Announcing the ETHICS/PEASoup Discussion (4/29 and 30) on “Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care” a free article by Alyssa Izatt and Kimberley Brownlee at doi.org/10.1086/7396..., with a précis by Japa Pallikkathayil, peasoupblog.com/2026/04/anno... #philsky

Injustice and Structural Wrong: Reply to Sankaran and Monaghan and to Collins | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 This article defends my challenge to the influential idea that social structures can be wrong independently of individual wrongdoing. Responding to criticisms from Kirun Sankaran and Jake Monaghan and...

An ETHICS Discussion, with David Estlund defending his ETHICS article “What’s Unjust About Structural Injustice?” from recent Ethics replies to it in “Injustice and Structural Wrong: Reply to Sankaran and Monaghan and to Collins” at doi.org/10.1086/739646 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil

Getting Free from Gender: The Case Against Compulsory Sex-Marking* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 This article argues for the abolition of a core component of our hegemonic gender regime: compulsory sex-marking. Compulsory sex-marking refers to the social demand that individuals advertise, through...

The case is made to abolish compulsory sex-marking by Ophelia Vedder in “Getting Free from Gender: The Case Against Compulsory Sex-Marking” at doi.org/10.1086/739662 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

USSC rules conversion therapy is free speech. ETHICS authors Maximiliana Jewett Rifkin and Elizabeth Schechter comment that “when medicine pathologizes queerness, self-deception becomes the treatment plan” Read their paper, “Gender identity, self-deception, and respect” here: doi.org/10.1086/739654

When and why is it fitting for emotions to change over time? Sam Mason explores in “Emotional Fittingness over Time” at doi.org/10.1086/739651 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

The Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 Many theories of responsibility claim that holding someone responsible is “incipiently communicative,” but it has been difficult to pin down just what this amounts to. We offer an account of (1) a dis...

In what sense is blaming communicative? Taylor Madigan and Edward Schwartz present “The Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication” at doi.org/10.1086/739653 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

ETHICS Free Article: “Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care” Alyssa Izatt and Kimberley Brownlee present “antigirlism” to make sense of the mistreatment that girls endure in reproductive care at: doi.org/10.1086/739648 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil

Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 There is broad egalitarian agreement that inheritance results in distributive injustice and indirectly delegitimizes the political process; we should abolish it. But until we do this and put in place ...

Is it acceptable to bequeath wealth to your children? Anca Gheaus explores in “Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance” at doi.org/10.1086/739645 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

How to Be a Constitutivist* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 I defend pluralist metaethical constitutivism: Practical norms governing an agent are grounded in her kind of rational agency. Kinds of rational agency are defined in terms of reasons explanations: To...

In defense of pluralist metaethical constitutivism: “How to Be a Constitutivist” by Bennett Eckert-Kuang at: doi.org/10.1086/739644 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

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The April 2026 issue of ETHICS is now available on the University of Chicago Press site: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/2026/... #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Blameworthy Required Acts and Deontic Status Tracing* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2 Some morally required acts are wrong and blameworthy. In certain cases—Alone/Together dilemmas, single-agent dilemmas, and Actualist “Professor Procrastinate” cases—an agent is required to perform eac...

Acts simultaneously required – and wrong. Can blame be placed? Margaret Shea explores in “Blameworthy Required Acts and Deontic Status Tracing” at doi.org/10.1086/738311 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Persons, Authority, and Advance Directives* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2 I aim to clarify the moral authority of an advance directive that pertains to one’s later dementia-afflicted self. I develop the principle of Unity-Relative Autonomy, according to which the basis of s...

Theodore Naylor explores bodily autonomy, sovereignty, and decision-making authority for the aging person in “Persons, Authority, and Advance Directives” at doi.org/10.1086/738303 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Continuing at The PEASoup Blog on “A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets” a free article by Julian David Jonker at doi.org/10.1086/738309, with a précis by Brookes Brown philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy peasoupblog.com/2026/03/ethi...

