Department of National Defence Fellowship, 1979-80
Publications
1. The David Levine
Affair (Halifax: Fernwood Books, 1998, 176 pp.)
2. Editor and translator, with introductory essay, FLN Propaganda
in France During the Algerian War, by Jacques Ellul, (Ottawa: By
Books, 1982, 30pp.)
3. Editor, Propaganda and the Ethics of Rhetoric, Vol 3 of Canadian
Journal of Rhetorical Studies (Ottawa: Centre for Rhetorical Studies,
Carleton University, September, 1993, 186pp.).
4. Editor, Truth and Propaganda, a course-pack of readings for 32/27.290.
(Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1996; Carleton University Bookstore,
1997, 336 pp; 1999, 379 pp.).
5.Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion, Broadview Press, August
2002.
Chapters in edited works:
1. "Cartesian Freedom
and the Problem of the Mesland Letters," in Early Modern Philosophy:
Essays in honour of Robert F. McRae, edited by Georges J.D. Moyal
and Stanley Tweyman; New York: Caravan Books, 1986, pp. 195-215.
2. "Censoring Pornography," in Women and Public Policy. Reprints
selected from Policy Options, and with an introduction by Doris
Anderson, The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1987.
3. "Rawlsian Justice and Community Planning," in Susan Hendler,
Planning Ethics: a Reader in Planning Theory, Practice and Education,
Rutgers University Press, 1995, pp. 141-153.
4. "Where There's Smoke," in Gillian Thomas, Words in Common: Essays
on Language, Culture and Society"; Toronto, Addison Wesley Longman,
pp. 279-283, August 1999 (Reprinted from Canadian Forum article
listed below.)
5. "The Muted Bugle: Self-Censorship and the Press," in Klaus Petersen
and Allan Hutchinson, eds., Interpreting Censorship in Canada, September
1999, University of Toronto Press, pp. 290-317.
Encyclopedia Entries:
1. Actus Reus, entry
in Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, Christopher Gray, ed., Levittown,
Pa.: Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing), December, 1999.
2. "Attempts," entry in Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, Christopher
Gray, ed., Levittown, Pa.: Taylor & Francis (Garland Publishing),
December, 1999.
Articles in refereed journals (in chronological
order, starting from earliest.):
1. Critical notice
of R.A. Samek, The Legal Point of View, in Dalhousie Law Journal,
September 1975, pp. 553-565.
2. "Attempts and the Criminal Law: Three Problems," Ottawa Law Review,
Vol. 8, No.3, Fall, 1976 pp. 518-535.
3. "Radical Criminology and the Law Reform Commission of Canada
ó A Reply to Professor M.R. Goode," Dalhousie Law Journal, Vol.
4, no. 1, October, 1977 (with John Barnes) pp. 151-156.
4. "The Rhetoric of Action Description," Informal Logic, Vol. vi,
No. 3, December, 1984, pp. 26-29.
5. "Jacques Ellulís Lectures on Forecasting and Planning," Futures
Research Quarterly, Winter, 1985, pp. 15-33.
6. "Logic and Rhetoric," International Journal of Moral and Social
Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 15-33.
7. "Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion," International Journal
of Moral and Social Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 37-72.
8. "Rawlsian Justice and Community Planning," International Journal
of Applied Philosophy, Fall, 1989, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 36-43.
9. "Public Relations Ethics: Ivy Lee, Hill and Knowlton, and the
Gulf War," International Journal of Moral and Social Studies, Fall,
1993, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 237-256.
2. "Kenneth Minogue and the Critique of Ideology: The Rhetoric of
Unmasking," in Text and Ideology, eds. A.W. Halsall and R.B. Rutland,
papers/cahiers 1, Ottawa: Centre TADAC, Carleton University, 1988,
pp. 135-144.
3. "A Matter of Credibility," ó the Kuwait incubator babies story
ó Content, (for Canadian journalists), May/June 1991.
4. "A Right to Lie?" in National, Canadian Bar Association, November/December,
1992. Commentary on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in R.v.Zundel,
August 28, 1992.
5. "Ethics and Civil Disobedience," National, Canadian Bar Association,
March, 1993, 32-35.
6. "Law in the Context of Changing Morality," National, Canadian
Bar Association, October, 1993.
8. "Chesterton, Orwell and Propaganda," Gilbert! (The Magazine of
G.K. Chesterton), Vol. 1, No. 5, January, 1998.
9. "Where There's Smoke," Canadian Forum, Vol. LXXVII, No. 869,
May, 1998.
