Dr John Hadley
Lecturer
BA Hons (Class 1) PhD
John Hadley
Bio
Through a series of concise and provocative articles in international journals, John Hadley has established an emerging reputation as an original thinker and expert in the burgeoning field of animal ethics. His 2005 paper, “Nonhuman Animal Property: Reconciling Environmentalism and Animal Rights” is due to appear in a major new ethics anthology alongside works from leading philosophers such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Dale Jamieson, Joel Feinberg, Robert E. Goodin and R.G. Frey.
During his PhD candidature at the University of Sydney, John was awarded the Lucy Firth Prize for excellence in post-graduate research and was a lecturer and tutor in the Department of Philosophy. He lectured and coordinated subjects across all areas of applied ethics and moral philosophy including bioethics, environmentalism, euthanasia, pornography, abortion, moral psychology, theories of moral truth, and the meaning of moral terms. In his capacity as a guest lecturer for USYD Laboratory Animal Services, John has introduced hundreds of researchers to the ethical issues associated with using animals for scientific purposes.
John is presently Lecturer in Communication Ethics in the School of Communication and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). He encourages communications students and practitioners to measure their success in life and their chosen vocations in terms of their contribution to making the world a better place.
Links of interest:
Teaching
COM319 Media Ethics and Public Policy, JRN504 Journalism, Law and Ethics, PHL209 Theories of Justice and ADV102 Advertising Ethics
Research
Since moving to Bathurst in early 2007, John has expanded his research profile to include communication ethics. His recent research focuses on the contemporary relevance and application of John Stuart Mill’s free-speech theory. Is there room in the contemporary commercialized mass media for serious discussion of nonmainstream or dissident views? In Millian spirit, John argues we can make media codes and workplace norms more sensitive to the utility-promoting potential of extreme views by drawing an ethical distinction between different kinds of commercial speech.
The two-way symmetrical or ‘dialogic’ model of public relations is the focus of John’s present research project which will deliver a viable ethical model for PR practitioners working in biomedical research.
Other recent research projects include:
• the ethics of veterinary expenditure
• the application of just-war theory to animal rights extremism
Recent publications and Conference papers
With Siobhan O’ Sullivan, “Utilitarianism for the Dog that has Everything”, What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Dog, Steven Hales, ed. Open Court Publishing, 2008
Review of Tzcahi Zamir, “Ethics and the Beast”, Philosophical Books, forthcoming.
"Critique of Callicott’s Biosocial Moral Theory," Ethics and the Environment, Vol. 12, No. 1. 2007. pp. 67-78.
Review of Julian H. Franklin, "Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy", Philosophical Books, Vol. 48, No. 2. 2007. pp. 187-189.
"The Duty to Aid Nonhuman Animals in Dire Need," Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 23, No. 4. 2006. pp. 445-451.
"Nonhuman Animal Property: Reconciling Environmentalism and Animal Rights," Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2005. pp. 305-315
Reprinted in Animal Rights, Clare Palmer ed. Ashgate, 2008
"Excluding Destruction: Towards An Environmentally Sustainable Libertarian Property Rights Regime" Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol.12, No.2, 2005.pp. 22-29.
"Using and Abusing Others: A Reply to Machan," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol.38, No. 3, 2004.pp. 411-414.
