{{short description|British philosopher}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = 21st-century philosophy |image = Professor Ben Colburn.jpg |name = Ben Colburn |birth_date = 1982 |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |school_tradition = Analytic |institutions = University of Glasgow |main_interests = Political philosophy, ethics, Liberalism, autonomy |thesis_title = |thesis_url = |thesis_year = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |notable_ideas = |spouse = |education = University of Cambridge (PhD) }}
'''Ben Colburn''' (born 1982) is a British philosopher and Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He is known for his work on political philosophy and ethics, with a particular interest in autonomy.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mills |first1=Christopher |title=Book Review: Political Theory: Autonomy and Liberalism |journal=Political Studies Review |date=1 May 2012 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=241 |doi=10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00261_6.x |language=EN |issn=1478-9299}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oshana |first1=Marina |title=Review of Autonomy and Liberalism |journal=Analysis |date=2011 |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=399–402 |doi=10.1093/analys/anr026 |jstor=41237339 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41237339 |issn=0003-2638}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christman |first1=John |title=Ben Colburn, Autonomy and Liberalism (New York: Routledge, 2010), 165 pages. {{text|ISBN}} 978014587596X (hbk.). Hardback: $90.00. |journal=Journal of Moral Philosophy |date=1 January 2012 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=134–136 |doi=10.1163/174552412X619139 |language=en |issn=1745-5243}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Porter |first1=Thomas |title=Colburn on Anti-Perfectionism and Autonomy |journal=Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy |date=2010 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.26556/jesp.v5i2.144 |url=https://jesp.org/index.php/jesp/article/view/144 |language=en |issn=1559-3061|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rudisill |first1=John Patrick |title=Avoiding the Whiff of Paradox in the Liberal Promotion of Autonomy: Critical Comment on Colburn |journal=Journal of Philosophical Research |date=1 April 2012 |volume=37 |pages=221–232 |doi=10.5840/jpr20123710 |language=en}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Moral Blackmail: Coercion, Responsibility, and Global Justice''. Series: Routledge focus on philosophy. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-032-19525-4}} * ''Autonomy and Liberalism''. Series: Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy, 19. Routledge. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-415-87596-7}}
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==External links== *[https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/bencolburn/#researchinterests,publications,books,researchreportsorpapers,editedbooks,booksections,additionalinformation,teaching,supervision Ben Colburn at Glasgow] {{Authority Control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Colburn, Ben }} Category:21st-century British philosophers Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Academics of the University of Glasgow Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:British ethicists Category:British political philosophers
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