10. "Rhetoric and 'The David Levine Affair'," in The Canadian Journal
of Rhetorical Studies, Vol. 10, September 1999, 113-129.
11. "Irony, Ethical Entitlement and Speaker Credibility," The Canadian
Journal of Rhetorical Studies, Vol. 12, September, 2001, 91-103.
Book reviews in scholarly journals:
1. Gerard McNeil
with Sharon Vance, Cruel and Unusual, in Queenís Quarterly, Spring,
1979, pp. 150-152.
2. Michael King, The Framework of Criminal Justice, in Canadian
Philosophical Reviews, August, 1983, pp. 176-178.
3. Ronald Beiner, Political Judgement, in Queenís Quarterly, Autumn,
1985, pp. 634-636.
4. John Horton and Susan Mendus, eds., Aspects of Toleration, in
Canadian Philosophical Reviews, March, 1987, pp. 105-107.
5. Benjamin Barber, The Conquest of Politics, in Queenís Quarterly,
Autumn, 1989, pp. 763-765.
6. Sara Diamond, Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian
Right, in Queenís Quarterly , Winter, 1992, 212-215.
7, Robert Baird and Stuart Rosenbaum, eds., Pornography: Private
Right or Public Menace?, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, April,
1992, 77-79.
8. Christopher Macann, ed., Heidegger: Critical Assessments , Volume
One, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, August, 1994.
9, 10, 11. Christopher Macann, ed., Heidegger: Critical Assessments,
Volumes Two, Three and Four, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews,
December, 1994.
Other book reviews:
1. Bernard Crick,
George Orwell: A Life, in The Charlatan, November 4, 1982.
2. "The Bordeaux Prophet," reviewing Jacques Ellul, Perspectives
on Our Age, in Canadian Catholic Review, May, 1985, pp. 27-28. (Review
article).
3. Denys Turner, Marxism and Christianity, in Canadian Catholic
Review, September, 1985.
4. Jacques Ellul, Money and Power in Canadian Catholic Review, July/August,
1986.
5. Kenneth Minogue, Alien Powers, in Canadian Catholic Review, July/August,
1986.
6. Jacques Ellul, Living Faith, in Canadian Catholic Review, June,
1987.
7. "The Perplexed Conscience," reviewing Albert Jonsen and Stephen
Toulmin, The Abuse of Casuistry, in Canadian Catholic Review, May,
1989, pp.186-189. (Review article).
8. K.J.M. Smith, James Fitzjames Stephen: Portrait of a Victorian
Rationalist, in The Canadian Catholic Review, January, 1991. 25-26.
9. "A Coherence of Purpose," reviewing Jacques Ellulís The Technological
Bluff," and Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes," in
The Canadian Catholic Review, January, 1993. (Review article).
10. Richard Wolin, (ed.) The Heidegger Controversy: A Critical Reader,
in The Canadian Catholic Review, October, 1993, 29-30.
11. Joanna Hodge, Heidegger and Ethics, in The Canadian Catholic
Review, April, 1996, 25.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Edited and published
The Ottawa Newspaper Review, 1970-73. Seventeen issues in all.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
a) To the Learned Societies, annual meetings:
1. "Attempts and
the Criminal Law: Two Problems," Canadian Philosophical Association,
Laval, June, 1976.
2. "Intention and Blameworthiness," Canadian Philosophical Association,
U.W.O., London, June, 1978.
3. "Revenge, Resentment and Retribution," Canadian Section, International
Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, (hereinafter
cited as IVR following abbreviation of German title of this association),
U. of Ottawa, June, 1982.
4. "Censorship and the Criminal Law," IVR, Guelph, June, 1984.
5. "Fitzjames Stephen on Law and Public Opinion," IVR, Laval, May,
1989.
6. "Wilful Blindness," IVR, Charlottetown, May 28, 1992.
7. "Tobacco Advertising Prohibitions and Free Speech," IVR, Brock,
June 2, 1996.
b) To other academic bodies:
1. "Truth and Propaganda,"
public lecture to University of Ottawa philosophy department, March
18, 1983.
2. "Fitzjames Stephen on Law and Public Opinion," University of
York, England, October, 1987.
3. "Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion," Ockham Society, Oxford
University, March, 1988.
4. "Philosophy, Hucksterism and Double Truth," Philosophy Society,
Carleton University, March 2, 1990.
5. "Philosophy and Propaganda," Carleton University Centre for Rhetorical
Studies, April 20, 1991.
