Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. Her main research interest is contemporary normative ethics and she is also interested in feminist moral and political philosophy. She has written numerous papers on moral rights and, with Robert Noggle, some on children’s rights.

Robert Noggle is a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Michigan. His research interests include the relationship between moral theory and the nature of persons, personal autonomy, and the moral and political status of children. His most recent publications include “Special Agents: Children’s Autonomy and Parental Authority” (in The Moral and Political Status of Children, edited by David Archard and Colin McLeod, 2003).

Books by Samantha Brennan

Fit at Mid-Life

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: From Machiavelli to Nietzsche

Permissible Progeny?

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings

Philosophy and Death

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought - Volume 2: The Twentieth Century and Beyond

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought - Volume 1: From Plato to Nietzsche

Taking Responsibility for Children