Ruth W. Grant | Scholars@Duke

Ruth W. Grant
Professor Emerita of Political Science

Ruth Grant is a Professor of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in political theory with a particular interest in early modern philosophy and political ethics. She is the author of John Locke's Liberalism and of Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics. Her most recent book is Strings Attached: Untangling the Ethics of Incentives. She is also the editor of two collections of essays; Naming Evil, Judging Evil and In Search of Goodness. Her work originally focused on the historical study of liberal thought and has moved increasingly toward contemporary ethics. Her articles have appeared in a variety of journals including APSR, Political Theory, Journal of Politics, and Politics and Society. She has received fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Center, and the Russell Sage Foundation, and a teaching award from Duke University.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emerita of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019

Contact Information

140 Science Drive, 210G Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204
grant@duke.edu (919) 660-4300
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http://sites.duke.edu/grant

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago 1984
- M.A., The University of Chicago 1975
- B.A., The University of Chicago 1971
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2001 - 2019
- Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2004 - 2019
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1994 - 2001
- Assistant Professor, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1986 - 1994
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. National Humanities Center. 1999
- Fellowships for University Teachers. National Endowment for the Humanities. 1991
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Europe (Continent)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Grant, R. W. Strings attached: Untangling the ethics of incentives, 2011.
  - Grant, R. W. Strings attached: Untangling the ethics of incentives, 2011.
  - Grant, Ruth W., ed. In Search of Goodness. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
  - Grant, Ruth W. Naming Evil, Judging Evil. University of Chicago Press, 2006.
  - Locke, J., I. Shapiro, J. Dunn, and R. Grant. Two treatises of government and a letter concerning toleration, 2003.
  - Grant, R. W. Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
  - Grant, R. W. John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding. Edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing, 1996.
  - Grant, R. W. John Locke’s Liberalism. University of Chicago Press, 1987.
- Academic Articles
  - Grant, R. W. “Reflections on a Career.” Perspectives on Political Science 50, no. 3 (January 1, 2021): 154–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2021.1897333.
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  - Grant, R. W. “Incentives and praise compared: the ethics of motivation.” International Review of Economics 66, no. 1 (March 14, 2019): 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-018-0293-z.
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  - Grant, R. W. “John Locke on Custom's Power and Reason's Authority.” Review of Politics, October 2012.
  - Grant, R. W. “Passions and interests revisited: The psychological foundations of economics and politics.” Public Choice 137, no. 3–4 (December 1, 2008): 451–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-008-9325-7.
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  - Grant, R. W. “Ethics and Incentives: A Political Approach.” American Political Science Review, February 2006.
  - Grant, R. W. “Ethics and incentives: A political approach.” American Political Science Review 100, no. 1 (February 1, 2006): 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055406061983.
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  - Grant, R. W., and R. O. Keohane. “Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics.” American Political Science Review 99, no. 1 (February 1, 2005): 29–43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055405051476.
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  - Grant, Ruth W., and Jeremy Sugarman. “Ethics in human subjects research: do incentives matter?” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 29, no. 6 (December 2004): 717–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/03605310490883046.
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  - Grant, R. W., and J. Sugarman. “Ethics in Human Subjects Research: Do Incentives Matter?” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine 29, no. 6 (2004).
  - Grant, R. W. “The ethics of incentives: Historical origins and contemporary understandings.” Economics and Philosophy 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 111–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267102001104.
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  - Grant, R. W. “Political theory, political science, and politics.” Political Theory 30, no. 4 (January 1, 2002): 577–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591702030004007.
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  - Grant, Ruth W., and Philip Stewart, eds. “Rousseau and the Ancients,” 2001.
  - Grant, R. W. “Review of Nomos XL: Integrity and Conscience (Ian Shapiro and Robert Adams, eds.).” American Political Science Review, September 1999.
  - Grant, R. W. “The ethics of talk: Classroom conversation and democratic politics.” Teachers College Record 97, no. 3 (March 1, 1996): 470–82.
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  - Grant, R. W., and M. Orr. “Language, Race and Politics: From “Black” to “African-American”.” Politics &Amp; Society 24, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 137–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329296024002004.
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  - GRANT, RUTH W. “Integrity and Politics.” Political Theory 22, no. 3 (August 1994): 414–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591794022003003.
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  - Aldrich, John H., and Ruth W. Grant. “The Antifederalists, the First Congress, and the First Parties.” The Journal of Politics 55, no. 2 (May 1993): 295–326. https://doi.org/10.2307/2132267.
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  - Grant, R. W. “The Exclusionary Rule and the Meaning of Separation of Powers.” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 14, no. 1 (December 1991).
  - Grant, R. W., and S. Kautz. “Review of Interpretation and Social Criticism by Michael Walzer.” Journal of Politics 50, no. 1 (February 1988): 259–62. https://doi.org/10.2307/2131060.
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  - Grant, Ruth W. “Locke's Political Anthropology and Lockean Individualism.” The Journal of Politics 50, no. 1 (February 1988): 42–63. https://doi.org/10.2307/2131040.
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  - Grant, R. W. “Notes on Divine Right and Democracy by David Wooton.” Ethics, 1987.
  - Grant, R. “Advice to dissertation writers.” Ps: Political Science &Amp; Politics 19, no. 1 (January 1, 1986): 64–65. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096500017194.
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  - Grant, R. W. “Rethinking the Ethics of Incentives (Accepted).” Journal of the International Network of Economic Methods, n.d.
- Book Sections
  - Grant, R. W., and R. O. Keohane. “Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics.” In Global Governance, 467–81, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315254234-31.
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  - Grant, R. W., and B. R. Hertzberg. “Locke on Education.” In A Companion to Locke, 448–65, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118328705.ch23.
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  - Grant, R. W., and B. Hertzberg. “Education (Accepted).” In A Companion to Locke, edited by Matthew Stuart. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
  - Grant, R. W. “Generous to a Fault: Altruism and Psychic Health.” In In Search of Goodness, edited by Ruth W. Grant. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
  - Grant, R. W. “The Rousseauan Revolution and the Problem of Evil.” In Naming Evil, Judging Evil. University of Chicago Press, 2006.
  - Grant, R. W. “Is Humanistic Education Humanizing?” In Debating Moral Education. Duke University Press, 2006.
  - Grant, R. W. “Ethics and Politics: Institutional Solutions and Their Limits.” In Faces of Man: The Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Lectures 1993-2004, Vol. 2. Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, 2005.
  - Grant, R. W. “Political theory, political science, and politics.” In What Is Political Theory, 174–92, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446215425.n9.
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  - Grant, R. W. “John Locke on Women and the Family.” In John Locke, Two Treaties of Government and Letter Concerning Toleration, edited by Ian Shapiro. Yale University Press, 2003.
  - Grant, R. W., and Stephen Grant. “The Madisonian Presidency.” In The Presidency in the Constitutional Order, edited by J. Bessette and J. Tulis. Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
- Conference Papers
  - Grant, R. W. “Homo politicus: Reflections on the passions and the interests.” In Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 34B:123–37, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542016000034B009.
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Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
- Generous to a Fault: Altruism and Psychic Health at conference "In Search of Goodness". December 1, 2009 2009
- Custom's Power, Reason's Authority. November 4, 2009 2009

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Presentations & Appearances