6. "Wilful Blindness in Law and Morality," Philosophy Society, Carleton
University, March 27, 1992.
7. "Action, Intention and Criminal Attempts," Philosophy colloquium,
Trinity College, Dublin, November 4, 1994.
8. "Action, Intention and Criminal Attempts," public lecture, Queenís
University, Belfast, November 10, 1994.
9. "Wilful Blindness," Philosophy colloquium, University College,
Dublin, November 17, 1994.
10. "Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion," Irish Philosophy
Club annual meeting, Ballymascanlon, Co. Louth, Ireland, February
11, 1995.
11. "Self-Censorship in the Media," Ethics and Policy Issues Centre,
Carleton University, October 4, 1997.
12. "Rhetoric and the David Levine Affair," Carleton University
Centre for Rhetorical Studies, April 9, 1999.
13. "Concepts of Friendship," public lecture, Department of Philosophy
"Work in Progress" series, November 25, 1999, Southam Hall.
14. "Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion," keynote address opening
the conference, "Truth and Propaganda," organized by the Centre
of Professional Ethics at Strathmore College, Nairobi, Kenya, September
20-21, 2001. Meetings took place at the Fairview Hotel. Also gave
lectures on "Ethical Issues in Journalism," and "Social Responsibility,"
and organized a workshop for the 40+ participants, many from the
media.
c) Public lectures on and off campus.
1. "Morality and
the Law," Eastview-Russell Kiwanis Club, January 22, 1976.
2. "Pope John Paul II on Love and Responsibility," lecture to Newman
House, March 23, 1979.
3. "Propaganda Through the Ages," lecture to students at Sir Wilfrid
Laurier High School, November 20, 1981.
4. Public Lecture, "Freedom of Conscience and Church Authority,"
sponsored by Newman House, Carleton University Chaplaincy, November
26, 1981.
5. "Propaganda," lecture to New Horizons Group, Jewish Community
Centre, Ottawa, April,1983.
6. "Existentialism and Martin Buber," lecture to New Horizons Group,
Jewish Community Centre, Ottawa, April, 1983.
7. "Propaganda night," invited introductory talk to Carleton Journalism
School Press Club, February 6, 1992.
8. "Propaganda for the Gulf War: The Press and the Incubator Babies
Story," talk to the Iraqi Community Association of Ottawa, Marion
Hall, University of Ottawa, February 22, 1992.
9. "Un coup díoeil Tthique sur la propagande et la publicitT dans
le monde contemporain," exposT presentT au Club Francophone le 2
fTvrier, 1994, au Faculty Club de líUniversitT Carleton.
10. Panelist, "War of Words: A discussion of issues around academic
freedom and poltiical correctness," 20th Floor Dunton Tower, sponsored
by OPIRG, March 1, 1994. Other panelists: Angie Vaz, Thomas Ponniah,
Dr. Connie Kristianson.
11. Leader of negative side in debate, "Resolved: That Travel Narrows
the Mind," Ottawa Chesterton Society, January 7, 1997.
12. "Orwell and Chesterton on Propaganda and the Media," The Ottawa
Chesterton Society, October 15, 1997.
13. "Irony, Ethical Entitlement and Speaker Credibility," Carleton
University Centre for Rhetorical Studies, Colloquium at Carleton
University, April 6, 2001.
Scholarly/Professional Activity
Selected newspaper articles:
1. "Fix the Brakes
on the Legal System," The Ottawa Journal, May 1, 1975.
2. "Let the Law Help Shape Morality," The Ottawa Journal, May 27,1976.
3. "Freedom of the Press Can Have Its Blind Spots." The Citizen,
March 5, 1981.
4. "Letís have a choice in Ontario between secular and religious
education," The Whig-Standard, Kingston, June 4, 1985.
5. "In this corner," The Charlatan, January 30, 1986, article on
separate school funding, debating with Marvin Glass.
6. "Manufacturing Hatred," The Ottawa Citizen, July 10, 1991. (Reprint
of Content article, May/June, 1991.)
7. "A Judicious Use of Words?" The Ottawa Citizen, August 12, 1991,
p. A7, article analysing the rhetoric of Judge Jean-Jude Chabotís
decision in Quebec Superior Court on tobacco advertising prohibitions.
8. "Joe Clarkís Strategy: The Words he Chose to Set the Stage,"
The Ottawa Citizen, September 26, 1991.
