By Associate Professor Deane Baker

Journal articles

Baker DP; Townsend N, 2024, 'Defiant heroism or wilful disobedience? John ‘Jack’ Hinton and the ethics of disobedience in war', Defence Studies, 24, pp. 349 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2024.2346486

Baker D, 2018, 'Special operations remote advise and assist: an ethics assessment', Ethics and Information Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9483-3

Baker DP, 2016, 'Rebellion and African Ethics', Journal of Military Ethics, 15, pp. 288 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2017.1284462

Baker DP, 2015, 'Abortion and civil disobedience', American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 89, pp. 139 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/acpq2014122345

Baker D, 2015, 'Force Protection’s Last Resort: Evaluating the Browning Hi-Power MkIII’s Adequacy for the Australian Army of Tomorrow', The Australian Army Journal, pp. 121 - 134, http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Army/Our%20future/Publications/AAJ/Current%20Edition/AAJ2015_001_08_Force_protections_last_resort.pdf

Baker DP, 2015, 'Epistemic uncertainty and excusable wars', Philosophical Forum, 46, pp. 55 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phil.12055

Baker D, 2014, 'Gun Bans, Risk and Self-Defense', International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 28, pp. 235 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ijap2014111826

Baker D, 2014, '‘Enter the J.E.D.I.: Enhancing Ethical Performance in the Military through Embedded Excellence’', Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, 42, pp. 177 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.5787/42-2-1099

Baker D-P, 2014, '‘Dreams of Battle’: A Small Window into the Evolution of U.S. Army Tactical Ethics, 1921 – 2009', Journal of Military Ethics: normative aspects of the use of military force, 13, pp. 302 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2014.990702

Baker DP, 2012, 'Making good better: A proposal for teaching ethics at the service academies', Journal of Military Ethics, 11, pp. 208 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2012.738502

Baker DP; Pattison J, 2012, 'The principled case for employing private military and security companies in interventions for human rights purposes', Journal of Applied Philosophy, 29, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2011.00548.x

Baker D, 2012, 'The South African Navy and Maritime Security', Naval War College Review

Baker D-P; Roberts D, 2011, 'EXTENDING JUST WAR THEORY: THE JUS AD BELLUM AND THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH TO ARMED CONFLICT', Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.5787/35-2-36

Baker D-P, 2011, 'THE FUTURE OF WARFIGHTING', Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.5787/34-1-18

Baker DP, 2010, 'Securing South Africa: A guide for the national planning commission', African Security Review, 19, pp. 90 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2010.539815

Baker DP, 2010, 'South Africa's threat environment: A guide for the national planning commission', African Security Review, 19, pp. 54 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2010.519878

Baker DP, 2009, 'Sources of the self as an argument for theism', Philosophical Papers, 38, pp. 401 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/05568640903320063

Baker D, 2009, 'Dawkins’ Moral Argument in The God Delusion', Journal of Theology for South Africa

Baker D-P; Maeresera S, 2009, 'SADCBRIG intervention in SADC member states: Reasons to doubt', African Security Review, 18, pp. 105 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2009.9627519

Baker D, 2009, 'Walterstorff’s Reformed Epistemology', Scriptura: international journal of bible, religion and theology in southern Africa

Baker D; Roberts D, 2008, 'Assessing the Capabilities Approach to the Ethics of Armed Conflict: Jus in Bello and the Case of Operation Cobra II', Politeia

Baker D, 2007, 'Agency Theory: A New Model of Civil-Military Relations for Africa?', African Journal on Conflict Resolution

Baker D, 2007, 'Perceiving God? A Critical Analysis of William Alston’s Reformed Epistemology', Scriptura: international journal of bible, religion and theology in southern Africa

Baker D-P, 2007, 'The AU Standby Force and the Challenge of Somalia', African Security Review, 16, pp. 120 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2007.9627422

Baker DP; Beck S; Spurrett D, 2006, 'Editorial: New developments at the SAJP', South African Journal of Philosophy, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2006.10751578

BAKER D-P, 2006, 'Defending the Common Life: National-Defence After Rodin', Journal of Applied Philosophy, 23, pp. 259 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2006.00340.x

Baker DP, 2005, 'Plantinga's reformed epistemology: What's the question?', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 57, pp. 77 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11153-004-1681-8

Baker DP, 2005, 'Divine foreknowledge - So what?', Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology, 46, pp. 60 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2265.2005.250_1.x

Baker DP; Beck S; Spurrett D, 2005, 'Editorial', South African Journal of Philosophy, 24, pp. 61 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2005.10751555

Baker D, 2005, 'Moral Asymmetry in Contemporary Warfare', Theoria: a journal of social and political theory

Baker DP; Beck S; Spurrett D, 2004, 'Editorial', South African Journal of Philosophy, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2004.10751540

Baker D, 2003, 'Condemned to Meaning’: A critical review of recent work on Charles Taylor', Theoria: a journal of social and political theory

Baker D, 2003, 'Don’t Kick the Habit’: A Taylorian Critique of Rorty’s Achieving Our Country', Theoria: a journal of social and political theory

Baker D, 2003, 'Morality, Structure, Transcendence and Theism: A response to Melissa Lane’s reading of Charles Taylor’s Sources of the Self', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Baker D, 2003, 'Taking the Quandary out of Christian Ethics', Journal of Theology for Southern Africa

Baker D, 2002, 'Transcendental Arguments, The Truman Show and Original Sin', Journal of Theology for Southern Africa

Baker D, 2001, 'Mackie’s ethical theory: is there space for a Taylor-made conception of the good?', South African Journal of Philosophy

Baker D, 2000, 'Charles Taylor’s Sources of the self: a Transcendental Apologetic?', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Baker DP, 1999, 'Taylor and Parfit on personal identity: a response to Lötter', South African Journal of Philosophy, 18, pp. 331 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580136.1999.10878192

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