𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs
@freeandequal.bsky.social
Diamond open-access journal founded by the former editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs. Our name expresses our dual commitment to free inquiry on equal terms and to its free dissemination and equal accessibility.
https://freeandequaljournal.org/
https://freeandequaljournal.org/
In “Money as 𝘙𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢,” @aaronjames.bsky.social proposes a conception of money as “common credit.” Private banks‘ powers of lending (and hence money creation/allocation) must be held in trust and subject to regulations in the service of public purposes to be legitimate.
#poliphil #PolTheory
#poliphil #PolTheory
Money as <em>Res Publica</em>
Our current monetary system is a public-private banking hybrid dominated by private interest, often at the expense of public purpose. This article proposes a conception of money as a “common credit” r...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In “Money as 𝘙𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢,” @aaronjames.bsky.social proposes a conception of money as “common credit.” Private banks‘ powers of lending (and hence money creation/allocation) must be held in trust and subject to regulations in the service of public purposes to be legitimate.
#poliphil #PolTheory
#poliphil #PolTheory
In “Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?,” Isaac Taylor argues that in principle it is possible for AI systems to act in our name, as our representatives.
Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?
Using AI systems to make decisions in the place of humans promises greater efficiency, but some authors raise a number of ethical worries about this. The undermining of responsibility, the removal of ...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In “Representative Robots: Can AI Systems Act in Our Name?,” Isaac Taylor argues that in principle it is possible for AI systems to act in our name, as our representatives.
In “Why Riot? An Expressive Theory of the Justification of Rioting,” Edmund Tweedy Flanigan argues that riots as a form of protest are subject to expressive norms that may license its characteristic harms.
#poliphil #PolTheory #moralphil
#poliphil #PolTheory #moralphil
Why Riot? An Expressive Theory of the Justification of Rioting
Political rioting is a durable feature of societies across time, space, and political structure. It is also highly morally contentious. Among those who take rioting to be justifiable, the dominant app...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In “Why Riot? An Expressive Theory of the Justification of Rioting,” Edmund Tweedy Flanigan argues that riots as a form of protest are subject to expressive norms that may license its characteristic harms.
#poliphil #PolTheory #moralphil
#poliphil #PolTheory #moralphil
In “What Indirect Affirmative Action Can Do,” @drbengtson.bsky.social argues that “indirect affirmative action” is often justified by considerations of equal opportunity and integration as well as strategic considerations.
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
What Indirect Affirmative Action Can Do
Affirmative action is under pressure in the United States. At the moment, affirmative action is both legally prohibited and politically ill advised. For an egalitarian, this is not good news. What to ...
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August 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In “What Indirect Affirmative Action Can Do,” @drbengtson.bsky.social argues that “indirect affirmative action” is often justified by considerations of equal opportunity and integration as well as strategic considerations.
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
In “Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology,” Richard Yetter Chappell argues that even those who accept, for themselves, deontic constraints against serious wrongdoing cannot, if they care enough about others, always want others do to so.
#moralphil
#moralphil
Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology
It’s commonly thought that we can reasonably oppose serious wrongdoing. For example, deontologist bystanders may prefer that an agent allows the killing of five rather than wrongly killing one as a me...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In “Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology,” Richard Yetter Chappell argues that even those who accept, for themselves, deontic constraints against serious wrongdoing cannot, if they care enough about others, always want others do to so.
#moralphil
#moralphil
Ryan Pevnick, “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform,” argues that campaign finance rules in rep democ should be guided by anti-corruption & equal opp for influence, but also effective accountability, electoral selection, & voter competence.
#poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
#poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform
There is broad disagreement about campaign finance reform, in part, because there is disagreement about the goals that should guide it. The most common approaches focus on the importance of preventing...
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June 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ryan Pevnick, “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform,” argues that campaign finance rules in rep democ should be guided by anti-corruption & equal opp for influence, but also effective accountability, electoral selection, & voter competence.
#poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
#poliphil #PolTheory #polisky
In “What is the Point of Solidarity?,” Juri Viehoff argues that solidarity is the practice that uniquely brings our moral and personal reasons into greater harmony.
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#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
What is the Point of Solidarity?
In response to activist movements like Black Lives Matter and global events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, philosophers have shown a renewed interest in the value and practice of solidarity. However, ...
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May 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In “What is the Point of Solidarity?,” Juri Viehoff argues that solidarity is the practice that uniquely brings our moral and personal reasons into greater harmony.
