Post-Doctoral Researcher - SciencesPo Paris (2015-2017). Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe (MIME - European Commission) Ph. D. Philosophy - KU Leuven, Leuven (2015). Thesis: "Sharing Freedom: A Republican Theory of Federalism" M.A. Philosophy - Université Laval, Quebec City (2010) B.A Philosophy - UQAM, Montreal (2008)
Drawing on the history of republicanism and its influence on the development of federalism, my work fleshes out a normative theory of federalism in neo-republican philosophical language. I argue that federalism is the missing piece of the revival of republican theory and that its understanding provides normative guidelines for inter-national relations.
The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist r... more The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist redistributive paradigm in federalism. In the second section, I argue that efficiency is a moral principle and that it has a strong normative appeal, especially in contexts of diversity. I show that adopting efficiency as a guiding principle to think of the role of the state, especially in contexts of pluralism, as in MNF, allows us to consider the division of competences in a way that is yet unexplored in political philosophy. Furthermore, I argue that embracing efficiency allows us to avoid the moral problems that other moral approaches encounter, especially as I will defend a non-utilitarian conception of efficiency. That also allows me to show that if one opts for the view that pictures federalism as an efficiency maximizing enterprise, it does not lead to a libertarian conception of federalism. Finally, I try to briefly sketch a possible connection between the principle of efficiency...
The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist r... more The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist redistributive paradigm in federalism. In the second section, I argue that efficiency is a moral principle and that it has a strong normative appeal, especially in contexts of diversity. I show that adopting efficiency as a guiding principle to think of the role of the state, especially in contexts of pluralism, as in MNF, allows us to consider the division of competences in a way that is yet unexplored in political philosophy. Furthermore, I argue that embracing efficiency allows us to avoid the moral problems that other moral approaches encounter, especially as I will defend a non-utilitarian conception of efficiency. That also allows me to show that if one opts for the view that pictures federalism as an efficiency maximizing enterprise, it does not lead to a libertarian conception of federalism. Finally, I try to briefly sketch a possible connection between the principle of efficiency...
Will Kymlicka has firmly established himself as one of the most influential political philosopher... more Will Kymlicka has firmly established himself as one of the most influential political philosophers of our time. In his ground-breaking early work, he helped to partially fuse the divide that had opened up between liberal and communitarian thinkers over the status of the individual vis-à-vis their communal context (Liberalism, Community and Culture, 1989). Building upon these early theoretical insights, he confounded received wisdom by constructing an inherently “liberal” theory of group rights (Multicultural Citizenship, 1995), based around the individual’s need for a societal “context of choice” capable of structuring and facilitating the exercise of their freedom of choice. Subsequently, he continued to devote his attention to questions of
This article offers a critical assessment of Cristina Bicchieri and Jon Elster’s recent attempt t... more This article offers a critical assessment of Cristina Bicchieri and Jon Elster’s recent attempt to distinguish between social, moral, and quasi-moral norms. Although their typologies present interesting differences, they both distinguish types of norms on the basis of the way in which context, and especially other agents’ expectations and behavior, shapes one’s preference to comply with norms. We argue that both typologies should be abandoned because they fail to capture causally relevant features of norms. We nevertheless emphasize that both Bicchieri and Elster correctly draw attention to important and often neglected characteristics of the psychology of norm compliance.
The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist r... more The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist redistributive paradigm in federalism. In the second section, I argue that efficiency is a moral principle and that it has a strong normative appeal, especially in contexts of diversity. I show that adopting efficiency as a guiding principle to think of the role of the state, especially in contexts of pluralism, as in MNF, allows us to consider the division of competences in a way that is yet unexplored in political philosophy. Furthermore, I argue that embracing efficiency allows us to avoid the moral problems that other moral approaches encounter, especially as I will defend a non-utilitarian conception of efficiency. That also allows me to show that if one opts for the view that pictures federalism as an efficiency maximizing enterprise, it does not lead to a libertarian conception of federalism. Finally, I try to briefly sketch a possible connection between the principle of efficiency...
The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist r... more The paper is divided in three sections. In the first section, I question the use of the statist redistributive paradigm in federalism. In the second section, I argue that efficiency is a moral principle and that it has a strong normative appeal, especially in contexts of diversity. I show that adopting efficiency as a guiding principle to think of the role of the state, especially in contexts of pluralism, as in MNF, allows us to consider the division of competences in a way that is yet unexplored in political philosophy. Furthermore, I argue that embracing efficiency allows us to avoid the moral problems that other moral approaches encounter, especially as I will defend a non-utilitarian conception of efficiency. That also allows me to show that if one opts for the view that pictures federalism as an efficiency maximizing enterprise, it does not lead to a libertarian conception of federalism. Finally, I try to briefly sketch a possible connection between the principle of efficiency...
Will Kymlicka has firmly established himself as one of the most influential political philosopher... more Will Kymlicka has firmly established himself as one of the most influential political philosophers of our time. In his ground-breaking early work, he helped to partially fuse the divide that had opened up between liberal and communitarian thinkers over the status of the individual vis-à-vis their communal context (Liberalism, Community and Culture, 1989). Building upon these early theoretical insights, he confounded received wisdom by constructing an inherently “liberal” theory of group rights (Multicultural Citizenship, 1995), based around the individual’s need for a societal “context of choice” capable of structuring and facilitating the exercise of their freedom of choice. Subsequently, he continued to devote his attention to questions of
This article offers a critical assessment of Cristina Bicchieri and Jon Elster’s recent attempt t... more This article offers a critical assessment of Cristina Bicchieri and Jon Elster’s recent attempt to distinguish between social, moral, and quasi-moral norms. Although their typologies present interesting differences, they both distinguish types of norms on the basis of the way in which context, and especially other agents’ expectations and behavior, shapes one’s preference to comply with norms. We argue that both typologies should be abandoned because they fail to capture causally relevant features of norms. We nevertheless emphasize that both Bicchieri and Elster correctly draw attention to important and often neglected characteristics of the psychology of norm compliance.
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