Dr David Axelsen
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Email
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Location
5.027, Colchester Campus
Profile
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/8/2019 - present)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Discourse, Morality and Power (GV252)
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Ethics and Public Policy (GV254)
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Foundations and Methods of Political Theory (GV909)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/10/2023
Publications
Journal articles (21)
Axelsen, D. and Nielsen, L., Harsh and Disrespectful: Rescuing Moral Agency from Luck and Choice. Social Theory and Practice. 46 (4), 657-679
Axelsen, D. and Shields, L., How Thresholds Matter: On the Bounds and Demands of Justice. Utilitas
Axelsen, D., (2025). Members Only? Why Associational Autonomy cannot justify closing state borders. The Journal of Politics, 000-000
Christensen, J., Parr, T. and Axelsen, DV., (2025). Justice without millionaires. Economics and Philosophy. 41 (1), 186-187
Axelsen, D. and Nielsen, L., (2024). The Expressive Injustice of Being Rich. Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Nielsen, L. and Axelsen, DV., (2023). Correction to: Envy, Levelling Down, and Harrison Bergeron: Defending Limitarianism Against Three Common Objections. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 26 (1), 165-165
Axelsen, D. and Nielsen, L., (2023). What's Wrong with Extreme Wealth?. Political Studies Review. 22 (4), 803-820
Christensen, J., Parr, T. and Axelsen, D., (2022). Justice for Millionaires?. Economics and Philosophy. 38 (3), 333-353
Axelsen, D., (2022). When the state doesn’t commit: A review essay of Julian Culp’s Democratic Education in a Globalized World. Ethics and Global Politics. 15 (1)
Nielsen, L. and Axelsen, DV., (2022). Envy, Levelling-Down, and Harrison Bergeron Defending Limitarianism from Three Common Objections. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 25 (5), 737-753
Spiekermann, K., Slavny, A., Axelsen, D. and Lawford-Smith, H., (2021). Big Data Justice: A Case for Regulating the Global Information Commons. The Journal of Politics. Online (2), 577-588
Nielsen, L. and Axelsen, DV., (2021). Being Responsible and Holding Responsible: On the Role of Individual Responsibility in Political Philosophy. Res Publica. 27 (4), 641-659
Slavny, A., Spiekermann, K., Lawford-Smith, H. and Axelsen, D., (2020). Directed Reflective Equilibrium: Thought Experiments and How to Use Them. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 18 (1), 1-25
Axelsen, DV. and Bidadanure, J., (2019). Unequally egalitarian? Defending the credentials of social egalitarianism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 22 (3), 335-351
Axelsen, DV., Bidadanure, J. and Meijers, T., (2019). Equality, responsibility, and justice. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 22 (3), 237-244
Axelsen, DV., (2019). Against institutional conservatism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 22 (6), 637-659
Axelsen, DV., (2019). Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society, Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl. Princeton University Press, 2018, xxii + 337 pages.. Economics and Philosophy. 35 (3), 569-574
Nielsen, L. and Axelsen, DV., (2017). Capabilitarian Sufficiency: Capabilities and Social Justice. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 18 (1), 46-59
Axelsen, DV. and Nielsen, L., (2015). Sufficiency as Freedom from Duress. Journal of Political Philosophy. 23 (4), 406-426
Axelsen, DV., (2013). The State Made Me Do It: How Anti‐cosmopolitanism is Created by the State. Journal of Political Philosophy. 21 (4), 451-472
Nielsen, L. and Axelsen, DV., (2012). Three strikes out: Objections to Shlomi Segall's luck egalitarian justice in health. Ethical Perspectives. 19 (2), 307-316
Books (1)
Axelsen, DV., (2019). Luck Egalitarianism Kasper Lippert-rasmussen and His Critics. Routledge. 0367339854. 9780367339852
