Ben Colburn

{{short description|British philosopher}}

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|birth_date = 1982

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| institutions = University of Glasgow

|main_interests = political philosophy, ethics, Liberalism, autonomy

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Ben Colburn is a British philosopher and Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He is known for his work on political philosophy and ethics, with a particular interest in autonomy.{{cite journal |last1=Mills |first1=Christopher |title=Book Review: Political Theory: Autonomy and Liberalism |journal=Political Studies Review |date=1 May 2012 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=241–241 |doi=10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00261_6.x |language=EN |issn=1478-9299}}{{cite journal |last1=Oshana |first1=Marina |title=Review of Autonomy and Liberalism |journal=Analysis |date=2011 |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=399–402 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41237339 |issn=0003-2638}}{{cite journal |last1=Christman |first1=John |title=Ben Colburn, Autonomy and Liberalism (New York: Routledge, 2010), 165 pages. ISBN 978014587596X (hbk.). Hardback: $90.00. |journal=Journal of Moral Philosophy |date=1 January 2012 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=134–136 |doi=10.1163/174552412X619139 |language=en |issn=1745-5243}}{{cite journal |last1=Porter |first1=Thomas |title=Colburn on Anti-Perfectionism and Autonomy |journal=Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy |date=2010 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.26556/jesp.v5i2.144 |url=https://jesp.org/index.php/jesp/article/view/144 |language=en |issn=1559-3061|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Rudisill |first1=John Patrick |title=Avoiding the Whiff of Paradox in the Liberal Promotion of Autonomy: Critical Comment on Colburn |journal=Journal of Philosophical Research |date=1 April 2012 |volume=37 |pages=221–232 |doi=10.5840/jpr20123710 |language=en}}