9. "You Will Love Competitiveness," a rhetorical study of Trade
Minister Michael Wilsonís "prosperity initiative," The Ottawa Citizen,
November 22, 1991.
10. "The high cost of (art) appreciation," The Globe and Mail, Tuesday,
August 10, 1993.
11. "Canada Post Modernism ó a whimsical look at how the Post Office
is trying to improve our lives." This Week at Carleton, October
21, 1993.
12. "Poison in Academia: Ontarioís proposed antidote looks more
dangerous than the disease," The Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1994.
13. "Newspapersí heritage can easily be lost," The Irish Times,
May 17, 1995.
14. "Industry ads misrepresent anti-tobacco bill," The Gazette,
Montreal, March 3, 1997.
15. "When shouting 'McCarthyism' is McCarthyism," The Ottawa Citizen,
May 25, 1998.
16. "Civil Liberties are a threatened notion in Ontarioís schools,"
The Ottawa Citizen, June 16, 2001.
17. "Police were unnerving but did not overreact near me," an account
of the Qubec Summit FTAA protest, Straight Goods (a web-based journal),www.straightgoods.com,
April 24, 2001.
Radio and Television:
1. "Abortion is
no concern of the law," Skyline and Ottawa Cablevision debate with
Marvin Glass, Julian Wolfe and Dirk deVos, July, 1976.
2. CBC radio, CBO Morning commentary on pornography, June 1, 1984.
3. Interview with Energy 1200 on academic freedom, broadcast February
4 and February 7, 1994.
4. CBC Radio, Ontario Today, commentary on misleading media coverage
of a European study of lung cancer risk from second-hand smoke,
April 8, 1998.
5. CFRA Radio, invited guest on Gerry Cammy's 11a.m.-12 noon openlineprogramme,
July 19, 1998 on the David Levine affair.
6. CFRA Radio, interview with Gerry Cammy, 11 a.m. Sunday, November
1, 1998.
7. CBC Radio, interview with John Lacharity, Part One: 6:45 a.m.,
Monday November 2, 1998; Part Two, 6:45 a.m., Tuesday, November
2, 1998.
8. CJOH Television, interview with Lee Chappel, 11:45 p.m., Monday,
November 2, re-broadcast Tuesday morning following.
9. CITC Radio MontrTal, phone interview 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, November
4, 1998.
10. Radio Canada, interview in French with Daniel Ferland, taped
10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 1998. Time of broadcast not know, but
a friend reported hearing it in Quebec City.
11. Television interview in French, Radio Canada RDI, Thursday,
November 5 (evening).
12. Radio Canada interview in French with Gilles Taillon, recorded
November 6 for Sunday morning broadcast.
13. Radio Canada interview in French with Marie-HTlFne Poirier 12:30
p.m. Saturday November 7.
14. CFCF television interview, Montreal, 10 a.m., November 9 with
Peter Schari.
15. CJAD radio interview, Montreal, Tommy Schurmacher programme,
10:30 a.m., November 9.
16. CKCU interview with Lucy Hanek, broadcast Thursday, November
19, 1998.
17. Independent Satellite Network interview with Mike Murphy regarding
free speech and flag-burning. Broadcast August 6, 1999 on Channel
18 and elsewhere in Ontario.
18. Organized "An evening with Aleksander Topolski," author of Without
Vodka, at the University Club, November 15. Sponsored by the Roman
Catholic Chaplaincy at Carleton.
19. Invited panellist, authorsí meeting (International Writersí
Festival group) to discuss freedom of expression in the case of
the imprisoned Corwall area youth, January 21, 2001, at the Theatre
of the National Arts Centre.
20. Invited panellist, CPAC Roundtable discussion with Martin Stringer
on the detained youth charged with uttering death threats, Janurary
22, 2001.
LECTURES TO NON-ACADEMIC AUDIENCES:
1. Lecture on "Propaganda
and Ethics" for Merrickville study group, Sept. 26, 2000 at 718
St Lawrence, 7 p.m.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
a) Canada Council travel grant to U.K. for study of Sir James Fitzjames
Stephen and the Philosophy of Criminal Law, $1,200, summer, 1974.
Department of National
Defence Fellowship, for study of propaganda and democratic responses
with Jacques Ellul, University of Bordeaux, France, 1979-80(value
$12,000).
b) Grants from Dean of Arts for research
on ethics of persuasion, 1981: $300; 1988, $300; 1989, $500; 1991,
$200; 1995, $200; 1996, $200.
GR 5/6, Graduate
Studies, "Propaganda and Ethics," $13,000, 1987-88 (sabbatical year).
