Mansi Rathour
October 10, 2023 2024-08-27 3:49Mansi Rathour
Mansi Rathour
Assistant Professor
B.A. (University of Delhi);
M.A. (Kurukshetra University);
M.A. (Leiden University)
MA Philosophy – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from Leiden University, 2018.
Prior to working with JGU, Mansi was previously working with the Philosophy in Action project at NIAS, Bengaluru. She has completed her master’s from the University of Leiden, Netherlands in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Before her master’s she spent two years with Teach For India as a Teaching Fellow in New Delhi.
Her broad areas of interest are Social and Political Philosophy, Public Philosophy and Ethics. Within these broad themes, her specific competence lies in the domain of Political Legitimacy, Distributive Justice, Just War Theory, and the politics of Feminist Epistemology.
Apart from this, she is constantly working towards making the philosophical domain accessible to the public with her work with Barefoot Philosophers.
Forthcoming (Scopus) ‘Autonomous Weapons and Just War Theory’, International Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 63, No. 1, Issue 249.
July 2023 (Scopus Indexed) ‘Post War Justice: Jus Post Bellum for Just War and Peace’,
Ethics in Progress, Volume 14, No. 1 (https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/eip/article/view/39016/33190)
2021 (UGC Care II) ‘Theory of Climate Justice and the Burden of Responsibilities’,
Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 27, October Supplementary Issue, EM International, pp. S199-S210, ISSN 0971-765X. (http://www.envirobiotechjournals.com/EEC/v27octSupplIssue 2021/EEC-27.pdf)
Selected Presentations
‘Autonomous Weapons and Just War Theory’
- 13th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Braga (2023) ‘Post War Justice’
- Multidisciplinary Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities (MTISSHCON 2022) Manipal University, Jaipur, India.
Collaborative Projects
‘Conversation with Philosopher series’
- Hosted Conversation with Philosopher series (multiple episodes and interviews) to immerse in public and practical philosophy for Collective for Women Philosophers in India (CWPI). https://www.youtube.com/@collectiveforwomenphilosop6445
Research Associate at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru (Oct 2018 – Oct 2019)
- Worked on the research project, ‘Philosophy in Action: Creating Public Citizenship’ under principal supervisor Prof. Sundar Sarukkai at NIAS (National Institute of Advanced Studies), Bengaluru.
- (2015-2017) Teaching Fellow: Under the teaching fellowship with Teach For India I was responsible for leading more than seven classes (175 students) towards having a sustainable and transformational impact in a low-income private school of Sangam Vihar, New Delhi.
- Political legitimacy
- Just War Theory
- Ethics of War
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Applied Ethics
- Feminist Epistemology
- Academic Writing (JGLS – BA and BBA LLB)
- Philosophy and Business (JGBS – BBA Honors)
- Introduction to Logic (JGLS – BA Legal Studies)
- Sociology II (JGLS – BA and BBA LLB)