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
#poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory
In “Manipulation and Practical Agency,” Massimo Renzo defends a novel formulation of the view that manipulation is wrong b/c it impairs practical reasoning, against accounts like Gibert’s which dispense with a distinctive non-moral feature upon which its wrongness supervenes.
#moralphil #philsky
#moralphil #philsky
Manipulation and Practical Agency
Philosophers typically argue that manipulation is wrong because it impairs our practical reasoning. Recently, Sophie Gibert has challenged this view, proposing instead a reductive account of the wrong...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In “Manipulation and Practical Agency,” Massimo Renzo defends a novel formulation of the view that manipulation is wrong b/c it impairs practical reasoning, against accounts like Gibert’s which dispense with a distinctive non-moral feature upon which its wrongness supervenes.
#moralphil #philsky
#moralphil #philsky
New article by Alexander Motchoulski, “Reparations, Recognition, and the Restoration of Relational Equality,” defending a relational-egalitarian theory of reparations for historical injustice.
#philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory
#philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory
Reparations, Recognition, and the Restoration of Relational Equality
I argue for the relational egalitarian theory of reparations for historical injustice, which holds that 1) reparations are owed to persons who are public social inferiors in part because they are memb...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New article by Alexander Motchoulski, “Reparations, Recognition, and the Restoration of Relational Equality,” defending a relational-egalitarian theory of reparations for historical injustice.
#philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory
#philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory
F&E is extremely pleased to announce the addition of two new Associate Editors to our team.
First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory.
Welcome Sean!
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First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory.
Welcome Sean!
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky #poliphil
Sean Ingham
Academic website with links to working papers and curriculum vitae.
www.seaningham.org
February 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
F&E is extremely pleased to announce the addition of two new Associate Editors to our team.
First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory.
Welcome Sean!
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky #poliphil
First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory.
Welcome Sean!
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky #poliphil
Announcing a $2000 prize for the best essay published by an early-career scholar in legal, moral, or political philosophy published in F&E in 2025-26. No need to nominate your article: any eligible article will be considered a candidate.
#PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky
#PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky
February 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Announcing a $2000 prize for the best essay published by an early-career scholar in legal, moral, or political philosophy published in F&E in 2025-26. No need to nominate your article: any eligible article will be considered a candidate.
#PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky
#PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky
In a new article, “Supposed Corpses and Correspondence,” Elise Sugarman explores the relation between the mens rea and actus reus requirements for liability, using “corpse” cases to challenge the existing contemporaneity and causal theories.
#philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy
#philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy
Supposed Corpses and Correspondence
The correspondence requirement is a fundamental doctrinal principle in Anglo-American criminal law. It maintains that, in general, a particular relation between mens rea and actus reus is necessary f...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In a new article, “Supposed Corpses and Correspondence,” Elise Sugarman explores the relation between the mens rea and actus reus requirements for liability, using “corpse” cases to challenge the existing contemporaneity and causal theories.
#philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy
#philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy
F&E practises “triple anonymous” peer review. What does this mean? Some mistakenly think it refers to 3 referee reports. Rather, it means:
1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities;
2. vice versa;
3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities
1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities;
2. vice versa;
3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
F&E practises “triple anonymous” peer review. What does this mean? Some mistakenly think it refers to 3 referee reports. Rather, it means:
1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities;
2. vice versa;
3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities
1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities;
2. vice versa;
3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities
Reposted by 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs
Very pleased to announce the publication of the first two articles of @freeandequal.bsky.social / Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs! Check them out: freeandequaljournal.org/articles/
January 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Very pleased to announce the publication of the first two articles of @freeandequal.bsky.social / Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs! Check them out: freeandequaljournal.org/articles/
F&E has received 151 submissions in 2024—from Sept 13, the day we launched, to Dec 31. That’s roughly 42 submissions per month. We are very grateful indeed to the academic community for this tremendous support in the transition to the new model.
#philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky
#philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky
January 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
F&E has received 151 submissions in 2024—from Sept 13, the day we launched, to Dec 31. That’s roughly 42 submissions per month. We are very grateful indeed to the academic community for this tremendous support in the transition to the new model.
#philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky
#philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky
Our second article has also gone live: David Morgan’s “The Power of Care,” on the nature of excuses, is a reply to @pasliwa.bsky.social’s 2019 “The Power of Excuses” (published in PPA before we resigned en masse from Wiley).
#philsky #moralphil #polphil
#philsky #moralphil #polphil
The Power of Care: Reply to Sliwa
Nina Simone sang: "I’m just a soul whose intentions are good." Paulina Sliwa (2019) defends a subtle, worked out picture on which Simone’s excuse turns out to be the basic form of an excuse. But good ...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our second article has also gone live: David Morgan’s “The Power of Care,” on the nature of excuses, is a reply to @pasliwa.bsky.social’s 2019 “The Power of Excuses” (published in PPA before we resigned en masse from Wiley).
#philsky #moralphil #polphil
#philsky #moralphil #polphil
Very pleased to announce the publication of the first article in our journal’s new incarnation!
Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility.
#philsky #PolTheory
Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility.
#philsky #PolTheory
Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery
This paper explores how philosophical accounts of the nature of persons and attributive responsibility can help us to make sense of the kinds of characteristic errors that people make in interpreting ...
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January 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Very pleased to announce the publication of the first article in our journal’s new incarnation!
Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility.
#philsky #PolTheory
Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility.
#philsky #PolTheory
F&E has received 31 submissions in the journal’s first 4 days alone! We are thrilled at this response and are so grateful to the academic community for rallying around the new journal!
#philsky #polisky #PolTheory
#philsky #polisky #PolTheory
September 17, 2024 at 4:44 PM
F&E has received 31 submissions in the journal’s first 4 days alone! We are thrilled at this response and are so grateful to the academic community for rallying around the new journal!
#philsky #polisky #PolTheory
#philsky #polisky #PolTheory
We’re very pleased to announce that F&E will be partnering with PEA Soup, who will be arranging and hosting discussions of future F&E papers on their blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia
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Free & Equal – coming soon to PEA Soup
As we announced a few months ago, the editors and board of Philosophy & Public Affairs unanimously resigned from their positions in order to found a new diamond open access journal. That new jo…
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September 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
We’re very pleased to announce that F&E will be partnering with PEA Soup, who will be arranging and hosting discussions of future F&E papers on their blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia
#philsky
#philsky
Reposted by 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs
“Free & Equal: a Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs”, the open-access journal created by the editorial team that resigned en masse from “Philosophy & Public Affairs” earlier this year, is now open to submissions.
“Free & Equal” Now Open To Submissions
Free & Equal: a Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs, the open-access journal created by the editorial team that resigned en masse from the Wiley-published Philosophy & Public Affairs earlier this yea...
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September 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
“Free & Equal: a Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs”, the open-access journal created by the editorial team that resigned en masse from “Philosophy & Public Affairs” earlier this year, is now open to submissions.
Christian Barry: “Fantastic to see the new journal Free & Equal launch today. [It is] open access…and its team will not be subject to the sorts of pressures that editors of corporate-owned scholarly journals have often been. I regard it as the true successor to PPA.”
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
September 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Christian Barry: “Fantastic to see the new journal Free & Equal launch today. [It is] open access…and its team will not be subject to the sorts of pressures that editors of corporate-owned scholarly journals have often been. I regard it as the true successor to PPA.”
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
The website for 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 has now launched and is open to submissions!
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Please submit your best work to us, and encourage friends, colleagues, and students to do the same.
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
freeandequaljournal.org
Please submit your best work to us, and encourage friends, colleagues, and students to do the same.
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs
freeandequaljournal.org
September 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM
The website for 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 has now launched and is open to submissions!
freeandequaljournal.org
Please submit your best work to us, and encourage friends, colleagues, and students to do the same.
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
freeandequaljournal.org
Please submit your best work to us, and encourage friends, colleagues, and students to do the same.
#philsky #PolTheory #polisky
September 7, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Mission Statement:
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 was created in 2024 by the former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs, which was founded in 1971 by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and T.M. Scanlon. /1
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𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 was created in 2024 by the former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs, which was founded in 1971 by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and T.M. Scanlon. /1
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September 7, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Mission Statement:
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 was created in 2024 by the former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs, which was founded in 1971 by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and T.M. Scanlon. /1
#philsky #polisky #PolTheory
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 was created in 2024 by the former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs, which was founded in 1971 by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and T.M. Scanlon. /1
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