Professor John Wall

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John Wall is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies at Rutgers University Camden. He is founding director of the Childism Institute, a global collaboration dedicated to challenging children’s historical marginalization by transforming scholarly, social, and political structures and norms. And he co-founded the Children's Voting Colloquium, an international organization of scholars and activists working to eliminate all age barriers to voting. He is a theoretical ethicist who works in political philosophy, post-structuralism, and children’s rights. He is the author of Give Children the Vote: On Democratizing Democracy (2021), Children’s Rights: Today’s Global Challenge (2016), Ethics in Light of Childhood (2010), and Moral Creativity (Oxford 2005). He is editor or co-editor of the Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (2023), Exploring Children’s Suffrage (2022), Children and Armed Conflict (2011); Marriage, Health, and the Professions (2002); and Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought (2002 and 2016).

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