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Justice-everywhere.org is a cooperative blog in cooperation with the Journal of Applied Philosophy. We bring philosophical & ethical analysis to bear on public affairs.
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Welcome to our new followers! We are a social and political philosophy blog collective. We post new content every Monday and Tuesday and contents from our archives most days.
We are called Justice Everywhere because we believe in justice for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
We are called Justice Everywhere because we believe in justice for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
In this "choose-your-own-adventure" post, Kian Mintz-Woo encourages us to think about the potential roles of philosophers in public policy discussions. Based on his article published with @the-joap.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/choo...
Choose Your Own Philosophical Policy Role
In this interactive “choose-your-own-adventure” post, Kian Mintz-Woo (University College Cork) explores the different roles that philosophers might play in supporting the development of…
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September 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In this "choose-your-own-adventure" post, Kian Mintz-Woo encourages us to think about the potential roles of philosophers in public policy discussions. Based on his article published with @the-joap.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/choo...
This week's post in collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, Steve Cooke explores the that "wonder" can play in furthering animal rights. Thank you @stevecooke.org for your wonderful contribution. justice-everywhere.org/general/usin...
Using wonder to achieve animal rights
In this post, Steve Cooke, (University of Leicester) discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on the experience of wonder as a route towards justice for nonhuma…
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September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This week's post in collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, Steve Cooke explores the that "wonder" can play in furthering animal rights. Thank you @stevecooke.org for your wonderful contribution. justice-everywhere.org/general/usin...
In our latest collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, Serena Olsaretti and Isa Trifan discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they explore the morality of having children in light of climate change. justice-everywhere.org/general/my-c...
My child, whose emissions?
In this post, Serena Olsaretti (ICREA/Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Isa Trifan (University of Essex) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they explor…
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September 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In our latest collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, Serena Olsaretti and Isa Trifan discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they explore the morality of having children in light of climate change. justice-everywhere.org/general/my-c...
Elizabeth Hupfer (High Point University) discusses her article recently published in the @the-joap.bsky.social on how to balance concern for the future of humanity with the needs of those alive today. Fantastic read!
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Bednets versus Rocket Ships: Should we care more for people alive today or the future of humanity?
In this post, Elizabeth Hupfer (High Point University) discusses her article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on how to balance concern for the future of humanity with the ne…
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July 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Elizabeth Hupfer (High Point University) discusses her article recently published in the @the-joap.bsky.social on how to balance concern for the future of humanity with the needs of those alive today. Fantastic read!
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justice-everywhere.org/general/bedn...
In this post, Christie Hartley and Ashley Lindsey-Kim discuss the conceptual difference between pregnancy and caregiving from their recent article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/preg...
Pregnancy is not caregiving
In this post, Christie Hartley (Georgia State University) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (University of British Columbia) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in …
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July 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In this post, Christie Hartley and Ashley Lindsey-Kim discuss the conceptual difference between pregnancy and caregiving from their recent article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/preg...
Should universities restrict Generative AI use? Karl de Fine Licht, discusses his recently published article with @the-joap.bsky.social in this post.
Should Universities Restrict Generative AI?
In this post, Karl de Fine Licht (Chalmers University of Technology) discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on the moral concerns of banning Generative AI in …
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July 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Should universities restrict Generative AI use? Karl de Fine Licht, discusses his recently published article with @the-joap.bsky.social in this post.
How much incarceration is too much? Vincent Chiao (Toronto) discusses the insights from his recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/how-...
How much is too much? Why defining ‘mass incarceration’ is important – and isn’t as easy as it seems
In this post, Vincent Chiao, discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on how to understand the “mass” part of “mass incarceration.” By Our World In Data. See En…
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July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
How much incarceration is too much? Vincent Chiao (Toronto) discusses the insights from his recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/how-...
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Enjoying this post on Justice Everywhere @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social by Pierre-Etienne Vandamme. How should we balance fairness & charity in the way we present theories with (sometimes v necessary) ideology critique?
Some good ideas in the comments, too!
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Some good ideas in the comments, too!
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Ideology-critique in the classroom
Over the last few weeks, I have been marking exams for the economic ethics course I taught this year. The experience has not been particularly joyful. Admittedly, marking rarely is, but it gets wor…
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June 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Enjoying this post on Justice Everywhere @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social by Pierre-Etienne Vandamme. How should we balance fairness & charity in the way we present theories with (sometimes v necessary) ideology critique?
Some good ideas in the comments, too!
justice-everywhere.org/education/id...
Some good ideas in the comments, too!
justice-everywhere.org/education/id...
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@the-joap.bsky.social Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article in the J. of Applied Philosophy ow nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individuals, potentially worsening inequalities. justice-everywhere.org/general/are-...
@the-joap.bsky.social Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article in the J. of Applied Philosophy ow nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individuals, potentially worsening inequalities. justice-everywhere.org/general/are-...
ARE NUDGES FAILING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS?
In this post, Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on how nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individua…
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May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As part of our ongoing collaboration with
@the-joap.bsky.social Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article in the J. of Applied Philosophy ow nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individuals, potentially worsening inequalities. justice-everywhere.org/general/are-...
