Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

Research Interests

Contemporary political philosophy, multiculturalism, toleration, recognition, deontology, human rights, group rights, the nature of liberalism, freedom of belief and expression, democratic theory, international and global justice.

The theme that runs through most of my research is human diversity - especially diversities of belief, value and culture - and questions of how social, political and legal arrangements should respond to that diversity. My current work focuses on issues of toleration and recognition and on questions concerning the status of groups.

• Articles

  • Jones P, O'Flynn I. Judgments, Preferences, and Compromise. Journal of Social Philosophy 2023, 54(1), 77-93.
  • O'Flynn I, Setälä M. Deliberative disagreement and compromise. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2022, 25(7), 899-919.
  • Jones P. The Pandemic, Freedom and Fear: a Reply to Moser. Global Discourse 2021, 11(3), 373-385.
  • Jones P. Toleration, Neutrality, and Exemption. Critical Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy 2020, 23(2), 203-210.
  • Jones P. Individual Integrity, Freedom of Association and Religious Exemption. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2020, 23(1), 94-108.
  • Kniess J. Health, migration and human rights. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2020, 25(7), 920-938.
  • Jones P. Sangiovanni on Human Rights and Equal Moral Status. Philosophy and Public Issues 2018, 8(2), 77-88.
  • Jones P. The Political Theory of Modus Vivendi. Philosophia 2017, 45(2), 443-461.
  • Jones P. Accommodating Religion and Shifting Burdens. Criminal Law and Philosophy 2016, 10(3), 515-536.
  • Jones P. Toleration, Religion, and Accommodation. European Journal of Philosophy 2015, 23(3), 542-563.
  • Jones P. Review Essay: Dignity, Hate, and Harm. Political Theory 2015, 43(5), 678-686.
  • Jones P. Moral rights, human rights and social recognition. Political Studies 2013, 61(2), 267-281.
  • Jones P, O'Flynn I. Can a Compromise be Fair?. Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2013, 12(2), 115-135.
  • Jones P. The Value and Limits of Rights: A Reply. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2012, 15(4), 495-516.
  • Jones P. Legalising Toleration: a Reply to Balint. Res Publica 2012, 18(3), 265-270.
  • Jones P, O'Flynn I. Internal Conflict, the International Community and the Promotion of Principled Compromise. Government and Opposition 2012, 47(3), 395-413.
  • Jones P. Religion and freedom of expression: is offensiveness really the issue?. Res Publica 2011, 17(1), 75-90.
  • Jones P. Political Toleration: A Reply to Newey. British Journal of Political Science 2011, 41(2), 445-447.
  • Jones P. Toleration and recognition: What should we teach?. Educational Philosophy and Theory 2010, 42(1), 38-56.
  • Jones P. International Toleration and the 'War on Terror'. Globalizations 2009, 6(1), 7-22.
  • Jones P. Making Sense of Political Toleration. British Journal of Political Science 2007, 37(3), 383-402.
  • Jones P. Toleration, Value Pluralism and the Fact of Pluralism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2006, 9(2), 189-210.
  • Jones P. Toleration, Recognition and Identity. Journal of Political Philosophy 2006, 14(2), 123-143.
  • Jones P. Equality, Recognition and Difference. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 2006, 9(1), 23-46.
  • Jones P. Law and Disobedience. Res Publica 2004, 10(4), 319-336.
  • Jones P, Caney S. Disagreement and Difference. Critical Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy 2003, 6(3), 1-11.
  • Jones P. Individuals, Communities and Human Rights. Review of International Studies 2000, 26(5), 199-215.
  • Jones P. Human rights, group rights, and peoples' rights. Human Rights Quarterly 1999, 21(1), 80-107.
  • Jones P. Group rights and group oppression. Journal of Political Philosophy 1999, 7(4), 353-377.
  • Jones P. Political Theory and Cultural Diversity. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 1998, 1(1), 28-62.
  • Jones P. Human Rights and Diversity of Value. Milltown Studies 1998, 42, 117-45.
  • Jones P. Two Conceptions of Justice, Two Conceptions of Liberalism. British Journal of Political Science 1995, 25, 515-550.
  • Jones P. Toleration, the Rushdie Affair and the Perils of Identity. Synthesis Philosophica 1994, 9, 27-40.
  • Jones P. Bearing the Consequences of Belief. Journal of Political Philosophy 1994, 2(1), 24-43.
  • Jones P. Rushdie, Race and Religion. Political Studies 1990, 38(4), 687-694.
  • Jones P. Respecting beliefs and rebuking Rushdie. British Journal of Political Science 1990, 20, 415-437.
  • Jones P. Liberalism, Belief and Doubt. Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 1989, 36, 51-69.
  • Jones P. Intense Preferences, Strong Beliefs, and Democratic Decision-Making. Political Studies 1988, 36, 7-29.
  • Jones P, Sugden R. Evaluating Choice: a Reply. International Review of Law and Economics 1983, 3(1), 85-87.
  • Jones P, Sugden R. Evaluating Choice. International Review of Law and Economics 1982, 2(1), 47-65.
  • Jones P. Freedom and the redistribution of resources. Journal of Social Policy 1982, 11(Apr), 217-238.
  • Jones P. Blasphemy, Offensiveness and Law. British Journal of Political Science 1980, 10(Apr), 129-148.

