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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 13d

#NewArticle #OpenAccess
Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies

Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
#philosophy #philsky
Read it here 👇
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 13d

New paper in @the-joap.bsky.social together with @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social on political apologies that consign injustice to the past.

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · 13d

New paper online now: “Consigning Injustice of History with Political Apologies” (by me and @alfredarcher.bsky.social).

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies

Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an inju....

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 13d

Was great to talk to Jim Baxter of the @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social podcast about my and Georgie Mill's work on cancelling.

Ethics Untangled @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 21d

Great conversation on today's Ethics Untangled podcast with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and Georgie Mills. What is cancelling? What different forms can it take? What are its effects? Who is responsible for those effects? What does all this mean for how we should interact with others online?

IDEA The Ethics Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social · 21d

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , Jim speaks to Alfred Archer (Tilburg University) & Georgie Mills (TU Delft) about cancel culture.

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · 13d

New paper online now: “Consigning Injustice of History with Political Apologies” (by me and @alfredarcher.bsky.social).

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies

Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an inju....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

apache/ @apache.be · 17d

Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia

Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

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Ethics Untangled @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 21d

Great conversation on today's Ethics Untangled podcast with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and Georgie Mills. What is cancelling? What different forms can it take? What are its effects? Who is responsible for those effects? What does all this mean for how we should interact with others online?

IDEA The Ethics Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social · 21d

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , Jim speaks to Alfred Archer (Tilburg University) & Georgie Mills (TU Delft) about cancel culture.

IDEA The Ethics Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social · 21d

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , Jim speaks to Alfred Archer (Tilburg University) & Georgie Mills (TU Delft) about cancel culture.

Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 26d

New publication! ✨

Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling?

Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts.

w/ @almagro.bsky.social
in @journalphp.bsky.social

🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9

Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 28d

Back to abusive partners demanding respect for their “boundaries” & abusive bosses recommending mindfulness.

I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️

Check it out!

www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 28d

Check out the latest issue from affiliated journal Passion, the SI 'Emotions—More Like Stars or Constellations?', edited by Heidy Meriste and Bruno Mölder (Tartu). The issue asks how to categorize emotions, and how much weight should we put on the study of folk emotion concepts. Open access! /1

Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · Sep 26

New paper accepted!🎉

Is Taylor Swift responsible for how she makes her fans feel?

Yes; the notion of affective power (the ability to influence how others feel) can help identify the responsibilities celebrities have towards their fans.

w/ G.Mills & @alfredarcher.bsky.social

Preprint ⬇️

Jake Wojtowicz @jakewojtowicz.bsky.social · Sep 10

New open access paper with @alfredarcher.bsky.social is now online! "We’re a Tourist Club Now: The Ethics of Sports Fan Tourism"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We’re a Tourist Club Now: The Ethics of Sports Fan Tourism - The Journal of Ethics

The Journal of Ethics - Sports fan tourism is a booming industry that is actively cultivated both by sports clubs and by national governments. However, sports fan tourism has recently been subject...

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Sep 6

Was going to suggest all the things Jake did. On this topic, I don't know anything that draws on speech acts but this paper of mine takes an affective scaffolding approach and argues that fans creating a hostile atmosphere can be justified in certain sports link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Away from Home: The Ethics of Hostile Affective Scaffolding - Topoi

During live sporting events, fans often create intense atmospheres in stadiums, expressing support for their own local players and discouragement for the opposition. Crowd hostility directed at opposi...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 5

‘These are not deals that lead to the British people owning industry, which Miliband claimed in 2023 was one of Labour’s objectives. They are subsidies and incentives, large sums of public money accruing no equity.’

@ewangibbs.bsky.social on an oil refinery closure: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ewan Gibbs · Goodbye to Grangemouth

Any form of ‘just transition’ – managing the move to a greener economy while also protecting workers and...

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Sep 3

An absolute pleasure to work on this together with @isernmas.bsky.social and Katrien Schaubroeck

Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · Sep 1

New publication! ✨

Should we mourn morally flawed celebrities?

