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Jonathan Quong

Professor of Philosophy and Law
Jonathan Quong
Email quong@usc.edu Office STO 114

Research & Practice Areas

moral and political philosophy

Biography

I taught previously at the University of Manchester (2003-13), and I received a D.Phil from Nuffield College, Oxford (2004). I’ve also held visiting positions at the Australian National University, Princeton University, and Tulane University. I am an associate editor for Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs, and an associate editor for Ethics. I also served as associate editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs for more than eight years.

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Oxford, 2004
  • M.A. University of British Columbia, 2000
  • B.A. University of British Columbia, 1999

  • Research Specialties

    moral and political philosophy

  • Book

    • Quong, J. (2020). The Morality of Defensive Force. Oxford University Press.
    • Quong, J. (2011). Liberalism Without Perfection. Oxford University Press.

    Book Chapters

    • Quong, J. (2022). Miller’s Crossing. Political Philosophy Here and Now pp. 65-79. Oxford University Press.
    • Quong, J. (2019). In Defense of Functionalism. Political Legitimacy: NOMOS LXI New York University Press.
    • Quong, J. (2018). Consequentialism, Deontology, Contractualism, and Equality. The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice pp. 306-326. Oxford University Press.
    • Quong, J. (2017). Contractualism. Methods in Analytical Political Theory pp. 65-90. Cambridge University Press.
    • Quong, J. (2014). On the Idea of Public Reason. A Companion to Rawls pp. 265-280. Wiley-Blackwell.
    • Quong, J. (2012). Rights. The Companion to Social and Political Philosophy pp. 618-628. Routledge.

    Encyclopedia Article

    • Quong, J. (2013). Public Reason. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

    Journal Article

    • Quong, J. (2025). Freedom, Fairness, and Sufficiency in Tahzib’s Perfectionist Theory of Justice. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. Vol. (forthcoming)
    • Quong, J. (2025). Paternalism, Disagreement, and Groups. Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy: Volume 11. Vol. (forthcoming)
    • Quong, J. (2023). Fair Equality of Opportunity and the Gendered Division of Labor. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Vol. 107, pp. 283-289.
    • Quong, J. (2023). Legitimate Injustice: A Response to Wellman. Journal of Political Philosophy. Vol. 31, pp. 222-232.
    • Quong, J. (2023). The Morality of Defensive Force: Replies to Christie, Hecht, and Parry. Journal of Moral Philosophy. Vol. 20, pp. 461-482.
    • Quong, J. (2022). On Flanigan’s Pharmaceutical Freedom. HEC Forum. Vol. 34, pp. 257-268.
    • Quong, J. (2022). The Morality of Defensive Force: Replies to Otsuka, Frowe, Fabre, and Burri. Criminal Law and Philosophy. Vol. 16, pp. 555-574.
    • Quong, J. (2021). On Laborde’s Liberalism. Criminal Law and Philosophy. Vol. 15, pp. 47-59.
    • Quong, J. (2017). A Comment on Ripstein’s Reclamation. Journal of Applied Philosophy. Vol. 34, pp. 32-37.
    • Quong, J. (2016). Agent-Relative Prerogatives to Do Harm. Criminal Law and Philosophy.
    • Quong, J. (2016). Disagreement, Equality, and the Exclusion of Ideals: A Comment on The Morality of Freedom. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies. Vol. 14, pp. 135-146.
    • Quong, J., Stone, R. (2015). Rules and Rights. Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. Vol. 1, pp. 222-249.
    • Quong, J. (2015). Rights Against Harm. Proceeding of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume. Vol. 89 (1), pp. 249-266.
    • Quong, J. (2015). Proportionality, Liability, and Defensive Harm. Philosophy & Public Affairs. pp. 144-173.
    • Quong, J. (2015). Equality, Responsibility, and Culture: A Comment on Alan Patten’s Equal Recognition. Les Ateliers de l’Éthique. Vol. 10, pp. 157-168.
    • Quong, J. (2014). Liberalism Without Perfection: Replies to Lister, Kulenovic, Zoffoli, Zelic, and Baccarini. Philosophy and Society. Vol. 25, pp. 96-122.
    • Quong, J. (2014). What is the Point of Public Reason?. Philosophical Studies. Vol. 170, pp. 545-533.
    • Quong, J. (2012). Liability to Defensive Harm. Philosophy & Public Affairs. Vol. 40, pp. 45-77.
    • Quong, J., Firth, J. M. (2012). Necessity, Moral Liability, and Defensive Harm. Law and Philosophy. Vol. 31, pp. 673-701.
    • Quong, J. (2012). Liberalism Without Perfection: Replies to Gaus, Colburn, Chan, and Bocchiola. Philosophy & Public Issues. Vol. 2, pp. 51-79.
    • Quong, J. (2011). Left-Libertarianism: Rawlsian not Luck Egalitarian. Journal of Political Philosophy. Vol. 19, pp. 64-89.
    • Quong, J. (2010). Justice Beyond Equality. Social Theory and Practice. Vol. 36, pp. 315-340.
    • Quong, J. (2010). The Distribution of Authority. Representation. Vol. 46, pp. 35-52.
    • Quong, J. (2009). Killing in Self-Defense. Ethics. Vol. 111, pp. 507-537.

  • Editorships and Editorial Boards

    • Associate Editor, Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs, 2024 –
    • Editorial Board, Political Philosophy, 2024 –
    • Associate Editor, Ethics, 2018 –
    • Subject Area Co-Editor (Social and Political), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2017 –
    • Editorial Board, Law and Philosophy, 2014 –
    • Area Editor, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2013 –
    • Advisory Board, Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, 2012 –
    • Editorial Board, Bloomsbury Research in Political Philosophy, 2011 –
    • Associate Editor, Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2016 – 2024
    • Editorial Board, Journal of Political Philosophy, 2017 – 2023
    • Advisory Board, Social Theory and Practice, 2013 – 2018
    • Associate Editor, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2010 – 2018
    • Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2011 – 2016
    • Associate Editor, Representation: The Journal of Representative Democracy, 2008 – 2014
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