . Oxford: Oxford University Press (2010): 185-229
• "Justice as Higher Pleasure," in P.J. Kelly and G. Varouxakis, eds., J.S. Mill: Thought and Influence: the Saint of Rationalism. London: Routledge (2010): 99-129
• "Racism, Blasphemy, and Free Speech," in C.L. Ten, ed., Mill's On Liberty: A Critical Guide, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2008): 62-82
• "Rule Utilitarianism and Liberal Priorities," in M. Salles and J. Weymark, eds., Justice, Political Liberalism, and Utilitarianism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2008): 411-433
• "Utilitarianism and Economic Theory," in S. Durlauf and L. Blume, gen. eds., New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, 8 vols. London: Palgrave Macmillan (2008)
• "Mill, Liberalism, and Exceptions to Free Speech," in G. Newey, ed., Freedom of Expression: Counting the Costs. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press (2007): 191-210
• "Mill's Neo-Athenian Model of Liberal Democracy," in N. Urbinati and A. Zakaras, eds., J.S. Mill's Political Thought: a Bicentennial Reassessment, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2007): 221-249.
• "Mill, On Liberty," in J. Shand, ed., Central Works of Philosophy, 5 vols. London: Acumen (2006): vol. 3, Chapter 5, 127-157
• "Rouseau, The Social Contract," in J. Shand, ed., Central Works of Philosophy, 5 vols. London: Acumen (2005): vol. 2, Chapter 9, 193-222
• "Welfare (philosophical aspects)," in N.J. Smelser and P.B. Bates, gen. eds., International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences , 25 vols. Amsterdam: Elsevier, (2001): 16420-26
• "Constitutional Democracy as a Two-Stage Game", in J. Ferejohn, J. Rakove and J. Riley, eds., Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule (Cambridge, 2001) 147- 69.
• "Defending Rule Utilitarianism", in B. Hooker, E. Mason and D. Miller, eds., Morality, Rules and Consequences. (Edinburgh, 2000) 40-70.