Catherine Audard
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Catherine Audard (born 1944) is a French author and professor of moral and political philosophy.
Career overview
Catherine Audard was trained at the École Normale Supérieure and the Sorbonne. She was a professor of philosophy at the Lycée Français in London. She teaches moral and political philosophy at the London School of Economics and is the co-founder of the Forum for European Philosophy, which aims to build bridges between the continental philosophical tradition and analytical philosophy.
Her research focuses on normative issues in political theory: justice and equality, multiculturalism, liberalism, republicanism, and deliberative democracy.
Catherine Audard has also translated books by John Rawls (A Theory of Justice, 1971; and Political Liberalism, 1995), and John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism, 1999).
Catherine Audard is a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Works
- Anthologie historique et critique de l'utilitarisme (1999; 3 volumes)
- John Rawls, Politique et métaphysique (2004; as editor)
- Qu'est-ce que le libéralisme? (2009)
- La démocratie et la raison. Actualités de John Rawls (2019)
Selected publications
- "John Rawls et les alternatives libérales à la laïcité", Revue Raisons politiques, vol. 2, n° 34, Paris, Presses de Science Po, septembre 2009.
- "Qu'est-ce que l'autorité morale ?" in A. Compagnon (éd.), L'autorité, Paris, Éd. Odile Jacob, 2008, p. 287-308.
- "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition", in Engelsberg Seminar 2003, Axess Magazine, Stockholm, 2005.
- "Socratic Citizenship: The limits of deliberative Democracy" in Tan Sor-Hoon (ed.), Challenging Citizenship: Group Membership and Cultural Identity in a Global Age, Ashgate Publishing Co, to appear in 2005.
- "Normes internationales de justice et globalisation de l'éthique " to appear in Études internationales, University of Monkton Press, Winter 04-05.
- "Les deux niveaux de la réflexion morale : Mill et Hare", in J-Y.Goffi (ed.), Richard Hare, Paris, PUF, 2004.
- "Rawls a-t-il une conception de la citoyenneté ?" in Revue de philosophie économique, n° 7, Paris, Vuibert, 2003.
- "Rawls in France", The European Journal of Political Theory, vol. 1 n° 2, London, Sage Publications, 2002.
- "Le principe de légitimité démocratique : le débat Rawls-Habermas", in Habermas ou la politique de la raison, Rainer Rochlitz éd, Paris, PUF, 2002.
- "Citoyenneté multiculturelle et politique de la reconnaissance", Rue Descartes n° 37, Paris, PUF, 2002.
- "Stabilising democracy: has Rawls a conception of citizenship?" in John Rawls, Ovidiu Caraiani ed, Bucharest (Romania), Polirom Press, 2002.
- "Utilitarisme et éthique publique : le débat avec Rawls", in Cités n° 10, Paris, PUF, 2002
- "La crise de la philosophie politique" in Le Banquet n° 17, Paris, 2002.
- "The French Republic and the Claims of Diversity ", in Cultural Identity and the Nation-State, C.Gould and P.Pasquino eds., New York, Rowan and Littlefield, 2001.
- "Multiculturalisme et transformations de la citoyenneté" in Archives de philosophie du droit : L'américanisation du droit, tome 45, Paris, Dalloz, 2001.
- "Souffrances sociales, reconnaissance et solidarité" in A Dor e o Sofrimento, M.J. Cantista ed., Porto (Portugal), Campo das Letras, 2001.
- "Droits de l'homme et théories de la justice" in Justiça e Direitos Humanos, A.Da Silva Estanqueiro Rocha ed., Braga (Portugal), Universidade do Minho Press, 2001.
- "Citoyenneté" in Dictionnaire d'éthique et de philosophie morale, M. Canto-Sperber éd., Paris, PUF, 2001.
- "La tradition utilitariste : Bentham, Mill, Sidgwick", in Histoire de la philosophie politique, vol. 4, Alain Renaut éd., Paris, PUF, 1999.
- "La démocratie face aux défis du pluralisme" in Quelles valeurs pour demain ?, Paris, Le Seuil, 1998.
- "French Laïcité and the Claims of Diversity" in Franco-British Studies n° 23, Paris, British Institute, 1997.
- "Political Liberalism, Secular Republicanism: two answers to the challenges of pluralism", in Philosophy and Pluralism, David Archard ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- "Justice" et "Utilitarisme" in Dictionnaire d'éthique et de philosophie morale, M. Canto-Sperber éd, Paris, PUF, 1996.
- "The Idea of Public Reason" in Ratio Juris vol. 8 n° 1, Oxford, Blackwell, 1995.
