Thomas Christiano is a Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Arizona. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Buffalo, M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Professor Christiano researches moral and political philosophy with emphases on democratic theory, distributive justice and global justice.

Representative Publications

Christiano, Thomas. “Rational deliberation among experts and citizens.” Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale (2012): 27-51.

Christiano, Thomas. “An Instrumental Argument for a Human Right to Democracy.” Philosophy & Public Affairs 39.2 (2011): 142-176.

Christiano, Thomas. “The Uneasy Relationship between Democracy and Capital.” Social Philosophy and Policy 27.1 (2010): 195-217.