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Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions? As political institutions, representative assemblies can be seen as rule-governed structures of interrelated roles with power mandates, which elected officeholders must exercise in accordance with th...

#NewArticle #OpenAccess Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions?

Chiara Destri

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Society for Applied Philosophy — Annual Conference 2026 – The Society for Applied Philosophy

The 2026 Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference will be held in Edinburgh, 3rd - 5th July.

Call for papers open until Jan 12th.

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CT Lab: Critical Thinking from Theory to Practice - Study day - UWE Bristol: Courses Learn advanced critical thinking tools to sharpen your judgement, enhance your decision-making, and apply reason with precision and purpose.

We're launching a new CPD short course on critical thinking in February 2026 -- now open for applications!

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Had a lovely time in Salzburg, then Berlin. Now on my train journey to Gdansk (Travel #FlightFree) for the Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference.
Still need to finish my talk. Oops.
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Journal of Applied Philosophy: Vol 42, No 1 Click on the title to browse this issue

JOAP SPECIAL ISSUE ON PROCREATION, INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE, AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS | Guest Eds: Serena Olsaretti & Isa Trifan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685930... #philsky #appliedphilosophy

JOAP ESSAY PRIZE WINNER 2024 The Editors are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 JOAP Essay Prize is Rosa Vince, for their essay "After Objectification: Locating Harm" The paper is open access, read it here: doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philosophy #philsky #appliedphilosophy #essayprize

Emergent Discrimination: Should We Protect Algorithmic Groups? Discrimination is usually thought of in terms of socially salient groups, such as race or gender. Some scholars argue that the rise of algorithmic decision-making poses a challenge to this notion. Al...

#NewArticle #OpenAccess Emergent Discrimination: Should We Protect Algorithmic Groups? | Jannik Zeiser doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy

Institutionalized Policy Evaluation within the Democratic System: Why? When? How? Philosophers have expressed concerns about elite capture at various stages of the democratic decision-making process. However, there has been no sustained normative analysis of government-driven feed...

#NewArticle #OpenAccess Institutionalized Policy Evaluation within the Democratic System: Why? When? How? | Corrado Fumagalli doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy #philosophy

Pregnancy, Gender Identity, Autonomy, and Trust I ask what is required for pregnant trans and gender diverse (TGD) people to receive trustworthy reproductive healthcare which supports their autonomy. My focus is on wanted pregnancies. I understand....

#NewArticle Pregnancy, Gender Identity, Autonomy, and Trust | Amy Mullin doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been primarily concerned with...

I have had the happy opportunity to be part of some meaningful conceptual engineering on ‘animal welfare’. “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence”
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Confucian Harmony, Civility, and Echo Chambers How should we interact with people in echo chambers? Recently, some have argued that echo-chambered individuals are not entitled to civility. Civility is the virtue whereby we communicate respect for...

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Confucian Harmony, Civility, and Echo Chambers | Kyle van Oosterum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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What Is Wrong with Workism? Workism is the phenomenon of people making their work the primary source of meaning and identity in their life. Recent critics of workism have argued that there is a growing trend towards it in many ....

#NewArticle What Is Wrong with Workism? | Matthew Hammerton doi.org/10.1111/japp... #appliedphilosophy #philsky

Superlongevity and African Ethics I apply African moral precepts to the topic of ‘superlongevity’. I make the case that African theories give rise to three specific sorts of moral concern about life extension that are distinct from s...

#NewArticle Superlongevity and African Ethics | Christopher S. Wareham doi.org/10.1111/japp... #Philsky #philosophy #appliedphilosophy

No Right to an Open Future Liberals writing about the family frequently cite the child's ‘right to an open future’ in discussions of the ethics of parental decision-making for young children. This purported right grounds certa...

#NewArticle No Right to an Open Future | Joseph Millum doi.org/10.1111/japp... #appliedphilosophy #philsky #philosophy

What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging In this article, we discuss the role that ‘true preferences’ can and should play in discussions on the possibility and desirability of paternalist nudges. Critics have claimed that such preferences d...

#NewPaper #OpenAccess What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging | Bart Engelen, Viktor Ivanković doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy

Changing Behaviour by Adding an Option Adding an option is a neglected mechanism for bringing about behavioural change. This mechanism is distinct from nudges, which are changes in the choice architecture, and instead makes it possible to...

#NewArticle Changing Behaviour by Adding an Option | Lukas Fuchs doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #philosophy #appliedphilosophy #openaccess

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A Measure of Gratitude We were two women on either side of thirty throwing punches at one another’s faces in a concrete stairwell abuzz with florescent light. Our instructor showed us how to make a fist (thumbs on the…

What does one do when confronted with a downpour of gratitude too heavy to carry? Reach for an umbrella? Or dance? As we launch ourselves into the season of #gratitude & #giving, sharing my @vqr.bsky.social essay on #friendship, #appliedphilosophy & #organdonation.

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My latest, just published in Virginia Quarterly Review, about the power of female friendships & the burden of gratitude, sickness & health, the prospect of dying & the act of living. And bluefish. #NephSky, #nephrology, #transplant, #organ, #cancer, #friendship, #appliedphilosophy buff.ly/4fJdU3J

The Counterproductiveness Argument against Animal Rights Violence Arguments against inflicting violence on people to defend animal rights have relied on the view that inflicting violence is always wrong. But these arguments end up prohibiting too much, as defensive....

I've co-authored a paper with Nico Müller, where we level an argument from counterproductiveness against animal rights violence - out now in Journal of Applied Philosophy! 🥳
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Professionalism's Facets: Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Nostalgia Abstract. Medical educators invoke professionalism as a core competency in curricula. This paper criticizes classic definitions. It also identifies some negativ

Link to Erde's paper:

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AppliedPhil The Society for Applied Philosophy (UK) was founded in 19...

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Introduction to Special Issue on Applied Epistemology Click on the article title to read more.

Cool, forthcoming special issue of #AppliedPhilosophy on 'Applied Epistemology@clarkchinn

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