• Authored Books

  • Jones P. Essays on Culture, Religion and Rights. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers/ECPR Press, 2020.
  • Jones P. Essays on Toleration. London and New York: ECPR Press/Rowman and Littlefield, 2018.
  • Caney S, Jones P. Human Rights and Global Diversity. London: Frank Cass, 2001.
  • Caney S, George D, Jones P. National Rights, International Obligations. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996.
  • Jones P. Party, Parliament and Personality: Essays presented to Hugh Berrington. London: Routledge, 1995.
  • Jones P. Rights. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1994.

• Book Chapters

  • Jones P. Toleration and Neutrality. In: Mitja Sardoc, ed. The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp.299-323.
  • Jones P. Power, Liberty and Rights: Preston King on Toleration. In: Jensen, KE, ed. Preston King: History, Toleration, and Friendship. New York, NY, USA: Peter Lang, 2021, pp.85-103.
  • Jones P. Toleration and Tolerance: Between Belief and Identity. In: Luiza Bialasiewicz and Valentina Gentile, ed. Spaces of Tolerance: Changing Geographies and Philosophies of Religion in Today's Europe. London: Routledge, 2020, pp.61-77.
  • Jones P. Conscientious Claims, Ill-Founded Belief, and Religious Exemption. In: Adenitire J, ed. Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019.
  • Jones P. Human Rights and Collective Self-Determination. In: Etinson A, ed. Human Rights: Moral or Political?. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp.441-459.
  • Jones P. Cultural and Religious Minorities. In: Olsaretti S, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp.576-596.
  • Jones P. Collective and Group-Specific: Can the Rights of Ethno-Cultural Minorities be Human Rights?. In: Pentassuglia G, ed. Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Human Rights. Leiden: Brill | Nijhoff, 2018, pp.27-58.
  • Jones P. Religious Exemption and Distributive Justice. In: Bardon,A; Laborde,C, ed. Religion in Liberal Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp.163-176.
  • Jones P. Liberty, Equality and Accommodation. In: Modood,T; Uberoi,V, ed. Multiculturalism Rethought. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2015, pp.126-156.
  • Jones P. Belief, Autonomy and Responsibility: The Case of Indirect Religious Discrimination. In: Levey, G.B, ed. Authenticity, Autonomy and Multiculturalism. London, UK: Routledge, 2015, pp.66-86.
  • Long G, Jones P. Universalism, Relativism and Difference. In: Moellendoerf D; Widdows H, ed. Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics. London, UK: Routledge, 2014, pp.82-94.
  • Jones P. Collective Rights, Public Goods, and Participatory Goods. In: Calder, G; Bessone, M; Zuolo, F, ed. How Groups Matter: Challenges of Toleration in Pluralistic Societies. London, UK: Routledge, 2014, pp.52-72.
  • Jones P. Groups and Human Rights. In: Holder, C; Reidy, D, ed. Human Rights: The Hard Questions. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp.100-114.
  • Jones P. Toleration. In: D'Agostino, F., Gaus, G, ed. The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. London, UK: Routledge, 2012, pp.629-639.
  • Ganiel G, Jones P. Religion, Politics and Law. In: Woodhead, L., Catto, R, ed. Religion and Change in Britain. London: Routledge, 2012, pp.299-321.
  • Jones P. Paying for Another's Belief: the Law on Indirect Religious Discrimination. In: Spencer,N, ed. Religion and Law. London, UK: Theos, 2012, pp.43-50.
  • Jones P. The Ethics of International Society. In: Bell D, ed. Ethics and World Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp.111-129.
