"In research, the horizon recedes as we advance...as the power of endurance weakens with age, the urgency of the pursuit grows more intense...and research is always incomplete."
         -- Mark Pattison (1813-1884)

a. Books

1. Anti-foundationalism, Faith, and Community, forthcoming 2001. (with Hendrik Hart)
2. Idealism and Rights: The Social Ontology of Human Rights in the Political Thought of Bernard Bosanquet, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997.
1. Some reviews.

1. Collected Works of Jacques Maritain, Volume VI. [Preface to Moral Philosophy, Preface to Metaphysics, Lectures on Natural Law], ed. with an Introduction by William Sweet, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, in preparation.
2. Bernard Bosanquet: Selected Essays, 3 vols. [Vol. I and Vol. II], ed. with introductions by William Sweet, Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press, forthcoming 2001.
3. Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice, by Jacques Maritain, ed. with translations and introductions by William Sweet,  South Bend, IN: St Augustine's Press, 2001 (distributed by University of Chicago Press).
4. The Philosophical Theory of the State and Related Essays by Bernard Bosanquet, ed. with introductions and annotations by William Sweet and Gerald F. Gaus, South Bend, IN: 1999 (distributed by University of Chicago Press).
5. The Collected Works of Bernard Bosanquet, 20 volumes, ed. with introductions by William Sweet, Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press, 1999.
1. Some reviews: European Legacy; History of Political Thought

b. 2 Edited Collections

1. The Nature of Metaphysics, ed. with an Introduction by William Sweet and James Thomas, in preparation.
2. Liberalism and Human Rights: Classical and Contemporary Texts, ed. with critical introductions by William Sweet, in preparation.
3. Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, edited by William Sweet, forthcoming 2001.
4. Idealism, Metaphysics, and Community, ed. with an Introduction by William Sweet,  Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing  Ltd. 2001.
5. The Bases of Ethics, ed. with an Introduction by William Sweet. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2000.
6. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XVI (2000), edited by William Sweet.
7. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XV (1999), edited by William Sweet.
8. God and Argument / Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique, ed. with an Introduction by William Sweet, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1999.
9. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XIV (1998), edited by William Sweet.
10. The Changing Faces of Femininity: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives, edited with an Introduction by William Sweet and Thomas Manninezhath. (thematic number of the Journal of Dharma, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, 1998).
11. Religion, Modernity and Post-Modernity, edited with an Introduction by William Sweet. (thematic number of the Journal of Dharma, Vol. XXII, No. 3, 1997).
12. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XIII (1997), edited by William Sweet.
13. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XII (1996), edited by William Sweet.
14. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. XI (1995), edited by William Sweet.
15. Etudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies, Vol. X (1994), edited by William Sweet and Leon Charette.
16. La philosophie de la religion a la fin du vingtieme siecle, sous la direction de William Sweet. Ottawa, ON: Editions Legas, 1993. (Carrefour: revue de reflexion interdisciplinaire, Vol. 15, No. 1)