Scholarly Conference, "Propaganda and the Ethics of Rhetoric," Carleton
University, Oct. 16-18, 1992, supported with $5500 grant from SSHRC
and $400 from Deanof Arts.
Grant from Dean of Arts for book on propaganda and the ethics of
persuasion, $1,000, 1994.
Grant from Dean of Arts for research assistance for Encyclopedia
ofthe Philosophy of Law, entries on "Actus Reus" and "Attempts,"
$1,000, 1994.
Grant from SSHRC fund for book contracted with Broadview, Propaganda
and the Ethics of Persuasion, $2,000, 2000.
Grant from Dean of Arts for additional research assistance with
above manuscript, $1,000, 2000.
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Academic Responsibilities
a) Graduate courses taught:
Half-courses on the following:
1. Heidegger
2. Action, intention and responsibility
3. Kant (with John Leyden)
Tutorials on the following:
1. Nietzsche
2. Freedom
3. Raz
4. Obligations to Future Generations
5. Punishment
6. Sartre
7. Heidegger
8. Dworkin
9. Gadamer
10 Socrates' moral rhetoric
11. Myth and Friendship
12. Kierkegaard.
b) Undergraduate courses taught:
Main courses:
Phenomenology and
Existentialism (now listed as Existentialism and Continental Philosophy)
The Logic of Law
Truth and Propaganda
Action, Intention and Responsibility
Society, Value and Technology
Heidegger
In 2000:
Seminar on Concepts
of Friendship (combined with 32.530* graduate course)
Occasional courses:
Nineteenth Century
Philosophy
Descartes-Spinoza-Leibniz
Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia
Language and Communication.
Participated in TSE 59.403*, lecture, "Innovation
in Terms of Values," Dec. 1, 1986.
Participated in 88.495*, lectures on "Ethics," Mar. 19, 1986, Jan.
26, 1987, and Feb 15, 1989.
(At University of Toront) 1964-66: Social and Political Philosophy;
Greek Philosophy; Introductory Logic)
c) Supervision:
Paul Sabourin, M.A.,
1979, research essay, "Obligations to Future Generations."
Janice Tait, M.A.Canadian Studies 1983, research essay, "Ethical
Issues in Reproductive Technology: A Feminist Perspective."
Kerry OíBrien, M.A.1985, research essay on Nietzsche.
Mike Thomas, M.A. 1990, research essay on Punishment.
John Pierlot, M.A., 1991, thesis on Towards a Critical Understanding
of the Foundations of Heideggerís Concept of Freedom in Being and
Time.
Martha Sully, M.A., September, 1992, thesis Strangers in a Strange
Place: Towards a Phenomenology of Mental Illness.
Brian Stephens, M.A. 1993, thesis: Marcel and Heidegger: From ëExistential
Solipsismí to the Recovery of Personal Being.
Jody Barron, M.A. 1997, thesis: Getting a Life: Heidegger and Marcel
on Relating to Others.
Susan Bejatovic, M.A. 1998, research essay, "Mathematical Enframing
in Modern Building Technique: The Problem of Creative Being," October,
1998.
Internal examiner for John Duncan, M.A., 1991, thesis: Sartre, Heidegger
and Foucault on Freedom.
Internal examiner for Sean Saraq, M.A., 1993, Deleuze and Environmental
Ethics.
Internal examiner for Stephanie Jan Macauley, M.A., 1996, Understanding
Ricoeur on Metaphor.
Internal examiner for Graeme Stout, M.A., 1996, Ideology and Utopia:
A Critical Evaluation of the Interplay Between Ideological Discourse
and Utopian Content in the Philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno.
Chaired M.A. thesis examinations for Marc Saner and Dugald Topshee,
spring, 1999.
Supervised Journalism M.A. student, Ron Rempel in 1988, Journalism
28.588, Directed Reading.
Supervised Journalism Honours thesis by Dora Mahler, 1991-92, on
"Government Propaganda and the GST Campaign."
Supervised B.A. Honours Law thesis by Paul Hosak, submitted Spring,
1993.
d) Outside examiner for other departments
at Carleton:
Christine Fisher,
Positivism and George Eliot, September 18, 1977, M.A., Department
of English.
Marilyn Pilkington, Existentialism in the Novels of Graham Greene,
January 12, 1989, M.A. Department of English.
Nancy Payne, M.A. thesis on Ethics Courses for Journalism Students,
School of Journalism, May 22, 1992.