Ethics: Julian Jonker & Brookes Brown – A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets PEA Soup is pleased to announce an upcoming ethics discussion of Julian Jonker’s A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets, accompanied by a critical précis by Brookes Brown. The discussio…

Please join in The PEASoup Blog on “A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets” a free article by Julian David Jonker at doi.org/10.1086/738309, with a précis by Brookes Brown philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy
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A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2 An expressive (or semiotic) argument holds that some social practice is objectionable because it has an objectionable meaning or is required in order to express something valuable. Such arguments have...

Starting Tomorrow: the ETHICS/PEASoup Blog Discussion on “A Dilemma for Expressive Arguments Against Markets” a free article by Julian David Jonker at doi.org/10.1086/738309, with a précis by Brookes Brown philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy
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Sin, Tyranny, and the Metaphysics of Money* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2 It is commonly assumed that states pay for goods and services with money collected through taxation. Taxation is coercive, and according to political liberals, the use of funds acquired through taxati...

Must states use money collected through taxation to pay for goods and services, or is there another way? “Sin, Tyranny, and the Metaphysics of Money” by David Birks and Ian Carroll
at: doi.org/10.1086/738317 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Swanton, Christine. Love and Its Place in Virtue. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 272. $100.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Raja Halwani reviews Christine Swanton’s “Love and Its Place in Virtue” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738302 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Sergio Tenenbaum reviews Karl Schafer’s “Kant’s Reason: The Unity of Reason and the Limits of Comprehension in Kant” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738314 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Pasternak, Avia. No Justice, No Peace: The Ethics of Violent Protests. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 288. $34.95 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Saba Bazargan-Forward reviews Avia Paternak’s “No Justice, No Peace: The Ethics of Violent Protests” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738308 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Müller, Mirjam. Global Sweatshops: A Feminist Theory of Exploitation and Resistance. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 160. $99.00 (cloth); $29.99 (paper). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Michael Kates reviews Mirjam Müller’s “Global Sweatshops: A Feminist Theory of Exploitation and Resistance” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738310 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Monsó, Susana. Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death. Princeton University Press, 2024. Pp. 264. $29.95 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Travis Timmerman reviews Susana Monsó’s “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738319 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Lopes, Dominic McIver. Aesthetic Injustice. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 208. $100.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Tom Roberts and Daisy Dixon review Dominic McIver Lopes’s “Aesthetic Injustice” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738315 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Lister, Andrew. Justice and Reciprocity. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 304. $130.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

John Thrasher reviews Andrew Lister’s “Justice and Reciprocity” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738312 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Holroyd, Jules. Oppressive Praise. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 224. $100.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

ETHICS Free Book Review: Jessica Isserow reviews Jules Holroyd’s “Oppressive Praise” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738307 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Fraser, Chris. Zhuāngzǐ: Ways of Wandering the Way. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 224. $90.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

David B. Wong reviews Chris Fraser’s “Zhuāngzǐ: Ways of Wandering the Way” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738313 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Dougherty, Tom. Consent Under Duress. Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 208. $100.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Scott A. Anderson reviews Tom Dougherty’s “Consent Under Duress” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738306 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Cornell, Nicolas. Wrongs and Rights Come Apart. Harvard University Press, 2025. Pp. 304. $49.95 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

Brendan de Kenessey reviews Nicolas Cornell’s “Wrongs and Rights Come Apart” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738305 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Chris Bousquet and Tyler Colby Re review Elizabeth Anderson’s “Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738304 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Does the Same Theory of Welfare Apply to All Welfare Subjects?* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2 Does the same theory of welfare apply to all welfare subjects? In a recent article, Eden Lin argues that it does. Here, I present a set of objections to Lin’s arguments and defend the opposing view. A...

Michal Masny discusses Eden Lin’s “Welfare Invariabilism” in the ETHICS Discussion, “Does the Same Theory of Welfare Apply to All Welfare Subjects? at doi.org/10.1086/738318 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Acts simultaneously required – and wrong. Can blame be placed? Margaret Shea explores in “Blameworthy Required Acts and Deontic Status Tracing” at doi.org/10.1086/738311 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy