
Nicholas Smith
Courses Taught
- PHIL 420: Intro to Phil of Law/Justice
- PHIL 424: Honors/Future of Humanity
- PHIL 424H: Honors/Future of Humanity
- PHIL 620: 20th Century European Phil
- PHIL 780: SpecialTopics/Marx&HisCritics
- PHP 908: Public Health Ethics
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
- J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
- B.A., Philosophy, Vassar College
Research Interests
- Aesthetics
- Apologies and forgiveness
- Contemporary continental philosophy
- Criminal Justice
- Economic Justice
- Human Rights & Justice Issues
- Philosophy of law
- Social and political philosophy
- Social Justice
Selected Publications
Smith, N. (2020). “Forgiveness in Law,”. In G. Pettigrove, & R. Enright (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Forgiveness. Routledge.
Smith, N. (2019). “Apologies and Transitional Justice: Myths, Ideologies, and Complexities,”. In J. Meierhenrich, A. Hinton, & L. Douglas (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice. Oxford.
Smith, N. J. (2018). “When Our Students Die,” Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching, eds. Steven Cahn, Alexandra Bradner, and Andrew Mills (Hackett, 2018). In S. Cahn, A. Brader, & A. Mills (Eds.), Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching,. Hackett.
Smith, N. J. (2017). Guidelines for Sentencing Apologetic Offenders: Summary Version for Practitioners. University of Toronto Center for Ethics Journal C4eJournal, 9. Retrieved from https://c4ejournal.net/
Smith, N. J. (2017). Apologies as Remedies, Apologies as Weapons: Advice for Prime Minister Trudeau. University of Toronto Center for Ethics Journal, 7(7). Retrieved from https://c4ejournal.net/
Smith, N. (2009). Commodification in law: ideologies, intractabilities, and hyperboles. CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY REVIEW, 42(1), 101-129. doi:10.1007/s11007-009-9098-9
Smith, N. (2008). Questions for a Reluctant Jurisprudence of Alterity. ESSAYS ON LEVINAS AND LAW: A MOSAIC, 55-75. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Smith, N., & Smith, N. (2008). Elements of the Categorical Apology. In I WAS WRONG: THE MEANINGS OF APOLOGIES (pp. 28-107). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Smith, N. (2007). Adorno vs. Levinas: Evaluating points of contention. CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY REVIEW, 40(3), 275-306. doi:10.1007/s11007-006-9016-3
Smith, N. (2005). The splinter in your ear: Noise as the semblance of critique. Culture Theory and Critique, 46(1), 43-59. doi:10.1080/14735780500102421