{"id":11299,"date":"2024-09-30T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=11299"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:08:21","slug":"wendy-donner","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/people\/wendy-donner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Donner"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office Hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email for appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wendy Donner\u2019s main area of research is the moral and political philosophy of John Stuart Mill. Her interest in Mill began as an undergraduate student at the University of Manitoba and continued with her graduate studies at the University of Toronto, resulting in a PhD thesis on Mill\u2019s value theory. She then expanded this study into her first book, <em>The Liberal Self<\/em>, published by Cornell University Press in 1991. Her second book, <em>Mill<\/em> (with Richard Fumerton) appeared as part of the Wiley-Blackwell Great Minds series in 2009 and has been translated into Portuguese and Arabic. She has also published many articles on Mill in journals and book anthologies. Her research interests extend into several publications on environmental ethics, feminist ethics, political theory and Buddhist ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Stuart Mill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Ethics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feminist Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buddhist Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>BOOKS:<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mill<\/em>, in series <em>Great Minds<\/em> (with Richard Fumerton) (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2009). I am the sole author of Part I: Mill\u2019s Moral and Political Philosophy (Chapters 2-8). Translated into Portuguese as <em>John Stuart Mill<\/em> de Wendy e Richard Fumerton (Editions 70, 2011). Translated into Arabic as <em>Mill<\/em>&nbsp; (Afaq Books, 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Liberal Self: John Stuart Mill\u2019s Moral and Political Philosophy<\/em>&nbsp; (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991), 229 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>BOOK CHAPTERS and JOURNAL ARTICLES:<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMill\u2019s Liberalism, <em>The Subjection of Women<\/em>, and the Feminist Care Ethic\u201d, <em>Caring for Liberalism: Dependency and Liberal Political Theory<\/em>, eds. Asha Bhandary and Amy R. Baehr (New York: Routledge, 2021), 75-94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMill on Individuality\u201d, <em>A Companion to Mill<\/em>, eds. Christopher Macleod and Dale E. Miller (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017), 425-439.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill\u2019s Green Liberalism and Ecofeminism\u201d, <em>Consequentialism and Environmental Ethics<\/em>, eds. Avram Hiller, Ramona Ilea and Leonard Kahn (New York: Routledge, 2013), 174-189.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMorality, Virtue and Aesthetics in Mill\u2019s Art of Life\u201d, <em>John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life<\/em>, eds. Ben Eggleston, Dale E. Miller and David Weinstein (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 146-165.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill and Virtue Ethics\u201d <em>John Stuart Mill: Thought and Influence \u2013 The Saint of Rationalism<\/em>, eds. Georgios Varouxakis and Paul Kelly (London: Routledge 2010) 84-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAutonomy, Tradition, and the Enforcement of Morality\u201d, <em>Mill\u2019s On Liberty: A Critical Guide<\/em>, ed. C.L.Ten (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009) 138-164.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill on Education and Democracy\u201d, <em>J.S. Mill\u2019s Political Thought: A Bicentennial Re-Assessment<\/em>, eds. Nadia Urbinati and Alex Zakaras (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 250-274.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Bodhisattva Code and Compassion: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective on Violence and Nonviolence\u201d, <em>Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror<\/em>, ed. Douglas Allen, in series Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2006), 123-138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMill and the Buddha\u201d, <em>The Philosophers Magazine<\/em>, The Happiness Forum, Issue 35, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Quarter 2006, 48-52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMill\u2019s Theory of Value\u201d, <em>The Blackwell Guide to Mill\u2019s Utilitarianism<\/em>, ed. Henry West (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005), 117-138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs Cultural Membership a Good? Kymlicka and Ignatieff on the Virtues and Perils of Belonging\u201d, <em>Philosophy and Its Public Role<\/em>, in series St. Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs,&nbsp; eds. William Aiken and John Haldane (Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2004),&nbsp; 84-101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnlightenment Liberalism\u201d (co-authored with Amy Schmitter and Nathan Tarcov), <em>The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Education<\/em>, ed. Randall Curren (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003). I am the sole author of the section \u201cMill on Education\u201d, 85-91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFeminist Ethics and Anger: A Feminist Buddhist Reflection\u201d, <em>American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy<\/em>, ed. Andrea Nicki, Spring 2002, 67-70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill\u201d (co-authored with Richard Fumerton), <em>The Blackwell Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche<\/em>, ed. Steven M. Emmanuel (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000). I am the sole author of Part I, \u201cMill\u2019s Ethics and Political Philosophy\u201d, 343-355.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Millian Perspective on the Relation Between Persons and Their Bodies\u201d, <em>Persons and Their Bodies: Rights, Responsibilities, Relationships<\/em>, eds. Mark J. Cherry and Thomas J. Bole (Dodrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999), 57-72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnimal Rights and Native Hunters: A Critical Analysis of Wenzel\u2019s Defence\u201d, <em>Canadian Issues in Environmental Ethics<\/em>, eds. Alex Wellington, Allan Greenbaum and Wes Cragg, (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1997), 153-64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUtilitarianism\u201d, <em>The Cambridge Companion to Mill<\/em>, ed. John Skorupski (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 255-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSelf and Community in Environmental Ethics\u201d, <em>Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature<\/em>, ed. Karen J. Warren (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997), 375-389.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInherent Value and Moral Standing in Environmental Change\u201d, <em>Earthly Goods: Environmental Change and Social Justice<\/em>, eds. Judith Reppy and Fen Osler Hampson (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996), 52-74. Revised section \u201cCallicott on Intrinsic Value and Moral Standing in Environmental Ethics\u201d reprinted in <em>Land, Value, Community: Callicott and Environmental Philosophy<\/em>, eds. Wayne Ouderkirk and Jim Hill (Albany: SUNY Press, 2002), 99-105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill and the Environment\u201d (co-authored with Michele Green), <em>Prometeo<\/em> in Italian translation, (as \u201cJohn Stuart Mill e L\u2019ambiente\u201d), Anno 13, Numero 50, Guigno 1995, 6-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill\u2019s Liberal Feminism,\u201d<em> Philosophical Studies<\/em>, 69; 1993, 155-166. Reprinted in (1) <em>Mill\u2019s The Subjection of Women<\/em>, ed. Maria H. Morales (Lanham, MA: Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2004), 1-12; (2) <em>Mill\u2019s Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy<\/em>, ed. C.L. Ten, as part of The International Library of Critical Essays in the History of Philosophy series (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 1999);(3) <em>John Stuart Mill\u2019s The Subjection of Women: His Contemporary and Modern Critics<\/em>, eds. Lesley Jacobs and Richard Vanderwetering (Delamar, New York: Caravan Books, 1999); (4) <em>Mill and the Moral Character of Liberalism<\/em>, ed. Eldon Eisenach (College Park: Penn State University Press,1998)),132-41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGray\u2019s Autonomy: In Defence of Mill\u201d, <em>Ethics and Basic Rights<\/em>, ed. Guy Lafrance, (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press), 1989, 117-130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMill on Liberty of Self-Development\u201d, <em>Dialogue<\/em>, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, Summer 1987, 227-237. Reprinted in <em>J.S Mill\u2019s Social and Political Thought: Critical Assessments<\/em>, ed. G.W. Smith (Routledge, 1998).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Stuart Mill\u2019s Concept of Utility\u201d, <em>Dialogue<\/em>, Vol. XXII, No. 3, September 1983, 479-494.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11300,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Wendy","cu_people_last_name":"Donner","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[24],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-11299","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-professor-emeritus"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor Emeritus","cu_people_degree":"BA (University of Manitoba), MA (University of Toronto), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"WendyDonner@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"https:\/\/carleton-ca.academia.edu\/WendyDonner","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/11299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/11299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11301,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/11299\/revisions\/11301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=11299"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=11299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}