Explaining Injustice: A Symposium on Bias in Context
In this post, Erin Beeghly and Jules Holroyd introduce a recent symposium they edited in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the role of biases in oppression and injustice. For over a century, activists...
View ArticleNorms and Bias: Minding A Different Kind of Gap
In this post, Lacey Davidson and Daniel Kelly discuss their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on bias and social norms. In our recent article, we argue that contemporary empirical work on...
View ArticleAttaching strings now is key to shaping post-Covid-19 future
Let’s make the post-pandemic world socially and environmentally more sustainable – a better place. This sentiment is common these days among both politicians and academics. At the same time, many...
View ArticleStructural change, individual change, and four-story walkups
In this post, Alex Madva discusses his recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the importance of an empirically-grounded approach to analysis and remediation of social injustice. Should we...
View ArticleThe Case for Ethical Guidelines on Universities’ Corporate Partnerships
In this guest post, members of No Tech for Tyrants (NT4T) – a student-led, UK-based organisation working to sever the links between higher education, violent technology, and hostile immigration...
View ArticleUnlocking care in prisons
In this post, Helen Brown Coverdale discusses her recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on care in prisons. Lawyers, criminologists and campaign groups increasingly call out the injustices of...
View ArticleFeminism and the top end of the payscale
Class is a deep dividing line in feminism for two, mutually compatible, reasons: One is about the strategic use of limited time and energy in the feminist movement. The interests of poor and...
View ArticleConsultation that silences
In this post, Dina Lupin Townsend discusses her recent article co-authored with Leo Townsend in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the silencing of indigenous communities in consultation processes. Photo...
View ArticleBig Data and the Self: Exploitation Beyond Biopolitics
In this guest post, Arianna Marchetti discusses Big Data from the perspective of Foucault’s biopolitics. Foucault claims that biopolitics (a form of macro-politics that aims at disciplining the...
View ArticleDemocracy’s Unpluckable Feathers and Presidential Term Limits
In this guest post, Mark Satta discusses the importance of presidential term limits for democracy, and that popular resistance is crucial in enforcing them. In her book Fascism: A Warning, former U.S....
View ArticleIntroduction: Symposium on War and Causation
In this post, Helen Frowe and Massimo Renzo introduce a recent symposium they edited in Journal of Applied Philosophy on how accounts of causation bear on ethics in war. Causation, and differences in...
View ArticleForced Marriage in Times of COVID-19
In this guest post, Helen McCabe discusses whether COVID-19 will set back the aim of ending forced marriage. Governments need to act regarding the impact of COVID-19 on women. More than that, they need...
View ArticleCausation Doesn’t Come in Degrees
In this post, Carolina Sartorio discusses her recent article in the Causation in War Symposium in Journal of Applied Philosophy on how degrees of causation can (and cannot) bear on liability to harm....
View ArticleThe ‘new normal’: a Rawlsian approach
In this guest post, Helen Taylor discusses the advantages of applying a Rawlsian lens to assessing and responding to the impact of COVID-19 on society. COVID-19 and inequality COVID-19 has had a...
View ArticleCausal Contribution in War
In this post, Helen Beebee & Alex Kaiserman discuss their recent article in the Causation in War Symposium in Journal of Applied Philosophy on how a probabilistic account of causation speaks to...
View ArticleIntellectual Property and the Problem of Disruptive Innovations
In this post, Sam Duncan discusses his recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the rights and duties of intellectual property. Intellectual property is perhaps the most valuable form of...
View ArticleCausation and Liability to Defensive Harm
In this post, Lars Christie discusses his recent article in the Causation in War Symposium in Journal of Applied Philosophy on why causal responsibility is not a requirement for individual liability to...
View ArticleFrom the Vault: Beyond the Ivory Tower Series
While Justice Everywhere takes a break over the summer, we recall some of the most memorable posts from our 2019-2020 season. This post focuses on the successful launch of our Beyond the Ivory Tower...
View ArticleFrom the Vault: Coronavirus
While Justice Everywhere takes a break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2019-2020 season. This post focuses on contributions relating to the COVID-19 crisis and its social and...
View ArticleFrom the Vault: Journal of Applied Philosophy
While Justice Everywhere takes a break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2019-2020 season. This post focuses on the launch of our collaboration with the Journal of Applied...
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