Emotional Fittingness over Time* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 When and why is it fitting for emotions to change over time? This article defends a novel answer to this question that emphasizes the motivational aspect of emotions. It is fitting for emotions to cha...

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

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Now published: 'Legal Rights and the Institutional Imagination' by Hamish Ross

Reimagines legal rights through the exercise of institutional power ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vcSJzS

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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

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New Issue of Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence now available

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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

Legal Philosophy Workshop The Legal Philosophy Workshop (LPW) is an annual conference designed to foster reflection on the nature of law and the philosophical issues underlying its different areas. Our aim is to promote work t...

The program for the Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026 is now online!

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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

Whoever reaches the fifth question can no longer return to the first with the same ease.
The displacement is irreversible.
I call that the Matrioska Effect.
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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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Banner showing the cover image of 'Bernard Williams on Law and Jurisprudence' and the text: investigates the work of Bernard Williams, considered by many as the greatest moral philosopher of his generation.

Now published: 'Bernard Williams on Law and Jurisprudence'

The first collection of essays on Bernard Williams' moral and political philosophy to shed light on the nature of law ➡️ https://bit.ly/4bw8dWD

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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

Banner showing the cover image of 'Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans' and the text: Probes the theoretical foundations, flaws, and future prospects of the growing phenomenon of non-human rights.

Discover 'Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans' edited by John Olusegun Adenitire and @raffaelfasel.bsky.social

Can animals, artificial intelligences, and nature have fundamental rights? Available now! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3OKz4qe

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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

Banner showing the cover image of 'The Concept of Legal Personhood' and the text: Provides a new conception of legal personhood, explaining it in terms of how our mind makes sense of and categorizes the world.

Now available: 'The Concept of Legal Personhood' by Claudio Novelli

What does it take for someone – or something – to count as a legal person? ➡️ https://bit.ly/4l5kUMa

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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

Banner showing the cover image of 'The Rule of Law Under Fire' and the text: A timely and important exploration of the ideological, economic, legal, and institutional threats to the future of the rule of law.

Out now: 'The Rule of Law Under Fire' by Raymond Wacks

Does the upsurge in populism, authoritarianism, and nationalism threaten the future of the rule of law? ➡️ https://bit.ly/4tXbfLY

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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