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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
Emphasising the vulnerability and interdependence of humans, care ethics has emerged in recent years as a powerful alternative to dominant modes of thinking in…
www.bloomsbury.com
So pleased to see the Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics available in print!
Should relational egalitarians always oppose stigma? I argue no.
Where stigma is unwarranted, relational egalitarians should oppose it. But where it is *warranted*, it is at the very least unobjectionable and, in some circumstances, may even be obligatory.
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Where stigma is unwarranted, relational egalitarians should oppose it. But where it is *warranted*, it is at the very least unobjectionable and, in some circumstances, may even be obligatory.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Should relational egalitarians always oppose stigma? I argue no.
Where stigma is unwarranted, relational egalitarians should oppose it. But where it is *warranted*, it is at the very least unobjectionable and, in some circumstances, may even be obligatory.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Where stigma is unwarranted, relational egalitarians should oppose it. But where it is *warranted*, it is at the very least unobjectionable and, in some circumstances, may even be obligatory.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If you like your mind extended and your equality relational, my new paper in Synthese is for you.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Relational equality for extended minds - Synthese
Synthese - This paper deals with the impact of the extended mind thesis on relational egalitarianism: the now-dominant view on (the politically relevant form of) equality within contemporary...
link.springer.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you like your mind extended and your equality relational, my new paper in Synthese is for you.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Matilda Carter
Don't miss our new handbook: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
An authoritative guide to care ethics: what it is, debates within the field, and the contributions it can make to contemporary issues.
Learn more: bit.ly/45LEA0z
Preview: bit.ly/4lxyCpG
An authoritative guide to care ethics: what it is, debates within the field, and the contributions it can make to contemporary issues.
Learn more: bit.ly/45LEA0z
Preview: bit.ly/4lxyCpG
August 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Don't miss our new handbook: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
An authoritative guide to care ethics: what it is, debates within the field, and the contributions it can make to contemporary issues.
Learn more: bit.ly/45LEA0z
Preview: bit.ly/4lxyCpG
An authoritative guide to care ethics: what it is, debates within the field, and the contributions it can make to contemporary issues.
Learn more: bit.ly/45LEA0z
Preview: bit.ly/4lxyCpG
So pleased to see the Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics available in print!
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
Emphasising the vulnerability and interdependence of humans, care ethics has emerged in recent years as a powerful alternative to dominant modes of thinking in…
www.bloomsbury.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
So pleased to see the Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics available in print!
Join us next month for this fantastic conference!
The Future of Practical Ethics
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
August 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join us next month for this fantastic conference!
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics appears to be available to all those whose institutions have subscribed to Bloomsbury Collections.
Mine hasn't. But it's exciting nonetheless.
www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...
Mine hasn't. But it's exciting nonetheless.
www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...
Bloomsbury Collections
www.bloomsburycollections.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics appears to be available to all those whose institutions have subscribed to Bloomsbury Collections.
Mine hasn't. But it's exciting nonetheless.
www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...
Mine hasn't. But it's exciting nonetheless.
www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...
Had a great chat with the committee of UCL's Minorities and Philosophy chapter recently, setting out the case for viewing mental disabilities as neutral with respect to well-being.
You can take a listen here (or on Spotify, if you prefer).
soundcloud.com/user-2185781...
You can take a listen here (or on Spotify, if you prefer).
soundcloud.com/user-2185781...
EDI Dialogues at UCL Arts and Humanities - Episode 7 - Minority Minds: Mental Disability & The Politics of Difference
In this episode of the EDI Dialogues podcast, hosts Liam Gorner and Jack Zhang (both from UCL's student-run Minorities and Philosophy chapter) speak with Dr. Matilda Carter, British Academy Postdoctor
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July 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Had a great chat with the committee of UCL's Minorities and Philosophy chapter recently, setting out the case for viewing mental disabilities as neutral with respect to well-being.
You can take a listen here (or on Spotify, if you prefer).
soundcloud.com/user-2185781...
You can take a listen here (or on Spotify, if you prefer).
soundcloud.com/user-2185781...
Successfully used the power of *asking* to get extra time I need to complete a project today.
Why did nobody tell me of this magic before?
Why did nobody tell me of this magic before?
June 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Successfully used the power of *asking* to get extra time I need to complete a project today.
Why did nobody tell me of this magic before?
Why did nobody tell me of this magic before?
Had a fantastic time hosting this group of speakers, over the last two days, to talk through normative questions raised by our ageing societies.
Thanks to all who attended too; it was a lovely way to cap off my time here in Glasgow!
Thanks to all who attended too; it was a lovely way to cap off my time here in Glasgow!
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Had a fantastic time hosting this group of speakers, over the last two days, to talk through normative questions raised by our ageing societies.
Thanks to all who attended too; it was a lovely way to cap off my time here in Glasgow!
Thanks to all who attended too; it was a lovely way to cap off my time here in Glasgow!