1. "Solidarity and Human Rights," in Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (ed. William Sweet), forthcoming, 2001.
2. "Value Inquiry, Cultural Diversity, and Ecumenism," in The Future of Value Inquiry, (ed. Matti Häyry and Tuija Takala), Nordic Value Studies, Amsterdam: Rodopi Publishers, 2001, pp. 177-188 (In Press).
3. "Religious Belief and Community," in Idealism, Metaphysics, and Community, (ed. William Sweet), Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming 2001.
4. "Bernard Bosanquet," in Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Philosophers 1500-1899, ed. Peter Fosl and Phillip Dematteis, Detroit, MI: Gale Publishing, forthcoming 2001.
5. 2000g "Globalization, Philosophy and the Model of Ecumenism," in South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture, Vol.  4 (2000); Reprinted in Philosophical Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization, (ed. Oliva Blanchette, Tomonobu Imamichi, George F. McLean), Washington, DC: Council for Research and Values in Philosophy, 2001.
6. 2000f "Christianity, Western Philosophy, and the Environment," in Eco-Dymanics of Religions: Thoughts for the Third Millennium, (ed.  Augustine Thottakara), Bangalore: Dharmaram Publishers, 2000.
7. 2000e "The Foundations of Ethics and Moral Practices," in The Bases of Ethics, Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2000.
8. 2000d "Bases and Foundations in Ethics and Ethical Theory," in The Bases of Ethics, Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2000.
9. 2000c "Bosanquet and Bradley: some recent discussions," in Bradley Studies, Vol.  6 (2000): 63-91.
10. 2000b "Bernard Bosanquet and the Nature of Religious Belief," in Anglo-American Idealism: 1865-1927, (ed. W.J. Mander), Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers, 2000, pp. 123-139.
11. 2000a "Bosanquet, Culture and the Influence of Idealist Logic," Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy (Boston, U.S.A.); reprinted in Volume 7, Modern Philosophy, (ed. Mark Gedney), Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2000.
12. 1999h "Social Policy and Bosanquet's Moral Philosophy," in Collingwood Studies, VI (1999): 127-146.
13. 1999g "Some Problems in Alan Gewirth's ‘Foundationalist' Account of Human Rights," in Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XXV, Nos. 1 and 2 (1999): 41-52.
14. 1999f "Paley, Whately, and 'Enlightenment Evidentialism'," in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 45, No. 3 (1999): 143-166.
15. 1999e "Evidentialism at its Origin and Anglo-American Philosophy of Religion," in God and Argument / Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique, (ed. William Sweet), Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press, 1999, pp. 189-213.
16. 1999d "God as Object of Philosophical Argument" in God and Argument / Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique, (ed. William Sweet), Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press, 1999, pp. 1-14.
17. 1999c "Bosanquet and British Political Thought," in Laval théologique et philosophique, Vol. 55 (1999): 99-114.
18. 1999b "The Role of Logic in Bosanquet's Contributions to the Study of Culture," in A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr Moravaneni Veeraiah, (ed. K.M. Chetty), Tirupati (India): Sri Venkateswara University, forthcoming 1999.
19. 1999a "Human Freedom and Natural Law," in Freedom in Contemporary Culture, (ed. Zofia Zdybycka), 2 volumes, Lublin: Catholic University of Lublin Press, 1999, Volume 2, pp. 301-319.
20. 1998g "The Changing Faces of Femininity: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives." Introduction to The Changing Faces of Femininity, Bangalore: Centre for World Religions, 1998. [thematic issue of the Journal of Dharma, Vol. XXIII, No. 4 (1998)]: 422-429.
21. 1998f "Religious Pluralism and Justice in the Indian Context: A Christian Perspective," in South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture, Vol.  3 (1998-9): 15-41. [with Thomas Tharakunnel]
22. 1998e "Discourse and the Possibility of Religious Truth," in Sophia, Vol. XXXVII (1998): 72-102.
23. 1998d "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity," in International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 12, No. 1 (1998): 117-132.
24. 1998c "Persons, Precepts and the Universality of Natural Law," in Études maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. XIV (1998): 141-165.
25. 1998b "Herbert Spencer's Liberalism and the Defence of Natural Rights," in Memory, History and Critique. European Identity at the Millennium. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas at the University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 19-24 1996, [CD-ROM] (eds. Frank Brinkhuis & Sascha Talmor) Utrecht: ISSEI/University for Humanist Studies, 1998.
26. 1998a "Religious Belief and the Influence of Technology," in Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. XVII (1998): 249-267.
27. 1997e "'Absolute Idealism' and Finite Individuality," in Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (October 1997): 431-462.
28. 1997d "Bosanquet et les droits de la personne," in Cahiers de l'équipe de recherche en éthique sociale, no. 9701, Montréal: Équipe de recherche en éthique sociale, 1997.
29. 1997c "Discourse and the Nature of Religious Truth," in The Nature of Truth (If Any),(ed. Jaroslav Peregrin), Prague: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 1997: 237-255.
30. 1997b "Modernity, Postmodernity and Religion," in Religion, Modernity and Post-Modernity, edited with an Introduction by William Sweet. (thematic number of the Journal of Dharma, Vol. XXII, No. 3, fall 1997): 199-207.