  • Jones PN. Cultures, group rights, and group-differentiated rights. In: Dimova-Cookson M; Stirk P, ed. Multiculturalism and Moral Conflict. London: Routledge, 2008, pp.38-57.
  • Jones P. Can speech be intolerant?. In: Newey G, ed. Freedom of Expression: Counting the Costs. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007, pp.9-29.
  • Jones P. Bearing the Consequences of Belief. In: Goodin R; Pettit P, ed. Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
  • Jones P. Toleration and Neutrality: Compatible Ideals?. In: Castiglioni D; McKinnon C, ed. Toleration, Democracy and Neutrality. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003, pp.97-110.
  • Jones P. Human Rights and Diverse Cultures: Continuity or Discontinuity?. In: Caney S; Jones P, ed. Human Rights and Global Diversity. London: Frank Cass, 2001, pp.27-50.
  • Jones P. International Justice - Amongst Whom?. In: Coates T, ed. International Justice. Aldershot: Avebury, 2000, pp.111-129.
  • Jones P. Global Distributive Justice. In: Valls A, ed. Ethics and International Affairs. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
  • Jones P. Beliefs and identities. In: Horton J; Mendus S, ed. Toleration, Identity and Difference. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999, pp.65-86.
  • Jones P. International Human Rights: Philosophical or Political?. In: Caney S; George D; Jones P, ed. National Rights, International Obligations. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996, pp.183-204.
  • Jones P. On Dealing Fairly with Cultural Diversity. In: Lovenduski J; Stanyer J, ed. Contemporary Political Studies 1995. York: PSA, 1995, pp.73-79.
  • Jones P. Members of Parliament and Issues of Conscience. In: Jones P; Berrington H, ed. Party, Parliament and Personality: Essays presented to Hugh Berrington. London: Routledge, 1995, pp.141-164.
  • Jones P. The Satanic Verses and the Politics of Identity. In: Fletcher M, ed. Reading Rushdie. Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1994, pp.321-333.
  • Jones P. Respecting Beliefs and Rebuking Rushdie. In: Horton J, ed. Liberalism, Multiculturalism and Toleration. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993, pp.114-138.
  • Jones P. Evaluation. In: Harrop M, ed. Power and Policy in Liberal Democracies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp.241-262.
  • Jones P. Universal Principles and Particular Claims: From Welfare Rights to Welfare States. In: Goodin R; Ware A, ed. Needs and Welfare. London: Sage, 1990, pp.34-53.
  • Jones P. The Ideal of the Neutral State. In: Liberal Neutrality. London: Routledge, 1989, pp.9-38.
  • Jones P. Toleration, Harm, and Moral Effect. In: Horton J; Mendus S, ed. Aspects of Toleration. London: Methuen, 1985, pp.136-157.
  • Jones P. Political Equality and Majority Rule. In: Miller D; Siedentop L, ed. The Nature of Political Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983, pp.155-182.
  • Jones P. Rights, Welfare, and Stigma. In: Timms N, ed. Social Welfare: Why and How?. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980, pp.123-144.

• Edited Book

  • Jones P, ed. Group Rights. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.

• Online Publications

  • Jones P. Charlie Hebdo, Religion & Not Causing Offence. The Critique, 2016. Available at: http://www.thecritique.com/articles/charlie-hebdo-religion-not-causing-offence/.
  • Jones P. Group rights. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008. Available at: http://plato.stanford.edu/.

• Review

  • Jones PN. Re-examining Rights. British Journal of Political Science 1989, 19, 69-96.