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ZHU Jiafeng

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Email: zhujf27@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas

Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics

Education

2009.12-2014.01 University of Hong Kong; PhD in Political Philosophy

2006.09 - 2009.06 Fudan Univeristy; Master in Political Theory

2002.09 - 2006.06 Fudan University; B.A. in Social Work

Employment

  • 2019.02 – Current Associate Professor, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2014.06 - 2019.01 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Politics, East China Normal University

Courses

History of Western Political Thought (undergraduate); Selected Readings in Philosophy and Public Affairs (undergraduate); 

Basic Concepts in Political Theory (postgraduate)

Selected Publications

  • “Content-Independence and Natural-Duty Theories of Political Obligation,” Philosophy & Social Criticism, 2018, 44(1): 61-80.
  • “Farewell to Political Obligation: In Defense of a Permissive Conception of Legitimacy,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2017, 98(3): 449-469.
  • “Fairness, Political Obligation, and the Justificatory Gap,” Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2015, 12 (3): 290-312.
  • “Legitimacy as a Mere Moral Power? A Response to Applbaum,” Diametros, 2012, 33: 120-137.