Dr. Enzo Rossi
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Dr. Enzo Rossi
Research Fellow in Social Ethics
Background
I studied at universities in Italy (Pavia), the US (Washington-Seattle), and Scotland (St Andrews). In 2007, whilst completing my doctoral thesis, I joined the Newport Social Ethics Research Group (SERG) work on EuroEthos, an EU-funded interdisciplinary and international research project. My interests are in moral, social and political philosophy. I have previously taught in the Philosophy Departments at the University of St Andrews and in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Qualifications
PhD in philosophy, University of St Andrews
BA in philosophy, University of Pavia
Interests and Achievements
Current research topics: liberalism, democracy, value pluralism, multiculturalism, capabilities, gender, legitimacy, consent, public reason, the justifiability of legal exemptions.
I co-organized workshops and conferences on J.S. Mill, multiculturalism, toleration, and the EU at various universities in Italy and the UK.
From 2003 until 2008 I was editor, then executive editor of SWIF (an Italian digital imprint for philosophy), helping to run a number of projects (journals, study groups, etc.), and co-editing an e-book series. I am also a subject editor for an Italian dictionary of philosophy (forthcoming with Carocci, Rome).
Teaching on
- Ethics, Social and Political Theory.
- Module delivery: Contemporary Social Ethics, Ethical Perspectives.
- Undergraduate dissertation supervision.
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Aristotelian Society
- European Society for Analytic Philosophy
- Political Studies Association
- University Association for Contemporary European Studies
- UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy
Email Address
Enzo Rossi
Research
My area of specialization is social and political philosophy. My research focuses on the theoretical foundations of liberalism; in particular, I am interested in the legitimacy and justification of political authority, in the accommodation of ethical diversity, and in the intersection between those two sets of issues. As part of my work for the Euro-Ethos Project I study moral, political and legal aspects of ethically-derived requests for exemptions from the law. More generally, the guiding concerns of most of my research are the contrast between procedural and substantivist approaches to normativity, as well as the transition from political theory to political action.
Some publications:
- ‘Liberal Democracy and the Challenge of Ethical Diversity’, Human Affairs: A Postdisciplinary Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences, 18.1 (2008).