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

Andrew Lister, "Justice and Reciprocity" (Oxford UP, 2024) - New Books Network

My 2nd interview for “New Books in Philosophy” has been posted. It's with Andrew Lister about his book _Justice and Reciprocity_ (OUP, 2024).
newbooksnetwork.com/justice-and-...

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I’m working on an essay about listening and politics and I’m quite new to the subject. Any suggestions for must-reads on listening in general? #poltheory

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

_Ethics_ has published my review of _Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views_ by G Badano and A Nuti.
TLDR: It's a great book!
Link to the proof version of the review:
philpapers.org/archive/NEUR...

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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

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

www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...

Pls share & circulate to junior political theorists & scientists.

CFP Political Theory In/And/As Political Science (PTPS) panels at the annual meeting of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society (PPE). Deadline April 10.

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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

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...

Fantastic stuff from @shaiagmon.bsky.social and @samuel-bagg.bsky.social
#PolTheory #EconSky

Democracy and Competition | Home Rethinking the Forms, Purposes, and Values of Competition in Democracy

Hey #poltheory and #polisky folks, check out this new book on Democracy and Competition from @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social, which I edited with @alfredmoore.bsky.social - www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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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This Friday! Register below to join us! ⬇️📢 @wpsa.bsky.social #poltheory #polisky

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

Friday, March 20 - Theodore Lai Wenming - War and Persuasion in Aeschylus’s Oresteia

The WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community is back! Join us Fri 3/20, 4 pm ET to discuss Theodore Lai Wenming's "War and Persuasion in Aeschylus’s Oresteia" w/ Agatha Slupek as commenter. Registration & details below! @wpsa.bsky.social #polisky #poltheory mailchi.mp/83e701b5b91f...

The unjust power dynamics of pet ownership <p><em>Pet ownership is surging, with the number of pet cats and dogs outstripping the number of human children in countries from the US to Japan. Yet we rarely ask whether pet keeping is morally just...

This may be unpopular, but I'd urge people to read this piece (by philosophers Angie Pepper and Richard Healey), arguing that pet ownership is unjust and ultimately that the whole institution should be abolished:
iai.tv/articles/the...
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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

MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason Theories of Public Reason Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026&nbsp; This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly...

Another year, another Public Reason panel at MANCEPT.
This year MANCEPT takes place *before* Labour Day! So hopefully more people from North America will be able to take part.
Hope to see some of you in Manchester in six months!

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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

New article out! 🥳

Compromising to save the climate?

doi.org/10.3354/esep...

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Flyer for the European Environmental Philosophy Series (EEPS) announcing an online talk on March 27, 2026 titled “On Sustainability Research Without Sustainability” by Markku Oksanen, with organizer details and institutional logos.

Excited to announce the launch of a new online series! 🚀

EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY SERIES (EEPS)

First talk on March 27, 1-2.30PM CET

"Sustainability Research Without Sustainability"
Markku Oksanen

All welcome! Registration required.

#environment #animals #philsky #poltheory

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