Manuel Toscano

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Manuel Toscano

Associate Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Málaga since 2000. Over the years, he has taught undergraduate courses on social philosophy, philosophy of action, human rights, ethics, and postgraduate courses on human rights, political and social philosophy. His research interest or research lines focus on theories of rights, human rights and human dignity; language rights and linguistic justice; contemporary liberalism, toleration and pluralism; normative ethics and reasons for action.

With José María Rosales, he has edited ‘Rhetoric, Ethics and Democracy’, Res Publica: Revista de Filosofía Política, issue 27 (2012), and 'Ética y ciudadanía democrática. Estudios en homenaje a José Rubio Carracedo', Contrastes, Suplemento 16 (2011); with Jan Harald Alnes, Varieties of Liberalism: Contemporary Challenges (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014).

Some of his recent publications: 'What Kind of Values Do Languages Have?', Redescriptions: Yearbook of Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory, Vol. 15 (2011), 171-84; 'Human Dignity As High Moral Status', Les ateliers de l'éthique / The Ethics Forum, 6:2 (2011), 4-25; 'Language Rights as Collective Rights. Some Conceptual Considerations on Language Rights', Res Publica, Issue 27 (2012), 109-18; 'Ethics for Adversaries, Parliament and Deliberation. Some Preliminary Arguments', in Kari Palonen, José María Rosales & Tapani Turkka, eds., The Politics of Dissensus: Parliament in Debate (Cantabria University Press & McGraw Hill), 399-419; ''Shall Not Be Denied the Right to Use Their Own Language': A Hohfeldian Analysis of Language Rights', in Jan Harald Alnes & Manuel Toscano, eds., Varieties of Liberalism: Contemporary Challenges, 2014, 223-41.

E-mail: mtoscano (at) uma.es

Web: http://uma.academia.edu/ManuelToscano