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

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

Objective Morality Featuring Dr Richard Carrier YouTube video by ObjectiveEthics

We'll be discussing common #objections and #misconceptions about the #reality and #discoverability of #ObjectiveMorality on the new #ObjectiveEthics channel live on April 12. Join us!

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#philosophy #MoralPhilosophy

Ethics Beyond the State Pluralism, secularism, and the search for shared moral ground

A state can be religiously neutral.

It cannot be morally neutral.

Every law encodes a value:
• What is fair
• What is harm
• What is worth protecting

There is no such thing as a value-free system.

faithandbelievers.substack.com/p/ethics-bey...

#MoralPhilosophy #Society #Culture #HumanDignity

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

Philosopher Hannah Arendt discussing the use of deceptive propaganda used by the Nazis and other totalitarian movements.

#hannaharendt #totalitarianism #philosophy #moralphilosophy #truth #propaganda #misinformation #disinformation #authoritarianism #lies #criticalthinking

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

While I could totally vibe with #deontology (a little less so #consequentialism), I'm lowkey a #virtueethics stan. Ok, #Plato is a little elitist. But there's something so dreamy about cultivating virtues to live a beautiful life.

What do my #moralphilosophy girlies (and not-girlies) think?
~D

Ethics | Vol 136, No 3

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

Lack of Attitude Abstract. This chapter examines the concept of belief, proposing that belief ascriptions serve as useful models of unconscious dispositions rather than ref

New Publication 📖
Director of Research Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social & Deputy Director Katalin Farkas have co-authored a chapter in 'The Nature of Belief', edited by Jonathan Lewis-Jong and Eric Schwitzgebel.

'Lack of Attitude' - link below 👇

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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

Our first episode, "This is Moral Philosophy!" goes live on our YouTube and TikTok Channels on Tuesday! We're giving you a brief overview of Moral Philosophy.

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Just Published! Introduces and defends antitheodicy as an ethically superior response to suffering. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3nvhzkvm @helsinki.fi #Antitheodicy #ProblemOfEvil #PhilosophyOfReligion #EthicsOfSuffering #MoralPhilosophy #SufferingAndEthics #HumanCondition

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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📕 New book!
Key researcher, Cathy Mason's new book 'Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good' has just been published by Oxford University Press.

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#newrelease #irismurdoch #moralphilosophy

Tomorrow in London:

Should Humanists Eat Meat?

Reason. Compassion. Moral consistency.
Let’s think it through — together.

Hosted by Central London Humanists.

Last chance:
www.meetup.com/central-lond...
#Humanism #Ethics #FoodForThought #LondonEvents #MoralPhilosophy #drsapnaramnani

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
peasoupblog.com/2026/03/ethi...

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

War should never be easy. Terrance Carroll on the deep Christian reflection required before engaging in conflict. #JustWar #FaithfulWitness #socialjustice #theology #moralphilosophy

Original post on mementomori.social

Folke Tersman has revised his SEP-entry on Moral Disagreement, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/disagreement-moral/

The author on Uppsala University's pages, www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisat...

#ethics #morality #moralPhilosophy #philosophy #filosofia #etiikka […]

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

Humanism asks for clear thinking.
Ethics asks for consistency.

So — should humanists eat meat?

I’ll be exploring this at Central London Humanists.

Thoughtful debate welcome.

Details:
www.meetup.com/central-lond...
#Humanism #Ethics #FoodForThought #LondonEvents #MoralPhilosophy

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

What Is Freedom? A Philosophical Exploration of Choice, Constraint, and Responsibility - Interconnected Earth Few questions are as old, persistent, and contested as the question of freedom. Humans have asked it across cultures, religions, political systems, and

Freedom is not just a legal status. It is psychological, political, economic, and moral. This piece examines how our choices shape others in an interconnected system.
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#Philosophy #Freedom #MoralPhilosophy #Society #InterconnectedEarth

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

I'm live tomorrow on Jorge Guerra Pires's show, a Brazilian scientist, discussing how #scientific we can make #moral knowledge. And we'll be somewhat critical of Sam Harris's efforts to do that, addressing what he's missing.

#morality #science #moralphilosophy #philosophy #SamHarris

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

The Many Shades of Complicity in the Epstein Fallout

On complicity in the far-reaching networks around Epstein, moral philosophy, and what is owed by whom to Epstein's victims (a lot, by many, surely). #Epstein #Epsteinfiles #philosophy #moralphilosophy #highered