Caleb Althorpe

Speaker Series with Dr. Joseph Heath Capitalism: Critique or Kvetch? 13 June, 2025, 15:30-17:00 (CEST) About the session: It is widely believed that a critique of capitalism, in order to count as such, must identify some flaw that is spe...

The next Visions for the Future Speaker Series is happening next week Friday June 13 15.30-17.00 CEST.

We are thrilled to have Joseph Heath presenting on "Capitalism: Critique or Kvetch?"

The event is free and online, and all are welcome. Click below to register.

@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social

The Wealth of Freedom: Radical Republican Political Economy Abstract. What is an economy for? The republican tradition in political thought offers a compelling way of exploring this question. The economy is for the

What would an anti-oligarchic, republican economy look like? UBI? Wealth tax? Workplace democracy? Strong trade unions? Investment democracy? I explore a radical republican economics in my new book, 'The Wealth of Freedom', which is now out online. academic.oup.com/book/60075

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy Volume 28, Issue 4 of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

The latest issue of CRISPP is now online:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c... - Muldoon on digital socialism,Thompson and Modood on religious recognition, Goodin on excuses, Althorpe on Meaningful work, Eskelinen on global justice, Perez on Data based radicalism and more ....

"We Cease to be Mere Fragments": Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...

Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*:

"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "

Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!

politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...

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Philosophy of Degrowth Panel – MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory Philosophy of Degrowth Panel at 2025 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, Sep 3-5. Convenors: Caleb Althorpe (Utrecht University) and Catarina Neves (Utrecht University) The concept of ‘d...

Catarina Neves and I are organizing a panel on the Philosophy of Degrowth at this year's MANCEPT Workshops.

The CFP is below – deadline for submission May 7.

Please share widely!

#philsky #polsky

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Who thought that was a good idea?!

Speaker Series with Dr Timothée Parrique: Defining Degrowth Defining Degrowth; 19 March 2025 – 16h00-17h30 If there is one point of consensus in the degrowth scholarship, it is that degrowth defiesconsensual definition. As of now, there is no widely accepted d...

Today!

The Visions for the Future project welcomes @timparrique.bsky.social to talk about defining degrowth.

Why Economic Inequality Should be Central to Strategies for the Future In this article, I develop and defend the claim that we, humanity, will not be able to get significantly closer to a world in which there is ecologically sustainable human development if we do not ...

I just published a short, interdisciplinary article that explains why we should focus on #inequality, rather than merely poverty reduction in designing our global institutions and policies (including "Finance for Development"). Open Access available here:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Philosophy of Degrowth Panel – MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory Philosophy of Degrowth Panel at 2025 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, Sep 3-5. Convenors: Caleb Althorpe (Utrecht University) and Catarina Neves (Utrecht University) The concept of ‘d...

Catarina Neves and I are organizing a panel on the Philosophy of Degrowth at this year's MANCEPT Workshops.

The CFP is below – deadline for submission May 7.

Please share widely!

#philsky #polsky

@deeesharp.bsky.social latter point maybe of interest given your own forth. paper (which I enjoyed reading).

We ask in the paper whether relational reasons for distributive equality carry over to the case of non-overlapping generations. We claim they don't.
Is this because relational equality has nothing to say about justice between non-overlapping generations? Also no.

Do we have relational reasons to care about intergenerational equality? Relational egalitarians sometimes argue that a degree of distributive equality is necessary for social equality to obtain among members of society. In this paper, we consider how such arguments far...

@efinneron.bsky.social and my paper: "Do we have relational reasons to care about intergenerational equality?" is now out open access at @crispp.bsky.social as part of a special issue on relational equality and intergenerational justice. Many thanks to Devon Cass for organizing!

At The Visions for the Future project's next online seminar we will have @jksteinberger.bsky.social speaking about her 'Living Well Within Limits' project.

The event is on Thursday Feb 27 14.00-15.30 CET, and you can sign up below.

Visions for the Future | Universiteit Utrecht Universiteit Utrecht

Academics! You are welcome to join the online seminar series that the Visions for the Future project has set up (that I am running together with Caleb Althorpe, Hannah McHugh and Catarina Neves). The project is about the different visions that are on the table to replace neoliberal capitalism –

Events

We are organizing a number of seminars, workshops, and conferences, and you can sign up to attend these events at the link below.

The Visions The project is analysing the nine visions below. Click on any of the buttons to find more information about the vision, including the institutions and policies it proposes, the values at stake, and so...

The project team also includes @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, Hannah McHugh, and Catarina Moiteiro das Neves.

The visions we're researching operate across scales and have different goals, and include: degrowth economy, economic democracy, democratic socialism, community wealth building, + more.

Visions for the Future | Universiteit Utrecht Universiteit Utrecht

This month I joined the 'Visions for the Future' project at Utrecht University, where we're exploring ethical questions about alternative economic systems to contemporary capitalism.

Please consider sharing, and signing up to our mailing list on the website!

This paper was a long time coming, with many versions over many years (and many periods of giving up). So I feel especially pleased to have it out.

By making some claims about the epistemology associated with the burdens of judgement, the paper defends political liberalism against those who think its requirements put pressure on citizens to be skeptical about the truth of their comprehensive beliefs.

Find yourself worrying about the internal consistency of political liberalism? Then my new paper is for you!

Available open access in Episteme
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I am back on here posting and scrolling after a month-long break.

Turns out moving country, moving house, and starting a new job – all with a 5-month-old – keeps one rather busy!

What is meaningful work? People in the workforce want their jobs to give them purpose and meaning. But in a world of remote working and disillusionment with capitalism, is there even such a thing as 'meaningful work'? And in ...

Non-paywalled link: iai.tv/video/what-i...

Last year at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival I participated in a panel discussing meaningful work, and the video has just been released (I think it is paywalled unfortunately).

People have very strong views about work and meaning so debates are always fun!

Most contemporary discussions of markets vs planning are too stark and simplistic. To think seriously for the future, we need a richer and more nuanced approach. Angus Hebenton & I make a start here: engaging with the unduly neglected work of Meade, Holland, and Wootton.

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Looking forward to today and tomorrow’s workshop on ‘New Directions in Meaningful Work’ at Trinity College Dublin. Some great participants and papers.
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social

A picture of a man - me - sitting with two studio microphones and headphones behind him on a table.

Much fun joining RTÉ’s Brainstorm Podcast today to talk about “Why we work”
Just for a paycheque? To feel valued? To help others?

Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal

Photo of some ducks swimming in a lake with a bridge and trees in background and a clear blue sky.

St Stephen’s Green in Dublin this morning