Reposted by Matilda Carter
One thing I feel pretty confident I will be teaching writers for years to come is that your process has to be what works for you and not what anyone else is telling you is the way to do it.
Years into my MFA, I FINALLY have my process and it is so against what most people teach.
Years into my MFA, I FINALLY have my process and it is so against what most people teach.
May 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
One thing I feel pretty confident I will be teaching writers for years to come is that your process has to be what works for you and not what anyone else is telling you is the way to do it.
Years into my MFA, I FINALLY have my process and it is so against what most people teach.
Years into my MFA, I FINALLY have my process and it is so against what most people teach.
Reposted by Matilda Carter
An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.
Whatever genuine fears of insincere actors exploiting accommodations exist, I do not believe the British public will comfortably bear the consequences of punishing all trans people to stop them.
Call me a sentimental liberal, but I believe the cruelty of the new position ensures it will not hold.
Call me a sentimental liberal, but I believe the cruelty of the new position ensures it will not hold.
April 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Whatever genuine fears of insincere actors exploiting accommodations exist, I do not believe the British public will comfortably bear the consequences of punishing all trans people to stop them.
Call me a sentimental liberal, but I believe the cruelty of the new position ensures it will not hold.
Call me a sentimental liberal, but I believe the cruelty of the new position ensures it will not hold.
As good a time as any to recirculate this article I published in 2022…
Trans Women Are (or Are Becoming) Female: Disputing the Endogeneity Constraint | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Trans Women Are (or Are Becoming) Female: Disputing the Endogeneity Constraint - Volume 37 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
April 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As good a time as any to recirculate this article I published in 2022…
Backing down from the Pip freeze is not good enough.
Maybe I could stomach the UC changes, but tightening the qualifying criteria for Pip further is a cowardly and cruel way to meet the Government’s self-imposed fiscal rules.
Maybe I could stomach the UC changes, but tightening the qualifying criteria for Pip further is a cowardly and cruel way to meet the Government’s self-imposed fiscal rules.
Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled
PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving over 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Backing down from the Pip freeze is not good enough.
Maybe I could stomach the UC changes, but tightening the qualifying criteria for Pip further is a cowardly and cruel way to meet the Government’s self-imposed fiscal rules.
Maybe I could stomach the UC changes, but tightening the qualifying criteria for Pip further is a cowardly and cruel way to meet the Government’s self-imposed fiscal rules.
Used to be an avid Marr show viewer as a student but haven’t tuned in regularly for years.
Why does it look so cheap now Kuenssberg has taken over? The backdrop makes it look like she’s filming in a student union basement.
Was this a gradual or a sudden decline?
Why does it look so cheap now Kuenssberg has taken over? The backdrop makes it look like she’s filming in a student union basement.
Was this a gradual or a sudden decline?
March 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Used to be an avid Marr show viewer as a student but haven’t tuned in regularly for years.
Why does it look so cheap now Kuenssberg has taken over? The backdrop makes it look like she’s filming in a student union basement.
Was this a gradual or a sudden decline?
Why does it look so cheap now Kuenssberg has taken over? The backdrop makes it look like she’s filming in a student union basement.
Was this a gradual or a sudden decline?
New article in open access with Analytic Philosophy.
In this piece, I pull apart arguments about the nature of justice and the nature of equality in relational egalitarian literature, giving an account of a relational approach to justice that need not necessarily be egalitarian.
In this piece, I pull apart arguments about the nature of justice and the nature of equality in relational egalitarian literature, giving an account of a relational approach to justice that need not necessarily be egalitarian.
On the Quality of Relational Justice
By emphasising the role of concepts like social status, power and respect, all relational egalitarians seek to demonstrate that there is more to the political concept of equality than the distributio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New article in open access with Analytic Philosophy.
In this piece, I pull apart arguments about the nature of justice and the nature of equality in relational egalitarian literature, giving an account of a relational approach to justice that need not necessarily be egalitarian.
In this piece, I pull apart arguments about the nature of justice and the nature of equality in relational egalitarian literature, giving an account of a relational approach to justice that need not necessarily be egalitarian.
Pre-orders of the collection I edited for Bloomsbury on care ethics are now available.
So excited to have found a home for some fantastic contributions from across our international scholarly community!
So excited to have found a home for some fantastic contributions from across our international scholarly community!
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
www.bloomsbury.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pre-orders of the collection I edited for Bloomsbury on care ethics are now available.
So excited to have found a home for some fantastic contributions from across our international scholarly community!
So excited to have found a home for some fantastic contributions from across our international scholarly community!
Another set of long term ambitions that will achieve little meaningful change, because policymakers have few fixed views on what the social care sector is *for*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wes Streeting defends timescale for social care reform
The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Another set of long term ambitions that will achieve little meaningful change, because policymakers have few fixed views on what the social care sector is *for*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Love it when I spend months making torturously slow progress on a draft paper, then finish it rapidly and by surprise.
