DAVID MAPEL (M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1978, M.A. and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1983).    Research and teaching interests: political theory and international relations. Specializations:  contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy; theories of social justice; political obligation and authority; international ethics; Hobbes. His publications include: Social Justice Reconsidered (Illinois, 1989), "Contingency and the Idea of Civil Association," Political Theory, 1990; "Voluntarism and Democratic Theory", Polity, 1990; "Practical Judgment and the Plurality of Value in International Relations," The Journal of Politics, 1990; "Contractarianism in International Ethics" and "Convergence and Divergence," both in Traditions of International Ethics, co-edited with Terry Nardin (Cambridge University Press, 1991), "Realism and the Ethics of War and Peace," in The Ethics of War and Peace: Diverse Religions and Secular Perspectives, edited by Terry Nardin (Princeton University Press, 1996); "Justice, Diversity and Law" in The Constitution of International Society, co-edited with Terry Nardin.

COURSES:
PSCI 2004: Survey of Western Political Thought.
PSCI 4774: Liberal Democracy and the First Amendment
PSCI 7024: Seminar: Selected Political Theories.

Mapel, David R. 2005. “Fairness, Political Obligation and Benefits Across Borders.” Polity 37(4):425-42.

Mapel, David R. 2004. “Innocent Attackers: A Comment on David Rodin’s War and Self-Defense.” Ethics and International Affairs 18(1): 81-6.

Honig, Bonnie, and David R. Mapel, editors. 2002. Skepticism, Individuality and Freedom: The Reluctant Liberalism of Richard Flathman. University of Minnesota Press.