John J. Davenport

John Davenport is Professor of Philosophy and Peace & Justice Studies at Fordham University in New York City. He teaches and writes on ethics and political philosophy (including human rights, democratic theory and global governance), moral psychology (agency, free will, and the nature of the self), and related themes in existentialism and philosophy of religion. His latest book, *The Democracy Amendments* (Anthem, 2023) lays out a detailed plan to fix the worst remaining flaws in the US federal constitution, from which most of our political dysfunctions in America radiate.

In addition to two monographs on motivation, character, autonomy, and self-identity, and two collections on Kierkegaard and virtue ethics (co-edited with Anthony Rudd), John has published several essays on just war theory, the responsibility to protect, US constitutional reform, global governance, and other topics in democratic theory. His earlier book on *A League of Democracies *(Routledge, 2019) argues that we need to replace NATO with a new security organization founded by democratic nations from all continents that can protect us from terrorism, weapons proliferation, and new arms races; prevent mass atrocities that destabilize whole regions; and resist rising threats from dictatorships such as Russia and China that aim to divide and destroy democratic societies.

John is now writing a book on human rights and the universal right to democracy, and planning another monograph on justice as stewardship of public capital, and the capacities and limits of free markets.