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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World

Applbaum, Arthur. Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World. Harvard University Press, 2019.

The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine." AMA Journal of Ethics 19.2 (February 2017): 207-213.

Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris." Public Ethics. Ed. Richard Bellamy and Antonino Palumbo. Routledge, 2017.

And They in Their Humanity Answer Me: Part 1

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "And They in Their Humanity Answer Me: Part 1." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-027, June 2014.

Bayeseian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Bayeseian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95." Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, 2nd Edition. Ed. Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman. Wiley, 2014, 219-231.

All Foundings Are Forced

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "All Foundings Are Forced." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-042, September 2012.

Legitimacy without the Duty to Obey

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Legitimacy without the Duty to Obey." Philosophy & Public Affairs 38.3 (Summer 2010): 215-239.

Political Legitimacy and Official Discretion

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Political Legitimacy and Official Discretion." Political Accountability: The Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy. Ed. Richard Bellamy and Antonino Palumbo. Ashgate, 2010, 39-73.

Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris." Public Ethics: The Library of Contemporary Political Theory and Public Policy. Ed. Richard Bellamy and Antonino Palumbo. Ashgate, 2010, 103-131.

Forcing a People to Be Free

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. Forcing a People to Be Free. Legitimacy, Justice, and Public International Law. Ed. Lukas H. Meyer. Cambridge University Press, 2009, 270-310.

A Family's Request for Complementary Medicine After Patient Brain Death

Applbaum, Arthur Isak, Jon C. Tilburt, Michael T. Collins, and David Wendler. "A Family's Request for Complementary Medicine After Patient Brain Death." JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association 299.18 (May 14, 2008): 2188-2193.

Forcing a People to Be Free.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Forcing a People to Be Free." Philosophy & Public Affairs 35.4 (Fall 2007): 359-400.

Forcing a People to Be Free.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Forcing a People to Be Free." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-066, December 2005.

Legitimacy in a Bastard Kingdom.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Legitimacy in a Bastard Kingdom." John F. Kennedy School of Government Center for Public Leadership Working Papers, Spring 2004.

Martyrdom and Desecration.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Martyrdom and Desecration." The Jewish Political Tradition, Vol II. Ed. Michael Walzer, et al. Yale University Press, 2003.

Martyrdom and Desecration.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Martyrdom and Desecration." Working Paper, April 2002.

Failure in the Cybermarketplace of Ideas.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Failure in the Cybermarketplace of Ideas." Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age. Ed. Kamarck, Elaine, and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002, 17-31.

Law in a Bastard Kingdom: The Problem of Legitimacy from Kosovo to Palm Beach County.

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Law in a Bastard Kingdom: The Problem of Legitimacy from Kosovo to Palm Beach County." Working Paper, 2001.

Ethics for Adversaries

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. Ethics for Adversaries, e-Book Edition. Princeton University Press, 2001.