Status
Active
Email Address
matthew.palynchuk@mail.utoronto.ca
Website
Major
Political Theory
Supervisor(s)
Palynchuk, Matthew
Dissertation:
Disability, Social Movements, and Justice : A critical political philosophy of disability
Biography
Matthew Palynchuk is a PhD candidate in Political Theory and works in contemporary, Anglo-American political philosophy. In particular, his work focuses on disability and what social movements for disability justice can contribute to philosophical debates around egalitarian justice. Palynchuk holds a MA in philosophy from Concordia University and another MA in Biomedical Ethics from McGill University.
Publications
“The Dependency Challenge to (Dispositional) Theories of Domination,” Social Theory and
Practice. Vol. 48, No. 4 (October 2022): 745–768.
https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract2022815174
“Luck Egalitarianism and Disability Elimination,” Journal of Applied Philosophy, (December 2021)
38: 824-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12522
“Disability, Disadvantage, and Luck Egalitarianism,” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review/Revue Canadienne de Philosophie, (December 2019) 58(4), 711-720.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217319000155
Book Review
“The Disabled Contract: Severe Intellectual Disability, Justice, and Morality, written by Jonas-
Sébastien Beaudry.” Journal of Moral Philosophy, (July 2023) 20(3-4), 386-389.
https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-20030014
Other Publications
“Beyond state visions of democracy: envisioning the family and workplace as democratic spheres”
(with Alexander Agnello) The McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Blog. (April
2021) https://www.mcgill.ca/humanrights/articles-by-author/Alexander%20Agnello%2C%20Matthew%20Palynchuk
Research Interests
Egalitarianism, Justice, Disability, Freedom, Domination, Discrimination
Previous Degrees
MA, Philosophy, McGill University.
MA, Philosophy, Concordia University.
BA, Philosophy, Concordia University
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant Experience
University of Toronto
(2023 – 2024) “Introduction to Political Theory.” Instructor: Matthew Walton
(2022 – 2023) “Introduction to Political Theory.” Instructor: Menaka Philips.
(Summer 2022) “Introduction to Political Theory.” Instructor: Armend Mazreku.
(2021 – 2022) “Introduction to Political Theory.” Instructor: Matthew Walton.
(Winter 2021) “Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media
Age.” Instructor: Ronald Deibert
(2020 – 2021) “International Law.” Instructor: David Quayat
McGill University
(Winter 2020) “Neuroethics” Instructor: Armin Yazdani.
Concordia University
(Winter 2018) “Biomedical Ethics” Instructor: Curtis Sommerlatte
(Fall 2017) “Biomedical Ethics” Instructor: Curtis Sommerlatte
(Winter 2017) “Introduction to Ethics”. Instructor: Pablo Gilabert
(Fall 2016) “Introduction to Ethics”. Instructor: Ulf Hlobil