It happens nearly every time, but you try convincing me of that when I’m in the thick of writing one paragraph every three hours.
It happens nearly every time, but you try convincing me of that when I’m in the thick of writing one paragraph every three hours.
December 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Love it when I spend months making torturously slow progress on a draft paper, then finish it rapidly and by surprise.
It happens nearly every time, but you try convincing me of that when I’m in the thick of writing one paragraph every three hours.
It happens nearly every time, but you try convincing me of that when I’m in the thick of writing one paragraph every three hours.
Reposted by Matilda Carter
In 2023 alone more than 1 million people registered Lasting Powers of Attorney.
But this is a tale about concerns relation to one legal firm in Essex and 30 cases involving Mr Hiller and his firm, Craybeck Law
A disturbing pattern of events:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But this is a tale about concerns relation to one legal firm in Essex and 30 cases involving Mr Hiller and his firm, Craybeck Law
A disturbing pattern of events:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bank accounts locked and cash withdrawn after elderly gave power to law firm partner
BBC hears how people felt pressured to grant lasting power of attorney to a man called Ron Hiller.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 8:28 AM
In 2023 alone more than 1 million people registered Lasting Powers of Attorney.
But this is a tale about concerns relation to one legal firm in Essex and 30 cases involving Mr Hiller and his firm, Craybeck Law
A disturbing pattern of events:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But this is a tale about concerns relation to one legal firm in Essex and 30 cases involving Mr Hiller and his firm, Craybeck Law
A disturbing pattern of events:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I expect there are significant framing effects here. Consider:
“Under FPTP a party needs to win in the majority of constituencies to get a majority in Parliament. Under PR, a party can win with a majority of votes even if they come from a smaller number of constituencies. Which would you prefer?”
“Under FPTP a party needs to win in the majority of constituencies to get a majority in Parliament. Under PR, a party can win with a majority of votes even if they come from a smaller number of constituencies. Which would you prefer?”
Britons favour proportional representation (PR) over first past the post (FPTP), with support highest among Reform UK and Lib Dem voters
All Britons: 44% PR / 23% FPTP
Reform UK: 62% / 17%
Lib Dems: 58% / 22%
Labour: 48% / 24%
Conservative: 39% / 41%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
All Britons: 44% PR / 23% FPTP
Reform UK: 62% / 17%
Lib Dems: 58% / 22%
Labour: 48% / 24%
Conservative: 39% / 41%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
December 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I expect there are significant framing effects here. Consider:
“Under FPTP a party needs to win in the majority of constituencies to get a majority in Parliament. Under PR, a party can win with a majority of votes even if they come from a smaller number of constituencies. Which would you prefer?”
“Under FPTP a party needs to win in the majority of constituencies to get a majority in Parliament. Under PR, a party can win with a majority of votes even if they come from a smaller number of constituencies. Which would you prefer?”
1) What it means to relate to one another as equals given our vulnerability, interdependence, and reliance on supportive configurations of shared spaces to pursue our interests and realise our values.
2) The implications of a distinction between subjectivity and consciousness.
2) The implications of a distinction between subjectivity and consciousness.
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
November 14, 2024 at 9:56 AM
1) What it means to relate to one another as equals given our vulnerability, interdependence, and reliance on supportive configurations of shared spaces to pursue our interests and realise our values.
2) The implications of a distinction between subjectivity and consciousness.
2) The implications of a distinction between subjectivity and consciousness.
Fantastic visiting Leeds for the first time.
Really interested in whether it’s recently been redeveloped.
I distinctly remember moving to Leeds being part of Donna’s dystopian experience in the Doctor Who episode “Turn Left”. Based on what I’ve seen today, that may be unforgivably London-centric!
Really interested in whether it’s recently been redeveloped.
I distinctly remember moving to Leeds being part of Donna’s dystopian experience in the Doctor Who episode “Turn Left”. Based on what I’ve seen today, that may be unforgivably London-centric!
November 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Fantastic visiting Leeds for the first time.
Really interested in whether it’s recently been redeveloped.
I distinctly remember moving to Leeds being part of Donna’s dystopian experience in the Doctor Who episode “Turn Left”. Based on what I’ve seen today, that may be unforgivably London-centric!
Really interested in whether it’s recently been redeveloped.
I distinctly remember moving to Leeds being part of Donna’s dystopian experience in the Doctor Who episode “Turn Left”. Based on what I’ve seen today, that may be unforgivably London-centric!
Reposted by Matilda Carter
"Councils are today calling for the needs of hundreds of thousands of working age adults and life-long disabled people requiring social care not to be overlooked in government plans for a National Care Service."
November 12, 2024 at 10:40 AM
"Councils are today calling for the needs of hundreds of thousands of working age adults and life-long disabled people requiring social care not to be overlooked in government plans for a National Care Service."