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Political Philosophy and Political Work at the University
In this guest post, Gottfried Schweiger (University of Salzburg) discusses the university as a political place and outlines four different kinds of political work that take place within it. Political...
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Free Speech, Cartoons and Anti-Racism
In this post, John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University) discusses a recent case in British news on the use of satirical cartoons in the classroom. A teacher at a UK school was recently suspended for...
View ArticleEncouraging religious schools to teach good citizens
In this post, Baldwin Wong discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on how religious schools could participate in civic education. Religious schools, such as the parochial...
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It’s so crazy that you called me a psycho: Why are we still using mental...
In this post Zsuzsanna Chappell discusses some problematic aspects of mental illness slurs. “Sweet but Psycho”, an upbeat pop song by Ava Max, topped the charts in 22 countries in 2019. Both the lyrics...
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What’s the problem with killer robots? Some reflections on the NSCAI final...
At the start of March, the US National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI), chaired by Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and Robert Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, issued its 756-page final...
View ArticleWhat do co-parents owe each other?
In this post, Daniela Cutas and Sabine Hohl discuss their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on duties of co-parenting. One of the authors of this post remembers her mother telling her,...
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Should we revive the ancient practice of ostracism?
A well-known aphorism by George Santayana says that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Less well-known, though, is the sentence used to preface this aphorism, namely that...
View ArticleIs the criminal law the best tool to fight discrimination and hate-based...
In the past few months, a central topic of discussion in Italian public debate has been the Ddl Zan, a proposed bill to combat discrimination and violence on the grounds of sex, gender, gender...
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More equal compared to what? How central banks are fudging the issue on...
Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks have become the central tool of macroeconomic management, being described as the “only game in town.” To avert financial meltdown and, subsequently, to...
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What Epistemic Profiles Should We (Not) Foster?
It is often said that the main task of teachers is to foster learning. But what kind of learning? What knowledge can we hope to attain through such learning? And what kinds of people should children...
View ArticleOn our special relationship with future generations
In this post, Charlotte Unruh discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the basis of our duties to future generations. Do you sometimes picture future generations as strangers...
View ArticleA Criminal Law for Semi-Citizens
In this post, Cristián Irarrázaval Zaldívar and Ivó Coca-Vila discuss their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on how to legitimate punishment in the context of varying forms of...
View ArticleWe have a duty to pay for kidneys
In this post, Aksel Sterri discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the ethics of a government-monopsony market in kidneys. Two million people suffer from kidney failure...
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Ending Child Marriage in the UK
On 16 June 2021, Sajid Javid MP introduced a Private Members’ Bill into the UK Parliament to raise the minimum age of marriage in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to 18. This follows earlier...
View ArticleA Puzzle about Disability and Old Age
In this post, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the connections between disability-related disadvantages and old-age-related disadvantages....
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Having slaves and raising children
When I said yes to co-writing a book on surrogacy, I thought it would be just a straightforward application of my general view that moral rights over children, including the right to custody, are...
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Public-private collaboration in the governance of AI
Artificial Intelligence – Adobe Stock Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have seen impressive developments in the last decades. Think about Google’s DeepMind defeating Lee Sedol,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Technomoral Change
According to the emerging paradigm of technomoral change, technology and morality co-shape each other. It is not only the case that morality influences the development of technologies. The reverse also...
View ArticleOut today: Political Philosophy in a Pandemic
We’re very pleased to announce that our book, Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a More Just Future, is released today in e-book format. The print versions will follow, on 23rd September....
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Combining public policies and transformative action in fighting against...
In this contribution, Katarina Pitasse Fragoso and Nathália Sanglard reflect on gender violence and public policies. Gender violence is a form of physical, verbal, psychological or symbolic damage,...
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