𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs
Diamond open-access journal founded by the former editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs. Our name expresses our dual commitment to free inquiry on equal terms and to its free dissemination and equal accessibility.
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- In “Impartiality, Anonymity, and Caring Who,” Daniel Muñoz argues impartiality requires Anonymity, not the stronger, utilitarian-friendly principle of Outcome Anonymity (for which two outcomes with the same welfare distribution differing only in who is at which level are equally good). #moralphil
- New article: Patrick McKee argues in “The Unhappy Conclusion“ that an extremely long, drab life is better than a happy life of normal length. Implications for the Millian lexical superiority view, population ethics, animal well-being, and artificial intelligence considered. #moralphil
- Critical essay by Dmitri Landa and Ryan Pevnick about Alexander Guerrero’s recent 𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 (OUP 2024).
- In “Every Day an Election Day,” Kal Hailu Kalewold defends a new electoral system under which voters electronically register their votes daily with the results determined by summing up votes over the whole term of office. #poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
- “Grief as a Duty of Practical Fidelity” Jordan MacKenzie & @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social: The duty to grieve the deceased is part of a wider duty of fidelity, which requires “factoring” loved ones into our practical identities and attending to radical changes in their identities. #moralphil
- Welcome 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤 to the fold!
- Congratulations to Ryan Pevnick, whose article “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform” has win the 2025 Rockwell Prize for the Best Article on Ethics, Leadership, and Public Policy. #poliphil #polisky #PolTheory
- Ryan Pevnick, “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform,” argues that campaign finance rules in rep democ should be guided by anti-corruption & equal opp for influence, but also effective accountability, electoral selection, & voter competence. #poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
- In “Money as 𝘙𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢,” @aaronjames.bsky.social proposes a conception of money as “common credit.” Private banks‘ powers of lending (and hence money creation/allocation) must be held in trust and subject to regulations in the service of public purposes to be legitimate. #poliphil #PolTheory
- In “Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?,” Isaac Taylor argues that in principle it is possible for AI systems to act in our name, as our representatives.
- In “Why Riot? An Expressive Theory of the Justification of Rioting,” Edmund Tweedy Flanigan argues that riots as a form of protest are subject to expressive norms that may license its characteristic harms. #poliphil #PolTheory #moralphil
- In “What Indirect Affirmative Action Can Do,” @drbengtson.bsky.social argues that “indirect affirmative action” is often justified by considerations of equal opportunity and integration as well as strategic considerations. #poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
- In “Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology,” Richard Yetter Chappell argues that even those who accept, for themselves, deontic constraints against serious wrongdoing cannot, if they care enough about others, always want others do to so. #moralphil
- Ryan Pevnick, “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform,” argues that campaign finance rules in rep democ should be guided by anti-corruption & equal opp for influence, but also effective accountability, electoral selection, & voter competence. #poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
- In “What is the Point of Solidarity?,” Juri Viehoff argues that solidarity is the practice that uniquely brings our moral and personal reasons into greater harmony. #poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
- In “Manipulation and Practical Agency,” Massimo Renzo defends a novel formulation of the view that manipulation is wrong b/c it impairs practical reasoning, against accounts like Gibert’s which dispense with a distinctive non-moral feature upon which its wrongness supervenes. #moralphil #philsky
- New article by Alexander Motchoulski, “Reparations, Recognition, and the Restoration of Relational Equality,” defending a relational-egalitarian theory of reparations for historical injustice. #philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory
- F&E is extremely pleased to announce the addition of two new Associate Editors to our team. First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory. Welcome Sean! #philsky #PolTheory #polisky #poliphil
- Announcing a $2000 prize for the best essay published by an early-career scholar in legal, moral, or political philosophy published in F&E in 2025-26. No need to nominate your article: any eligible article will be considered a candidate. #PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky
- We define early-career scholars as those no more than 10 years from receiving a postgraduate degree. The awardee will be determined by a committee of Associate Editors for the journal. The award’s recipient will be announced in early 2027.
- In a new article, “Supposed Corpses and Correspondence,” Elise Sugarman explores the relation between the mens rea and actus reus requirements for liability, using “corpse” cases to challenge the existing contemporaneity and causal theories. #philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy
- F&E practises “triple anonymous” peer review. What does this mean? Some mistakenly think it refers to 3 referee reports. Rather, it means: 1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities; 2. vice versa; 3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities
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- F&E has received 151 submissions in 2024—from Sept 13, the day we launched, to Dec 31. That’s roughly 42 submissions per month. We are very grateful indeed to the academic community for this tremendous support in the transition to the new model. #philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky
- Our second article has also gone live: David Morgan’s “The Power of Care,” on the nature of excuses, is a reply to @pasliwa.bsky.social’s 2019 “The Power of Excuses” (published in PPA before we resigned en masse from Wiley). #philsky #moralphil #polphil
- Very pleased to announce the publication of the first article in our journal’s new incarnation! Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility. #philsky #PolTheory
- F&E has received 31 submissions in the journal’s first 4 days alone! We are thrilled at this response and are so grateful to the academic community for rallying around the new journal! #philsky #polisky #PolTheory
- We’re very pleased to announce that F&E will be partnering with PEA Soup, who will be arranging and hosting discussions of future F&E papers on their blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia #philsky
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