David Wiens

938 total citations
22 papers, 413 citations indexed

About

David Wiens is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wiens has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 413 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David Wiens's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (15 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (7 papers) and Free Will and Agency (7 papers). David Wiens is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (15 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (7 papers) and Free Will and Agency (7 papers). David Wiens collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. David Wiens's co-authors include William R. Clark, Paul Poast, Nicholas Southwood, Christian Barry and Sean Ingham and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

David Wiens

21 papers receiving 374 citations

Peers

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Martin L. Cook United States

Günther Hellmann Germany

Aaron James United States

Nancy Holmstrom United States

Toni Erskine Australia

Leonidas Montes Chile

Andrew Kuper United Kingdom

James R. Otteson United States

Judith Gardam Australia

Miriam Ronzoni United Kingdom

Martin L. Cook United States

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166 ×0.7

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103 ×0.7

PHILO

139 ×1.0

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2 ×0.0

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11 ×0.2

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Countries citing papers authored by David Wiens

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Wiens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wiens

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wiens, David. (2025). From the Best to the Rest.

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Ingham, Sean & David Wiens. (2024). Making fair comparisons in political theory. American Journal of Political Science. 69(2). 594–606. 1 indexed citations

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Ingham, Sean & David Wiens. (2022). Stability of the Just Society. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. 23(2). 2 indexed citations

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Ingham, Sean & David Wiens. (2021). Demographic Objections to Epistocracy: A Generalization. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 49(4). 323–349. 12 indexed citations

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Southwood, Nicholas & David Wiens. (2021). Devoting ourselves to the manifestly unattainable*. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 104(3). 696–716. 3 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2020). The General Theory of Second Best Is More General Than You Think. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 20(5). 13 indexed citations

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Wiens, David, et al.. (2020). Morals from rationality alone? Some doubts. Politics Philosophy & Economics. 19(3). 248–273. 2 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2016). COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMPETITION: PROBING THE LIMITS OF EGALITARIAN JUSTICE. Economics and Philosophy. 33(1). 91–124. 1 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2016). Assessing ideal theories. Politics Philosophy & Economics. 15(2). 132–149. 17 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2015). Against Ideal Guidance. The Journal of Politics. 77(2). 433–446. 48 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2015). Achieving Global Justice: Why Failures Matter More Than Ideals. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2015). POLITICAL IDEALS AND THE FEASIBILITY FRONTIER. Economics and Philosophy. 31(3). 447–477. 42 indexed citations

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Barry, Christian & David Wiens. (2015). Benefiting from Wrongdoing and Sustaining Wrongful Harm. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 13(5). 530–552. 17 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2015). Motivational limitations on the demands of justice. European Journal of Political Theory. 15(3). 333–352. 19 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2014). ‘Going Evaluative’ to Save Justice from Feasibility—a Pyrrhic Victory*. The Philosophical Quarterly. 64(255). 301–307. 14 indexed citations

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Wiens, David, Paul Poast, & William R. Clark. (2014). The Political Resource Curse. Political Research Quarterly. 67(4). 783–794. 60 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2013). Natural resources and government responsiveness. Politics Philosophy & Economics. 14(1). 84–105. 7 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2013). Natural resources and institutional development. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 26(2). 197–221. 44 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2012). Demands of Justice, Feasible Alternatives, and the Need for Causal Analysis. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 16(2). 325–338. 18 indexed citations

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Wiens, David. (2011). Prescribing Institutions Without Ideal Theory*. Journal of Political Philosophy. 20(1). 45–70. 67 indexed citations

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