Serena Olsaretti
Serena Olsaretti studied at Oxford, where she completed her D.Phil. in political philosophy, titled Liberty, Desert and the Market in 1999. She was a Research Fellow at Emmanuel College before joining the Faculty in October 2001 and becoming a Fellow of St. John's College. Her research interests include theories of distributive justice and of equality, theories of family justice, theories of well-being, and the ethics of markets.
Publications
- S. Olsaretti (ed.), Preferences and Well-Being (Supplement to Philosophy, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement: 59, 2006)
- S. Olsaretti, Liberty, Desert and the Market (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
- S. Olsaretti (ed.), Desert and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2003)
- “Choice, Circumstance and the Cost of Children”, in I. Carter, Matthew Kramer, Steve de Wijze (eds.), Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice (Routledge, forthcoming)
- “Debate: The Concept of Voluntariness—A Reply”, Journal of Political Philosophy 16, 1 (2008), pp. 112-121
- “The Limits of Hedonism”, Philosophical Studies, 136 (2007), pp. 409-415
- “Desert, Justice and Luck”, in John Dryzek, Bonnie, Honig, and Anne Phillips (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, Oxford University Press, 2006
- “Endorsement and Freedom in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach”, Economics and Philosophy, 21, 1 (2005), pp. 89-108
- “Liberal egalitarianism and Workfare” (co-authored with P. Bou-Habib), Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21, 3 (2004), pp. 257-271
- "Unmasking Equality? Kagan on Equality and Desert", Utilitas 14 (2002), pp. 387-400
Contact Details
Email: mso24@cam.ac.uk
St. John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, UK