31. 1997a "Echoes: `Second Solitude'," in Voices and Echoes: Spirituality and Canadian Women, eds. Jo-Anne Elder and C. O'Connell, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997: 204-206.
32. 1996d "Human Rights as a Foundation of Solidarity: The contribution of Jacques Maritain," in Documents de Travail, no. 29, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique): Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale, 1996.
33. 1996c "F.H. Bradley and Bernard Bosanquet," in Philosophy after F.H. Bradley, (ed. James Bradley), Bristol, U.K.: Thoemmes Press, 1996, pp. 31-56.
34. 1996b "Is Later British Idealist Political Theory Fundamentally Conservative?," in The European Legacy, Vol. I, No. 1 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996): 403-408.
35. 1996a "Maritain's Criticisms of Natural Law Theories," in Études maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. XII (1996): 33-49.
36. 1995e "Law and Liberty in J.S. Mill and Bernard Bosanquet," in The Social Power of Ideas, (ed. C. Peden and Y. Hudson), Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995, pp. 361-385
37. 1995d "Was Bosanquet a Hegelian?," in Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, Vol. 31 (1995): 39-60.
38. 1995c "Can there be Moral Knowledge?" in Études maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. XI (1995): 159-190.
39. 1995b "Idealism and British Liberalism," in CPSA Annual Meeting 1995 / ACSP Congres annuel 1995, Ottawa, ON: Canadian Political Science Association, 1995. On microfiche:
40. 1995a "Liberalism, Bosanquet and the Theory of the State," in Liberalism, Oppression and Empowerment, (ed. C. Peden and Y. Hudson), Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995, pp. 3-34.
41. 1994e "Recent Currents in the Philosophy of Religion and the Analysis of Religious Belief," in The Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 (Autumn 1994): 48-67.
42. 1994d "Faith, Belief and Religious Truth: A Rejoinder to Hart," in Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 8, No. 3 (1994): 257-266.
43. 1994c "Postmodernistyczna epistemologia i racjonalosc przekonan religijnych" (Post-Modern Epistemology and Rationality of Religious Belief), in Roczniki Filozoficzne (Annals of Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin), Vol. 42 (1994): 69-89.
44. 1994b "Anti-foundationalism, Hendrik Hart and the Nature and Function of Religious Belief," in Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1994): 167-191.
45. 1994a "Jacques Maritain and the Nature of Religious Belief," in Etudes maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. X (1994): 142-155.
46. 1993h "Epistemologie moderne, demonstration philosophique et croyance religieuse," in Carrefour, vol. 15, no. 1 (1993): 55-85.
47. 1993g "Penser la philosophie de la religion," in Carrefour, vol. 15, no. 1 (1993): 3-12.
48. 1993f "Individual Rights, Communitarianism, and British Idealism," in The Bill of Rights: Bicentennial Reflections, (ed. Y. Hudson and C. Peden), Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1993, pp. 261-277.
49. 1993e "Technology and Change in Religious Belief," in Journal of Dharma, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (1993): 124-138.
50. 1993d "Maritain, Post-Modern Epistemologies and the Rationality of Religious Belief," in Etudes maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. IX (1993): 59-82.
51. 1993c "Fidelite et autorite de l'Eglise selon Lumen Gentium," in Revue de l'Universite Sainte-Anne, (1993): 73-87.
52. 1993b "The Legitimacy of Law: From Contract to Community," in Indian Socio-Legal Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 2 (1993): 69-84.
53. 1993a "Autonomy, Authority and the Law in 19th Century Political Thought," in CPSA Annual Meeting 1993 / ACSP Congres annuel 1993, Ottawa, ON: Canadian Political Science Association, 1993. On microfiche:
54. "Empiricism, Fideism and the Nature of Religious Belief," in Sophia, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, (1992): 1-15. [with Colin O'Connell]
55. "Hermeneutics: The Bible and the Concept of Legacy," in The Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (1992): 48-59. [with Colin O'Connell].
56. "Time, Creation and Human Freedom: A Problem in Interpretation," in The Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (1992): 1-11. [with Colin O'Connell]
57. "Bernard Bosanquet and the Development of Rousseau's Idea of the General Will," in Man and Nature / L'homme et la nature, Vol. X (1991): 179-197.
58. "Hobbes, Jaume et les droits inalienables," in Carrefour, Vol. 13, no. 2 (1991): 121-135.
59. "Les `droits naturels' et les `titres' selon Robert Nozick," in Lekton, Vol. I, no. 2 (1991): 81-98.
60. "Bernard Bosanquet on Society and the State" in CPSA Annual Meeting 1991 / ACSP Congres annuel 1991, Ottawa, ON: Canadian Political Science Association, 1991. On microfiche: Fiche 46/66: 22 pp.
61. "L'individu et les droits de la personne selon Maritain et Bosanquet," in Etudes maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, Vol. VI (1990): 141-166.
62. "Rationality and the Humanities and Social Sciences," (1979) in Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 3 (1994): 257-270.
63. "Positivism, Natural Law Theory and the `Internal Morality of Law'," (1977) in Kinesis, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1993): 15-27.
64. "Some Critical Comments on Langer's Philosophy of Art," in The Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy (Oberlin College), Vol. VII, No. 1 (1975): 19-24.
65. "Parts X and XI of Hume's Dialogues," in The Carleton University Student Journal of Philosophy, Vol. I, No. 3 (1975): 27-42.
66. "The Metaphysics of Thinking According to Heidegger," in The Carleton University Student Journal of Philosophy, Vol. I, No. 2 (1974): 22-32.

