Articles
Articles
Shawn Kaplan (2022), “,” Washington University Review of Philosophy, Vol. 2. (Special Edition on War & Violence).
Shawn Kaplan (2016), . The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspective on Art, Politics and Culture.
Shawn Kaplan (2012), Just War Theory: What Is It Good For? Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 19(2), pp. 4-14 (Special Edition on Peace, War, and Ethics).
Shawn Kaplan (2011), . Journal of Social Philosophy, 42 (2), 219-238.
Shawn Kaplan (2009), . Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2 (2), 181-199.
Shawn Kaplan (2008), . Review Journal of Political Philosophy, 6 (1), 1-38.
Shawn Kaplan (2008), Bringing the Moral Law Closer to Intuition and Feeling: An Interpretive Framework for Kant鈥檚 Groundwork II. Proceedings of the 10th International Kant Congress, 3, 175-185.
Shawn Kaplan (2005), . Kantian Review, 10, 112-127.
Shawn Kapan (2001), Beyond Positive and Negative Liberty: Samuel Fleischacker鈥檚 Personal Freedom of Judgment. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 22, 165-183.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
Shawn Kaplan, "Moral Accountability for Superfluous Contributions," Philadelphia Normative Philosophy Conference, University of Pennsylvania, October 2025.
Shawn Kaplan, “Reckless Complicity Under Conditions of Causal Overdetermination,” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado – Boulder, August 2025.
Shawn Kaplan, “A Paradox of International Ethics,” 16th International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Moral Paradoxes, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, November 2024.
Shawn Kaplan, “Can Economic Sanctions Serve as a Positive Alternative to War?” Concerned Philosophers for Peace Annual Conference, University of Tennessee, October 2023.
Shawn Kaplan, “The Sanctions Dilemma,“ Association for Political Theory Annual Conference, Union College, October 2023.
Shawn Kaplan, "Security Risks, Uncertainty, and Justified Resorts to Military Force." Workshop on the Ethics of Self-Defense Under Conditions of Uncertainty, University of Zurich, Switzerland (April 2023).
Shawn Kaplan, “Nonviolent Protesters and Provocations to Violence,” MANCEPT Workshop on Defending the Right to Security, University of Manchester (UK), September 2019.
Shawn Kaplan (2019). "Nonviolent Protesters and Provocations to Violence." The 10th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Minho University. Braga, Portugal.
Shawn Kaplan (2018), "To Be a Face in the Crowd: Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and a Right to Obscurity." Association for Political Theory Annual Conference. Workshop on Interpreting Technology. Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges.
Shawn Kaplan (2018), "Targeted Killings under Conditions of Uncertainty." MANCEPT Workshop on Modern Warfare and the Just War Tradition. University of Manchester, UK.
Shawn Kaplan (2018), "To Be a Face in the Crowd: Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and a Right to Obscurity." European Consortium for Political Research General Conference. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Shawn Kaplan (2018), "Human Shields: Entrapment or Provocation." International Society for Military Ethics - North American Conference. Case Western University, Cleveland, OH.
Shawn Kaplan (2017). "Putting Noncombatants at Risk: Human Shields, Nonviolent Protesters, and Provocations to Violence." Association for Political Theory Annual Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Shawn Kaplan (2016). "Security Risks, Uncertainty, and Justified Resorts to Military Force." Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference (pp. 32). Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Shawn Kaplan (2015). Risk management Militarism & Right Intent. In Association for Political Theory Annual Conference (pp. 15). University Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Shawn Kaplan (2015). Risk Management Militarism & Right Intention. In The Future of Just War: Theoretical and Practical Challenges (pp. 15). Monterey, CA.
Shawn Kaplan (2015). Are Novel Jus ad Vim Principles Needed to Judge Military Measures Short of War? In Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference (pp. 21). University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Shawn Kaplan (2014). Jus ad Vim Skepticism. In Association for Political Theory Annual Conference (pp. 20). University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Shawn Kaplan (2014). Targeted Killings and the Paradoxes of Riskless Warfare. In The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace Conference on The Ethics of War in the 21st Century (pp. 17). University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Shawn Kaplan (2013). Drones and the Combatant Status of Terrorists. In Association of Political Theory Annual Conference (pp. 20). Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Shawn Kaplan (2013). Drones and the Combatant Status of Terrorists. In Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics Annual Conference. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Shawn Kaplan (2012). Punitive Warfare. In Association for Political Theory Annual Conference (pp. 15). University of South Carolina.
Shawn Kaplan (2012). Punitive Warfare. In 29th International Social Philosophy Conference (pp. 15). Northeastern University.
Shawn Kaplan (2011). Is There a Political Obligation to Fight on Behalf of the State? In Association for Political Theory Annual Conference (pp. 34). University of Notre Dame.
Shawn Kaplan (2011). Is Express Consent Required to Fight a War Justly? In Association of Legal and Social Philosophy Annual Conference (pp. 34). University of Warwick, UK.
Shawn Kaplan (2011). Do Enlistees Have a Political Obligation to Fight When Commanded? In Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference (pp. 9). University of Manchester, UK.
Shawn Kaplan (2010). Beyond Justifying Emergencies. In Conference on War and Self-Defence (pp. 12). University of Shefield, UK.
Shawn Kaplan (2010). Just War Theory: What Is It Good For? In 7th Global Conference on War and Peace (pp. 12). Prague, Czech Republic.
Shawn Kaplan (2009). A Critique of Two Arguments for Indiscriminate Terrorism. In Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress. University of Colorado.
Shawn Kaplan (2007). On the Effectiveness of Nonviolent Resistance and Terrorism: The Case of Sri Lanka. In Terrorism, Pacifism and The Culture of War: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference (pp. 12). Bethany College.
Shawn Kaplan (2007). Three Prejudices Against Terrorism. In Long Island Philosophical Association Meeting (pp. 12). Suffolk County Community College.
Shawn Kaplan (2007). Terrorism as a Legitimate Means to Social or Political Justice? In 34th Conference on Value Inquiry (pp. 15). Adrian College.
