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Bednets versus Rocket Ships: Should we care more for people alive today or the future of humanity? In this post, Elizabeth Hupfer (High Point University) discusses her article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on how to balance concern for the future of humanity with the ne…

Elizabeth Hupfer (High Point University) discusses her article recently published in the @the-joap.bsky.social on how to balance concern for the future of humanity with the needs of those alive today. Fantastic read!
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Pregnancy is not caregiving In this post, Christie Hartley (Georgia State University) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (University of British Columbia) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy  in …

In this post, Christie Hartley and Ashley Lindsey-Kim discuss the conceptual difference between pregnancy and caregiving from their recent article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/preg...

Should Universities Restrict Generative AI? In this post, Karl de Fine Licht (Chalmers University of Technology) discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on the moral concerns of banning Generative AI in …

Should universities restrict Generative AI use? Karl de Fine Licht, discusses his recently published article with @the-joap.bsky.social in this post.

How much is too much? Why defining ‘mass incarceration’ is important – and isn’t as easy as it seems In this post, Vincent Chiao, discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on how to understand the “mass” part of “mass incarceration.” By Our World In Data. See En…

How much incarceration is too much? Vincent Chiao (Toronto) discusses the insights from his recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/how-...

Ideology-critique in the classroom Over the last few weeks, I have been marking exams for the economic ethics course I taught this year. The experience has not been particularly joyful. Admittedly, marking rarely is, but it gets wor…

Enjoying this post on Justice Everywhere @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social by Pierre-Etienne Vandamme. How should we balance fairness & charity in the way we present theories with (sometimes v necessary) ideology critique?

Some good ideas in the comments, too!

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ARE NUDGES FAILING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS? In this post, Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on  how nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individua…

As part of our ongoing collaboration with
@the-joap.bsky.social Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article in the J. of Applied Philosophy ow nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individuals, potentially worsening inequalities. justice-everywhere.org/general/are-...

What’s so bad about workism? In this post, Matthew Hammerton (Singapore Management University) discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on the phenomenon and value of people making work the…

As part of our ongoing collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, and in honour of the International Workers Day, Matthew Hammerton discusses his article in the J. of Applied Philosophy on the value of making work the primary source of meaning in one's life. justice-everywhere.org/general/what...

Beyond the Ivory Tower Interview with Toby Buckle This is the latest interview in our Beyond the Ivory Tower series, a conversation between Sara van Goozen and Toby Buckle. Toby Buckle runs the popular Political Philosophy Podcast. He has a BA in …

Real pleasure to be interviewed by @drsvg.bsky.social for @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social

How to start a podcast, how academics can build a public profile, & how Mill relates to the manosphere

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How Much Does Slaughter Harm Humanely Raised Animals? In this post, Coleman Solis discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the harmfulness of death in humane farming. The way that we think about death can have a profound impa…

Is humanely farmed meat an ethical alternative to factory farming? asks Coleman Solis. In partnership with @the-joap.bsky.social

Should we grant legal personhood to robots? With significant recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, it is increasingly pressing that we consider the legal and ethical standing of autonomous machines. Here I post some consid…

We have videos as well! Watch a debate between philosophers Thomas Burri, Shawn Bayern, and Andrew Walton about whether robots should be granted personhood.

Why it’s Wrong to Spy on Animals Humans like watching nonhuman animals. We watch them in parks, in zoos, on farms, in sanctuaries, in pet shops, in our gardens, on the streets, in our homes, on tv, and so on. Lately, we have devel…

From our archive: Angie Pepper argues that animals have a right to privacy that makes it morally impermissible to covertly surveil them, as many animals do have an interest in having genuine control over their environment and their relationships with others.

How to recognise bullshit on the Internet Following Trump’s shocking election win last Tuesday, this picture was shared by thousands of people across both the world and my Facebook feed: I, like I suspect most people I know, wanted to beli…

From our 2016 archives - bullshit is still bullshit and the internet is still the internet, so as relevant as ever

Propagandists, Degrees of Reliability, and Epistemic Nihilism Reliability is a quality that comes in degrees. For example, a bus that always arrives exactly on time is highly reliable. A bus that often but not always arrives on time is somewhat reliable. A bu…

"A propagandist prefers that you perceive the propagandist as totally reliable while perceiving all other sources of information as totally unreliable. If this cannot be achieved, the propagandist would prefer that you view all sources as completely unreliable."

The (in)justice of critical philosophy of race? In a recent presentation about a relatively new academic field called the critical philosophy of race, I was (repeatedly) questioned about the reasons for retaining the concept of race after it has…

From our archive: why should we retain the concept of race?