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), ed. D. Al Gobaisi, UNESCO, forthcoming

1. "Human Rights"

1. "Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Religion," pp. 1809-1811

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (ed. E.N. Zalta), Stanford University, CSLI, 1997-8.

1. "Bernard Bosanquet"
2. "British Idealism"
3. "Jacques Maritain"

1. "Jeremy Bentham"
2. "Edward Caird"
3. "Herbert Spencer"

1. "Edward Caird (1835-1908)"
2. "David George Ritchie (1853-1903)"
3. "Richard Whately (1787-1863)"

1. "British Idealism"
2. "Jacques Maritain"
3. "Robert Nozick"
4. "Herbert Spencer"

1. "Ernst Bloch" Vol. 1, pp. 120-121.
2. "Martin Buber" Vol. 1, pp. 146-147.
3. "Ernst Cassirer" Vol. 1, p. 162.
4. "The Marburg School (Die Marburger Schule)" Vol. 2, pp. 633-634
5. "Karl Popper" Vol. 2, pp. 778-779.
6. "Carl Schmitt" Vol. 2, pp. 890-891.
7. "The Vienna Circle (Der Wiener Kreis)" Vol. 2, pp. 1031-1032.
8. "Ludwig Wittgenstein" Vol. 2, pp. 1076-1077.

