Research
Monographs
Taylor, Isaac. The Ethics of Counterterrorism (New York: Routledge, 2018).
Taylor, Isaac. Distributive Justice and Global Public Goods (University of Oxford, DPhil thesis, 2015).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?’ Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs 1(1), 2025, pp.298-322.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Is Explainable AI Responsible AI?’ AI & Society 40 (3), 2025, pp.1695-1704.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘The Speech Act Gap and Counter-Speech.’ Paris Journal on AI and Digital Ethics 1, 2025, pp.96-104.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Collective Responsibility and Artificial Intelligence.’ Philosophy & Technology 37: 27, 2024, pp.1-18.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Security as a Political Concept.’ Inquiry, 2024, advance online article.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Justice by Algorithm: The Limits of AI in Criminal Sentencing.’ Criminal Justice Ethics 42 (3), 2023, pp.193-213.
Forster, Elisabeth & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Making Peace with the Devil: The Problem of Ending Just Wars.’ Journal of Social & Political Philosophy 2 (2), 2023, pp.121-137.
Forster, Elisabeth & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Asking the Fox to Guard the Chicken Coop: In Defense of Minimalism in the Ethics of War and Peace.’ Journal of International Political Theory 18 (1), 2022, pp.91-109.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘The Responsibility to Protect from Terror: The Ethics of Foreign Counter-Terrorist Interventions.’ Global Responsibility to Protect 14 (2), 2022, pp.155-177. (Reprinted in Shannon Zimmerman (Ed.) The Responsibility to Protect and Counter-Terrorism: Contradictions and Congruences (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2023).)
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Who is Responsible for Killer Robots? Autonomous Weapons, Group Agency, and the Military-Industrial Complex.’ Journal of Applied Philosophy 38 (2), 2021, pp.320-334.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Political Obligations and Public Goods’, Res Publica 27 (4), 2021, pp.559-575.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Privatising War: Assessing the Decision to Hire Private Military Contractors.’ Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 21 (2), 2018, pp.148-168.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Robust Harms.’ Moral Philosophy & Politics 5 (1), 2018, pp.69-86.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Data Collection, Counterterrorism and the Right to Privacy.’ Politics, Philosophy & Economics 16 (3), 2017, pp.326-346.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Just War Theory and the Military Response to Terrorism.’ Social Theory & Practice 43 (4), 2017, pp.717-740.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘State Responsibility and Counterterrorism.’ Ethics & Global Politics 9 (1), 2016, pp.1-19.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Communication, Efficiency, and Fairness in the European Union.’ Public Affairs Quarterly 30 (2), 2016, pp.129-147.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Language as a Global Public Good.’ Res Publica 20 (4), 2014, pp.377-394.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Practices, Institutions, and Global Public Good Regimes.’ Raisons Politiques 51, pp.121-135.
Other Publications
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Responsibility for What? Reply to Wood.’ Philosophy & Technology 37: 36, 2024, pp.1-3.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Ethics of Counterterrorism.’ Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Routledge, 2022).
Miller, David & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Public Goods.’ in Serena Olsaretti (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
Sari, Yasmin & Taylor, Isaac. (Ed., with introduction) ‘Debating Asylum and Refuge.’ Special issue of Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 11(1), 2018.
Taylor, Isaac. The Ethics of Counterterrorism (New York: Routledge, 2018).
Taylor, Isaac. Distributive Justice and Global Public Goods (University of Oxford, DPhil thesis, 2015).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?’ Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs 1(1), 2025, pp.298-322.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Is Explainable AI Responsible AI?’ AI & Society 40 (3), 2025, pp.1695-1704.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘The Speech Act Gap and Counter-Speech.’ Paris Journal on AI and Digital Ethics 1, 2025, pp.96-104.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Collective Responsibility and Artificial Intelligence.’ Philosophy & Technology 37: 27, 2024, pp.1-18.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Security as a Political Concept.’ Inquiry, 2024, advance online article.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Justice by Algorithm: The Limits of AI in Criminal Sentencing.’ Criminal Justice Ethics 42 (3), 2023, pp.193-213.
Forster, Elisabeth & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Making Peace with the Devil: The Problem of Ending Just Wars.’ Journal of Social & Political Philosophy 2 (2), 2023, pp.121-137.
Forster, Elisabeth & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Asking the Fox to Guard the Chicken Coop: In Defense of Minimalism in the Ethics of War and Peace.’ Journal of International Political Theory 18 (1), 2022, pp.91-109.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘The Responsibility to Protect from Terror: The Ethics of Foreign Counter-Terrorist Interventions.’ Global Responsibility to Protect 14 (2), 2022, pp.155-177. (Reprinted in Shannon Zimmerman (Ed.) The Responsibility to Protect and Counter-Terrorism: Contradictions and Congruences (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2023).)
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Who is Responsible for Killer Robots? Autonomous Weapons, Group Agency, and the Military-Industrial Complex.’ Journal of Applied Philosophy 38 (2), 2021, pp.320-334.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Political Obligations and Public Goods’, Res Publica 27 (4), 2021, pp.559-575.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Privatising War: Assessing the Decision to Hire Private Military Contractors.’ Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 21 (2), 2018, pp.148-168.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Robust Harms.’ Moral Philosophy & Politics 5 (1), 2018, pp.69-86.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Data Collection, Counterterrorism and the Right to Privacy.’ Politics, Philosophy & Economics 16 (3), 2017, pp.326-346.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Just War Theory and the Military Response to Terrorism.’ Social Theory & Practice 43 (4), 2017, pp.717-740.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘State Responsibility and Counterterrorism.’ Ethics & Global Politics 9 (1), 2016, pp.1-19.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Communication, Efficiency, and Fairness in the European Union.’ Public Affairs Quarterly 30 (2), 2016, pp.129-147.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Language as a Global Public Good.’ Res Publica 20 (4), 2014, pp.377-394.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Practices, Institutions, and Global Public Good Regimes.’ Raisons Politiques 51, pp.121-135.
Other Publications
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Responsibility for What? Reply to Wood.’ Philosophy & Technology 37: 36, 2024, pp.1-3.
Taylor, Isaac. ‘Ethics of Counterterrorism.’ Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Routledge, 2022).
Miller, David & Taylor, Isaac. ‘Public Goods.’ in Serena Olsaretti (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
Sari, Yasmin & Taylor, Isaac. (Ed., with introduction) ‘Debating Asylum and Refuge.’ Special issue of Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 11(1), 2018.