Jordan Desmond

Education:

• BA (Hons.) in Philosophy at McGill University
• MA in Philosophy at Western University

Publications:

• "Explain Yourself: The Ethics of Soliciting Advice." Journal of Social Philosophy (Early View). doi.org/10.1111/josp.12601.
• "Against the Right to Work, For the Right to Contribute." Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 30, no. 5 (2025): 673-696. doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v30i5.3371.
• "Care Worker Migration and the Responsibility for Rectifying Injustice." Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy 7, no. 1 (2021): 1-19. doi.org/10.22329/cjpp.v7i1.8208.

Research Interests (General): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Normative Ethics

Research Interests (Specific): My research in political philosophy concerns the role and legitimacy of political boundaries across three domains: democracy, territorial rights, and global justice.

My research in social philosophy concerns the social ontology that underpins the exercise of collective autonomy. My research in normative ethics concerns relational normativity and, more specifically, the ethics of advisory relationships.