John Tweedy, M.A. Beyond ëJuridificationí: Reflections on the Future
of the Welfare State and Social Rights, Department of Law, January
4, 1994.
Beverley McRae, M.J. Talk Radio: Face-to-Face Democracy in the ë90ís,
School of Journalism, June 12, 1997.
Angela Bourque, M.A., Astrology: As Assessment of Its Validity,
Appeal and Potential Harmfulness, Department of Religion, July 28,
1997.
Samantha Kwan. M.A., Natural Law, Natural Rights, Moral Objectivity:
A Response to Relativistic Interpretations of Justice, Department
of Law, January 8, 1998.
Administrative Responsibilities
a) Department:
Prior to 1979: Library
Committee, Public Lectures Committee, High School Liaison Committee,
CPA Liaison. Philosophy Department brochure.
1979 onwards:
Co-chairman, Public
Lectures Committee.
In 1981, Curriculum Committee; Promotions Committee; Arts Faculty
Rep.
In 1983, draft of History of Philosophy Department, for the 40th
Anniversary
Subsequently:
Representative to
Arts Faculty. (Since 1990 - alternate only).
1990-91 organized, with Jay Drydyk, Applied Ethics conference at
Carleton.
On hiring committee for new appointment, 1990-91.
On CDI Committee 1991.
Member, appointments committee, December-January, 1997-8
Organizer, philosophy program for University Day at Carleton, Oct.
10, 1997
Past B.A. supervisor.
Currently:
a) Department:
Graduate Supervisor
Representative to B.A. Council (pro tem)
b) Faculty:
Representative to
Science Faculty, early 1970s.
Hospitality Day organizer for Arts Faculty, 1978.
Organizer, "Propaganda and the Ethics of Rhetoric" conference for
Oct. 16-18, 1992, for the Centre for Rhetorical Studies.
c) University:
Staff Welfare Advisory
Committee, 1973-74
Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, 1976
Instructional Media Services Committee, early 1980s to 1987
Member of B.A. Council (pro tem) involving weekly meetings, 1997-1999
(Dec. 31)
Senate: elected member, July 1998-December 31, 1999
Board of Governors: elected member, July, 1998-2001
Board of Governors: Audit Committee, July 1998-2001
Board of Governors: Finance Committee, July 1998-2001
Others
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Propaganda and persuasion
Ethics of communication
Censorship and Freedom of expression
Philosophy of criminal law
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen
Ivy Lee
SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION:
Manuscript appraisal,
Richmond Campbell, Self-Love and Self-Respect, Canadian Library
of Philosophy, Ottawa, 1979.
Two SSHRC proposals refereed around 1980.
Manuscript appraisals for Ottawa Law Review, August 17 and September
26, 1977.
Manuscript appraisal for 1986 Canadian Philosophical Association,
Ethics, Political and Legal Philosophy section.
Manuscript appraisal for Canadian Journal of Communication, July
16, 1991.
Manuscript appraisal for Canadian Journal of Development Studies,
August 29, 1991.
Manuscript appraisal for Carleton Student Journal of Philosophy,
September 29, 1992.
Manuscript apraisal for Informal Logic, November 24, 1992.
Manuscript appraisal for Carrefour, University of Ottawa, February
4, 1993.
Contact person for Learned Societies Conference, June, 1993, for
the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
Canada.
Manuscript appraisal for Prentice-Hall Canada, Legal Theories, November
2, 1995.
CONSULTANCIES AND CONTRACT RESEARCH:
Consultant to Law
Reform Commission of Canada. Pilot project to involve citizens in
law reform. Completed May, 1974.
Consultant to Health and Welfare Canada. Produced report, "Freedom
of Expression and Bill C-51 [tobacco advertising prohibitions],
and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms," March 31, 1989.
From 1989-93, consultant to CSIS, giving lecture on ethics to each
new group of trainees.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Glebe Community
Association, President, 1972; Executive member, 1971-79 (Traffic
Chairman, Lansdowne Park Committee.)
Civil Liberties Association, National Capital Region, Executive
member since 1992
Vice-President, 1996-1998; President since June 1999.
Organized public meeting, "The Internet: Privacy, Civil Liberties
and the Future of Democracy," (Panellists: Arthur Cordell, Diane
Dubrule, Ian Kerr, Michael MacNeil, Vincent Mosco) November 22,
2000 in Faculty Lounge, Dunton Tower. Co-sponsored by EPIC (Ethics
and Policy Issues Centre).