"by denying the category of race, it is much more difficult – both legally and socially – to fight current manifestations of racism"

Call for Papers: “Ethical and Epistemological Issues in the Teaching of Politics” Justice Everywhere is pleased to share the following call for papers: The Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) at UCL and the Teaching Political Theory Network (TPTN) at the University of York…

The Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) at UCL and the Teaching Political Theory Network (TPTN) at the University of York are co-organising a one-day workshop on ethical and epistemological issues in the teaching of politics. Abstracts due 9 April.

Technological Justice At least in the developed world, technology pervades all aspects of human life, and its influence is growing constantly. Major technological challenges include automation, digitalisation, 3 D print…

In this post from our archive: Julia Hermann writes about technological justice

Limits of language promotion This post is written by Dr. Seunghyun Song (Assistant professor, Tilburg University). Based on her research on linguistic justice, she provides a tentative answer to the issue of the limits of the …

New post by ! What are some of the problems with territorial language policies? Seunghyun Song argues the problem consists of linguistic minorities being pushed away even further.

What I Really, Really Want: Why True Preferences Matter for Nudging In this post, Bart Engelen (Tilburg University) and Viktor Ivanković (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they expl…

In this post, Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivanković discuss their recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social where they explore what it means to have ‘true preferences’ and how this affects our understanding of autonomy and nudging.

This is a great post so you should read it, but also: look at Tim's face - do you really want to disappoint him by not reading it?

Innocence and Agency: The ethics of child protests In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to en…

In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to engage in political activism. @the-joap.bsky.social

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What I Really, Really Want: Why True Preferences Matter for Nudging In this post, Bart Engelen (Tilburg University) and Viktor Ivanković (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they expl…

New @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social blog post on recent JOAP article by Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivankovićhttps ://justice-everywhere.org/general/what-i-really-really-want-why-true-preferences-matter-for-nudging/ #philsky #philosophy

‘Flooding the zone’ and the politics of attention Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photography by Gage Skidmore. This is a guest post by Zsolt Kapel…

"Distracting the media or political opponents is commonplace in democratic politics. However, I think there is a crucial difference between ordinary distractions and flooding the zone."

‘Flooding the zone’ and the politics of attention Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photography by Gage Skidmore. This is a guest post by Zsolt Kapel…

What is "flooding the zone" with too much information and why is it bad for democratic politics? Making sense of the news from the US with the help of political philosophy.

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Just War Theory and The Russia-Ukraine War Ceremony on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photo: President of Ukraine, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain This is a guest post by Professor Jeff…

Sadly, our series on the war in Ukraine continues to be relevant.

In this post, Jeff McMahan explains what just war theory says about the war.

Withdrawing and withholding treatment are not always morally equivalent In this post, Andrew McGee (Queensland University of Technology) and Drew Carter (University of Adelaide) discuss their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the moral difference betwe…

What's the difference between withdrawing and withholding medical treatment? Are they morally equivalent?

In partnership with @the-joap.bsky.social where Andrew McGee and Drew Carter first published the paper this blog is based on.

Writing Assignments in the age of Gen AI If Gen AI can consistently produce A grade articles across disciplines (for now, it seems they can’t, but they likely might), do we still need students to learn the art of writing well-researched l…

Once again, we ponder how academics can respond to the rise of generative AI when it comes to teaching and assessment.

Sanat Sogani on Writing Assignments in the Age of AI

Is Aid Effective? Picture a hospital, bringing in thousands of people every day who suffer from a host of different ailments, many of them contagious. If you go there for one reason, there is a risk you will end up …

With international aid being cut and under threat, it's worth asking: Is aid effective?

From the archive by Jesper L Pedersen

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An interview with Philippe van Parijs (Beyond the Ivory Tower Series) This is the latest interview in our Beyond the Ivory Tower series (you can read previous interviews here). For this edition, Diana Popescu spoke to Philippe Van Parijs, Hoover Chair of economic and…

Interview with Philippe van Parijs, Hoover Chair of economic and social ethics at the University of Louvain, founder of the Basic Income Earth Network, whose article, ‘Picnic the Streets’, triggered a civil disobedience resulting in making Brussels' central lanes car free

Teaching students to be good What’s the point of teaching moral and political philosophy? Ancient philosophers around the world would have thought the answer to this question was blindingly obvious: the point is to make studen…

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What’s the point of teaching moral and political philosophy? asks Michael Bennett

He argues that we can help students culticate epistemic virtues such as cognitivism (we can reason about morals & politics), skepticism (we need goo arguments), open-mindedness & civility

Right now, this. How to kill democracy - exhaust and distract. This is happening super charged in the US.

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