1. Review of Peter van Inwagen, God, Knowledge and Mystery, in Philosophia (Israel), (forthcoming).
2. Review of Yael Tamir, Liberal Nationalism, in Philosophia (Israel), (forthcoming).
3. Review of Paul Coates and Daniel D. Hutto, (ed.), Current Issues in Idealism, in Philosophy in Review / Comptes rendus en philosophie, Vol. XVIII, No. 6  (December 1998): 396-399.
4. Review of David Boucher (ed.), The British Idealists, in Philosophy in Review / Comptes rendus en philosophie, Vol. XVIII, No. 6 (December 1998): 396-399.
5. Review of Norman Malcolm, Wittgenstein: A Religious Point of View?, in The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. LXXI, No. 1 (1997): 126-130.
6. Review of John Horton and Susan Mendus (eds.), After MacIntyre: Critical Perspectives on the Work of Alasdair MacIntyre, in The European Legacy, Vol. 2, No. 7, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, (1997): 1245-1246.
7. Review of Thomas Dean (ed.), Religious Pluralism and Truth: Essays on Cross-cultural Philosophy of Religion, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews / Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1996): 249-250.
8. Review of David Boucher and Andrew Vincent, A Radical Hegelian: The Political and Social Philosophy of Henry Jones, in Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, No. 32 (1995): 83-89.
9. Review of Paul Gottfried, Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory, in Dialogue (Canada), Vol. XXXIII, No. 4 (1994): 770-771.
10. Review of Kelly J. Clark (ed.), Our Knowledge of God: Essays on Natural and Philosophical Theology, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews / Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1995): 19-21.
11. Review of Robert A.H. Larmer, Water into Wine?: An Investigation of the Concept of Miracle, in Religious Studies and Theology, Vols. 13-14, No. 1 (1995):
12. Review of Kai Nielsen, After the Demise of the Tradition: Rorty, Critical Theory, and the Fate of Philosophy, in Philosophia (Israel), Vol. 23 (1994): 401-405.
13. Review of Yusuf K. Umar, George Grant and the Future of Canada, in The Canadian Catholic Review, Vol. XII, No. 9 (1994): 27.
14. Review of Richard Tuck, Hobbes, in The Heythrop Journal, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (1993): 107-109.
15. Critical Review of Peter P. Nicholson, The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists: Selected Studies, in Laval theologique et philosophique, 48, No. 3 (1992): 477-480.
16. Review of Kai Nielsen and Hendrik Hart, Search for Community in a Withering Tradition: Conversations between a Marxian Atheist and a Calvinian Christian, in Eglise et theologie, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1992): 293-295.
17. Review of Steven M. DeLue, Political Obligation in a Liberal State, in The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. LXVI, No. 1 (1992): 102-105.
18. Review of K.J. Clark, Return to Reason: A Critique of Enlightenment Evidentialism and a Defense of Reason and Belief in God, in Religious Studies and Theology, Vol. 11, Nos. 2 & 3 (1991): 96-97.
19. Review of J.R. Lucas, The Future: An Essay on God, Temporality and Truth, in Religious Studies and Theology, Vol. 11, Nos. 2 & 3 (1991): 83-84.
20. Review of Tibor Machan, Individuals and their Rights, in The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. LXV, No. 2 (1991): 248-251.
21. Compte rendu de Jean-Luc Chabot, La doctrine sociale de l'Eglise, in Eglise et theologie, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1991): 260-263.
22. Critical Review of Kai Nielsen, God, Scepticism and Modernity, in Eglise et theologie, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1991): 113-117.
23. Compte rendu de Lucien Jaume, Hobbes et l'Etat representatif moderne, in Philosopher: revue de l'enseignement de la philosophie au Quebec, no. 10 (1990-1991): 227-232.
24. Critical Review of Guy Lafrance (ed.), Ethique et droits fondamentaux / Ethics and Basic Rights, in Laval theologique et philosophique, 46, No. 3 (1990): 403-406.
25. Resume de "Patrick Imbert: `L'Americanite: profils et perspectives'," in Carrefour: revue de reflexion interdisciplinaire, Vol. XII, No. 1 (1990), pp. 171 - 174. (with L. Charette)
26. Critical Review of A.I. Melden, Rights and Persons, in Auslegung, Vol. XI, No. 2 (1985): 537-545.

• "Individual and Collective Rights," Radio Commentary: Open House, CBC National Radio (AM and FM), Sunday, October 4, 1987.

• "Free speech remains fundamental freedom," Op-Ed Page feature in The Halifax Chronicle-Herald and in The Halifax Mail-Star (Halifax daily newspapers), Monday, March 14, 1994.
• "A plea for reason in time of war," Op-Ed Page feature in The Halifax Chronicle-Herald and in The Halifax Mail-Star (Halifax daily newspapers), Friday, February 1, 1991
• "Not easy: East Germans face tough adjustment" Op-Ed Page feature in The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa daily newspaper), Monday, October 1, 1990
• "Personliche Eindrucke 1989-1990" and "Arbeitsgruppe: Berliner Alltagsleben in acht Jahrhunderten," in Kurs-Zeitung (Berliner Ausgabe), July 1990, pp. 4 - 6.
• Review of Thomas Merton: Monk and Poet, by George Woodcock, in The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, September 8, 1979.
• Review of Can-American Union Now!, by D.K. Donnelly, in The Ottawa Citizen, Friday, November 24, 1978, p. 21.

• Steffen Mensching, "Unter den Linden", in The Antigonish Review, 84 (1991): 142-143 (from German).

• Editor, Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions, 2001 - present.
• Editor, Etudes maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, 1994 - present.
• Editor, Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Bulletin, 1999 - present.
• Editor, Society of Christian Philosophers (Canada) Newsletter, 1994 - 1999.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Dharma, 1996 - present.
• Associate Editor, The South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture, 1996 - present.
• Member of the Editorial Board, Carrefour: revue de reflexion interdisciplinaire (French-language philosophical review), 1986 - 1991.
• Editor, De Philosophia (University of Ottawa Philosophy Review, indexed in The Philosopher's Index), 1983 - 1984.

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