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Dr Suzanne Uniacke

Editor of Journal of Applied Philosophy; Co-ordinator MA (Applied Ethics), Philosophy Exams Officer, Reader

Profile

Dr Suzanne UniackeSuzanne Uniacke taught philosophy at La Trobe University and the University of Wollongong in Australia before moving to Hull in 2001. She has held visiting research fellowships at Harvard, St. Andrews, and Stirling Universities, and an adjunct professorial appointment at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics in Australia. She is Editor of the Journal of Applied Philosophy and a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Applied Philosophy. She was the foundation Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Hull. Dr Uniacke is a member of the (UK) Humanist Philosophers Group.

Dr Uniacke's principal research interests are in applied philosophy, ethical theory, the philosophy of law, and political and social philosophy. She is interested in the interaction between moral theory and practical moral problems, in particular in problems of moral and legal responsibility, and issues in politics, bio-ethics and criminal justice ethics. She has published articles on topics such as responsibility, privacy, moral norms, rights, in vitro fertilisation, infanticide, euthanasia, duress, justification and excuse, the doctrine of double effect, preference utilitarianism, self-defence, war, revenge, and emotional excuses.

In the coming six months Dr Uniacke will be giving invited presentations at Harvard, Aalborg, and Stirling Universities, and will be a keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Teaching

Dr Uniacke teaches on, and is the coordinator for, the MA (Applied Ethics) programme as well as teaching the following undergraduate modules:

  • Philosophy of Law
  • Theories of Responsibility
  • Applied Philosophy
  • Dissertation

Publications

Books

  • Permissible Killing: The Self-Defence Justification of Homicide, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
  • The Ethics of Retaliation (Forthcoming, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell)

Articles and Book Chapters

  • 'Self-Defense', in the International Encyclopedia of Ethics, (ed.) Hugh LaFollette (Forthcoming, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).
  • 'Self-Defence, Just War and a Reasonable Prospect of Success', in How We Fight, (ed.) H. Frowe and G. Lang (Forthcoming, OUP, 2012/13).
  • 'The Doctrine of Double Effect and the Ethics of Dual Use', in On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics:  Principles, Practices, and Prospects, (ed.) Michael Selgelid and Brian Rappert (Forthcoming, ANU, 2012).
  • 'Respect for Autonomy in Medical Ethics', in Reading Onora O'Neill, (ed.) David Archard, Monique Deveaux, Neil Manson and Daniel Weinstock (Forthcoming, Routledge, 2012)
  • 'Proportionality and Self-Defense', Law and Philosophy 30 (3)(2011): 253-272. 
  • 'On Getting One's Retaliation in First', in Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification, (ed.) Henry Shue & David Rodin (Oxford University Press, 2009).
  • 'Responsibility: intention and consequence', in Routledge Companion to Ethics, (ed.) John Skorupski (London: Routledge, 2010)
  • 'The Doctrine of Double Effect', in Principles of Health Care Ethics, second edition (ed.) Richard Ashcroft, et al, (Chichester: Wiley & sons), 2007.
  • 'Emotional Excuses', Law and Philosophy 26 (2007): 95-117.
  • 'Responsibility and Obligation: Some Kantian Directions', International Journal of Philosophical Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, 2005, pp. 461-475.
  • 'Harming and Wronging: the Importance of Normative Context', in Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law, (ed.) Timothy Chappell and David S. Oderberg (London: Palgrave, 2004), pp.166-183.
  • 'Is Life Sacred?', in Is Nothing Sacred?, (ed.) Ben Rogers (London: Routledge 2004). pp. 59-80.
  • 'Self-Defence and Just War', in Gerechte Kriege, (Hrsg.) Dieter Janssen & Michael Quante (Paderborn: Mentis-Verlag, 2002), pp.64-78.
  • 'A Critique of the Preference Utilitarian Objection to Killing People', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 80, no. 2, 2002, pp. 209-217.
  • 'Was Mary's Death Murder?', Medical Law Review, vol. 9, no. 3, 2001, pp. 208-220.
  • 'Revenge', in Encyclopedia of Ethics, revised second edition, (ed.) Lawrence Becker and Charlotte Becker (New York: Routledge, 2001), pp. 1492-1494.
  • 'Self-defense', in Encyclopedia of Ethics, revised second edition, (ed.) Lawrence Becker and Charlotte Becker (New York: Routledge, 2001)
  • 'Rights and relativistic justifications: replies to Kasachkoff and Husak', Law and Philosophy 19: 5 (2000), pp. 645-647.
  • 'In Defense of Permissible Killing: a response to two critics', Law and Philosophy 19: 5 (2000), pp. 627-633.
  • 'Why is Revenge Wrong?', Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 34, no. 1, 2000, pp. 61-69.
  • 'The Principle of Double Effect', in Encyclopedia of Philosophy, vol. 3,(ed.) Edward Craig, (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 120-122.
  • 'Absolutely Clean Hands? Responsibility for what's allowed in refraining from what's not allowed', International Journal of Philosophical Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1999, pp. 189-209.
  • 'Replaceability and Infanticide', Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 31, no. 2, 1997, pp. 153-166
  • 'The Limits of Criminality: Kant on the Plank', in Punishment, Excuses and Moral Development, (ed.)Henry Tam (Aldershot: Avebury, 1996), pp. 113-126.