Associate Professor Damian Cox
Honorary Research Associate Professor in Philosophy
Researcher biography
Dr Damian Cox's ares of research is Ethics, particularly ethical theory.
Dr Cox holds a BA(hons) (ANU); PhD (Melbourne).
His teaching areas include: Introduction to philosophy; Philosophy and Film; Cognitive science; and Ethics.
Dr Cox's current research projects include:
- The moral and philosophical psychological character of integrity;
- Critiques of utilitarianism and agent-based virtue ethics; Ethics and decision theory; The limits of Moral Obligation.
Books
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2012). Thinking through film: doing philosophy, watching movies. Chichester, England, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Cox, Damian, Levine, Michael and Newman, Saul (2009). A politics most unusual: Violence, sovereignty and democracy in the war on terror. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cox, D. F., La Caze, M. M. and Levine, M (2003). Integrity and the fragile self. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315192161
Book Chapters
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2017). Music and ethics: the very mildly interesting view. Oxford Handbooks Online. (pp. 1-18) New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935321.013.145
Cox, Damian and Crook, Peter (2015). Plato's paradox of leadership. Leadership and ethics. (pp. 129-150) London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic.
Cox, Damian (2015). Overcoming victimhood: stoicism, anti-stoicism and Le Fils. Victim victorious: from fire to phoenix. (pp. 1-14) edited by Marie-Claire Patron and Stephen S. Holden. New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
Cox, Damian, La Caze, Marguerite and Levine, Michael (2014). Integrity. The Handbook of Virtue Ethics. (pp. 200-209) edited by Stan van Hooft, Nafsika Athanassoulis, Jason Kawall, Justin Oakley, Nicole Saunders and Liezl Van Zyl. Durham, United Kingdom: Acumen Publishing.
Holden, Stephen S. and Cox, Damian (2013). Social marketing: immunizing against unethical practice. Contemporary issues in social marketing. (pp. 59-75) edited by Krzysztof Kubacki and Sharyn Rundle-Thiele. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael P. (2013). Avatar: racism and prejudice on Pandora. Race, Philosophy and Film. (pp. 117-133) edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory. New York, NY, USA: Routledge.
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2010). Damned lying politicians: Integrity and truth in politics. Professional ethics and personal integrity. (pp. 44-67) edited by Tim Dare and W. Bradley Wendel. Newcastle upon Tyne, NE, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Journal Articles
Cox, Damian (2014). Reflections in a mirror. Diametros, 41, 1-12. doi: 10.13153/diam.41.2014.649
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2014). Diagnosis without treatment: responding to the War on Terror. South African Journal of Philosophy, 33 (1), 19-33. doi: 10.1080/02580136.2014.892676
Cox, Damian (2013). October and the question of cinematic thinking. Screening the Past, 38.
Cox, Damian (2013). Judging character. American Philosophical Quarterly, 50 (4), 387-398.
Holden, Stephen S. and Cox, Damian (2013). Public health marketing: is it good and is it good for everyone?. International Journal of Marketing, 52 (1), 17-26.
Cox, Damian, Colyvan, Mark and Steele, Katie (2010). Modelling the moral dimension of decisions. Nous, 44 (3), 503-529. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00754.x
Cox, Damian (2006). Agent-based theories of right action. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 9 (5), 505-515. doi: 10.1007/s10677-006-9029-3
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2006). Violinists run amuck in South Dakota: Screen doors down in the badlands!. Philosophical Papers, 35 (2), 267-281. doi: 10.1080/05568640609485183
Cox, Damian (2006). Review of Gerald Vision, Veritas: the correspondence theory and its critics. Philosophical Books, 47 (3), 277-279.
Cox, D. F. (2005). Teaching war and violence to the like-minded. Peace Review: The International Quarterly of World Peace, 17 (2-3), 247-259. doi: 10.1080/14631370500332981
Cox, Damian (2005). Integrity, commitment, and tndirect consequentialism. Journal of Value Inquiry, 39 (1), 61-73. doi: 10.1007/s10790-006-1571-7
Cox, D. F. (2005). Review of Moral realism: A defence by R Shafer-Landau. Philosophical Books, 46 (1), 92-93.
Levine, Michael P. and Cox, Damian (2005). Teaching War and Violence to the Like-Minded. Peace Review, 17 (2), 247-259. doi: 10.1080/14631370500332981
Cox, Damian and Levine, Michael (2004). Believing badly. Philosophical Papers, 33 (3), 309-328. doi: 10.1080/05568640409485145
Cox, D. (2003). Goodman and Putnam on the making of worlds. Erkenntnis, 58 (1), 33-46. doi: 10.1023/A:1021877219502
Cox, Damian (2002). Truth, value, and consolation. Journal of Value Inquiry, 36 (4), 413-424. doi: 10.1023/A:1021993622962
Cox, Damian (2001). Integrity and politics. Professional Ethics, 8 (2), 31-45.
Cox, Damian (2001). Realism and Epistemic Theories of Truth. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 39 (4), 473-486. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2001.tb01829.x
Cox, Damian (2001). Review of Jean-Luc Marion, Cartesian Questions. International Philosophical Quarterly, 41 (2), 241-242.
Cox, Damian (2000). Scepticism and the Interpreter. Philosophical Papers, 29 (2), 61-72.
Cox, Damian, Levine, M. P. and La Caze, M. (1999). Should We Strive for Integrity?. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 33 (4), 519-530. doi: 10.1023/A:1004614232579
Cox, Damian (1998). Review of Soren Haggqvist, Thought Experiments in Philosophy. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1), 120-132.
Cox, Damian (1998). Metaphysical realism and idealisation. Philosophia, 26 (3-4), 465-487. doi: 10.1007/BF02381503
Cox, Damian (1997). On the Value of Natural Relations. Environmental Ethics, 19 (2), 173-183.
Cox, Damian (1997). The Trouble with Truth-Makers. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 78 (1), 45-62. doi: 10.1111/1468-0114.00027
Cox, Damian (1996). Putnam, Equivalance, Realism. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 35 (2), 155-170. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.1997.tb00831.x
Reference Entry
Cox, Damian, Levine, Michael and La Caze, Marguerite (2001). Integrity.