We argue that public mourning risks reinforcing testimonial and affective injustice and normalizing wrongdoing –and discuss how to mourn without causing these harms.

w/ K. Schaubroeck & @alfredarcher.bsky.social
🔓 shorturl.at/Z3LXN

No One Mourns the Wicked: The Ethics of Mourning Morally Flawed Celebrities

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Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · Sep 1

New publication! ✨

Should we mourn morally flawed celebrities?

We argue that public mourning risks reinforcing testimonial and affective injustice and normalizing wrongdoing –and discuss how to mourn without causing these harms.

w/ K. Schaubroeck & @alfredarcher.bsky.social
🔓 shorturl.at/Z3LXN

No One Mourns the Wicked: The Ethics of Mourning Morally Flawed Celebrities

Click on the article title to read more.

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Aug 29

@benjaminmatheson.bsky.social
and I are organising a workshop and special issue of the Journal of Ethics on the Ethics of Fandom. Call for abstracts here:
link.springer.com/collections/...
Some great speakers already confirmed:
@ajkadlac.bsky.social
, Erin Tarver and Kamila Pacovská
#philsky

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AFFINITY @affectinthecity.bsky.social · Aug 22

First publication out! It questions whether people who report loss of community due to gentrification and migration should both be treated as victims of injustice. My view is that we should, although injustice has different grounds in the latter case: the unjust distribution of affective burdens.

Gentrification, migration, and non-material injustice

Gentrification can harm residents at a personal and emotional level, even when they are not physically displaced. Recognising these non-material harms as a source of wrongful ‘phenomenological disp...

www.tandfonline.com

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Aug 14

And congrats to you Jules!

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really honoured to see Alan, my and Bart's book longlisted for this alongside some really excellent books #philsky

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 14

The longlist for the @triphilosophy.bsky.social 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy has been announced!

royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 14

The longlist for the @triphilosophy.bsky.social 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy has been announced!

royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 22

Now available online: "Shame in Response to Institutional Failure" - co-authored with @alfredarcher.bsky.social

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Shame in Response to Institutional Failure

When an institution morally fails, what is the appropriate emotional reaction for those institution members who are causally uninvolved in bringing about this failure? Our aim in this article is to e...

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 14

Passion Special Issue: Faces of Affective Injustice CFP!

Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jul 4

New paper of mine looks at how moral exemplars can influence our idea of who is a member of the moral community and the implications of this for the use of exemplars in moral education. Available open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky

Moral Exemplars and the Moral Community - The Journal of Value Inquiry

Linda Zagzebski’s groundbreaking book Exemplarist Moral Theory has inspired new attention to the use of moral exemplars in moral education. Zagzebski argues that admiration for moral exemplars has a c...

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jul 1

Here is something I wrote about why it's dangerous for those campaigning for equality to draw on the power of celebrity to advance their cause. #philsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Using Celebrity to Advance Equality

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jun 27

#philsky

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jun 27

New paper of mine out (open access) in @journalphp.bsky.social together with @jakewojtowicz.bsky.social and Kyle Fruh exploring sports fandom, fanaticism, exploitation and sportswashing #philsky

Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · May 25

Latest papers: Jake Wojtowicz, Alfred Archer & Kyle Fruh sketch the similarities between fandom and fanaticism and argue that sports fandom is often a form of fanaticism in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951...

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jun 26

Mia Tao just published this excellent (open access) paper about sporting excellence. Read to find out why sporting excellence needs to include moral excellence. Supervising Mia has been my favourite part of my job in the last year. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Revisiting broad internalism: towards a moral account of sporting excellence

J.S. Russell’s account of broad internalism holds that the interpretation and application of rules should be guided by underlying principles aimed at maintaining and fostering sporting excellence. ...

www.tandfonline.com

Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks so much for this @annaalexandrova.bsky.social !

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Jun 17

This impressive book was a subject of a symposium at this conference, which i couldn’t attend and sent a recording with my commentary. The centrepiece of the book is a model of a particular type of misery characteristic of a life in a market society 1/n

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