@the-joap.bsky.social Viviana Ponce de León Solís discusses her article in the J. of Applied Philosophy ow nudging interventions can have uneven effects on low-income individuals, potentially worsening inequalities. justice-everywhere.org/general/are-...
As part of our ongoing collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, and in honour of the International Workers Day, Matthew Hammerton discusses his article in the J. of Applied Philosophy on the value of making work the primary source of meaning in one's life. justice-everywhere.org/general/what...
What’s so bad about workism?
In this post, Matthew Hammerton (Singapore Management University) discusses his article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on the phenomenon and value of people making work the…
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May 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As part of our ongoing collaboration with @the-joap.bsky.social, and in honour of the International Workers Day, Matthew Hammerton discusses his article in the J. of Applied Philosophy on the value of making work the primary source of meaning in one's life. justice-everywhere.org/general/what...
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Real pleasure to be interviewed by @drsvg.bsky.social for @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social
How to start a podcast, how academics can build a public profile, & how Mill relates to the manosphere
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How to start a podcast, how academics can build a public profile, & how Mill relates to the manosphere
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Beyond the Ivory Tower Interview with Toby Buckle
This is the latest interview in our Beyond the Ivory Tower series, a conversation between Sara van Goozen and Toby Buckle. Toby Buckle runs the popular Political Philosophy Podcast. He has a BA in …
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April 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Real pleasure to be interviewed by @drsvg.bsky.social for @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social
How to start a podcast, how academics can build a public profile, & how Mill relates to the manosphere
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How to start a podcast, how academics can build a public profile, & how Mill relates to the manosphere
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Is humanely farmed meat an ethical alternative to factory farming? asks Coleman Solis. In partnership with @the-joap.bsky.social
How Much Does Slaughter Harm Humanely Raised Animals?
In this post, Coleman Solis discusses their recent article in Journal of Applied Philosophy on the harmfulness of death in humane farming. The way that we think about death can have a profound impa…
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April 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Is humanely farmed meat an ethical alternative to factory farming? asks Coleman Solis. In partnership with @the-joap.bsky.social
We have videos as well! Watch a debate between philosophers Thomas Burri, Shawn Bayern, and Andrew Walton about whether robots should be granted personhood.
Should we grant legal personhood to robots?
With significant recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, it is increasingly pressing that we consider the legal and ethical standing of autonomous machines. Here I post some consid…
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April 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We have videos as well! Watch a debate between philosophers Thomas Burri, Shawn Bayern, and Andrew Walton about whether robots should be granted personhood.
From our archive: Angie Pepper argues that animals have a right to privacy that makes it morally impermissible to covertly surveil them, as many animals do have an interest in having genuine control over their environment and their relationships with others.
Why it’s Wrong to Spy on Animals
Humans like watching nonhuman animals. We watch them in parks, in zoos, on farms, in sanctuaries, in pet shops, in our gardens, on the streets, in our homes, on tv, and so on. Lately, we have devel…
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April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From our archive: Angie Pepper argues that animals have a right to privacy that makes it morally impermissible to covertly surveil them, as many animals do have an interest in having genuine control over their environment and their relationships with others.
From our 2016 archives - bullshit is still bullshit and the internet is still the internet, so as relevant as ever
How to recognise bullshit on the Internet
Following Trump’s shocking election win last Tuesday, this picture was shared by thousands of people across both the world and my Facebook feed: I, like I suspect most people I know, wanted to beli…
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April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From our 2016 archives - bullshit is still bullshit and the internet is still the internet, so as relevant as ever
"A propagandist prefers that you perceive the propagandist as totally reliable while perceiving all other sources of information as totally unreliable. If this cannot be achieved, the propagandist would prefer that you view all sources as completely unreliable."
Propagandists, Degrees of Reliability, and Epistemic Nihilism
Reliability is a quality that comes in degrees. For example, a bus that always arrives exactly on time is highly reliable. A bus that often but not always arrives on time is somewhat reliable. A bu…
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April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"A propagandist prefers that you perceive the propagandist as totally reliable while perceiving all other sources of information as totally unreliable. If this cannot be achieved, the propagandist would prefer that you view all sources as completely unreliable."
From our archive: why should we retain the concept of race?
"by denying the category of race, it is much more difficult – both legally and socially – to fight current manifestations of racism"
"by denying the category of race, it is much more difficult – both legally and socially – to fight current manifestations of racism"
The (in)justice of critical philosophy of race?
In a recent presentation about a relatively new academic field called the critical philosophy of race, I was (repeatedly) questioned about the reasons for retaining the concept of race after it has…
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April 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
From our archive: why should we retain the concept of race?
"by denying the category of race, it is much more difficult – both legally and socially – to fight current manifestations of racism"
"by denying the category of race, it is much more difficult – both legally and socially – to fight current manifestations of racism"
The Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) at UCL and the Teaching Political Theory Network (TPTN) at the University of York are co-organising a one-day workshop on ethical and epistemological issues in the teaching of politics. Abstracts due 9 April.
Call for Papers: “Ethical and Epistemological Issues in the Teaching of Politics”
Justice Everywhere is pleased to share the following call for papers: The Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) at UCL and the Teaching Political Theory Network (TPTN) at the University of York…
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April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics (CPP) at UCL and the Teaching Political Theory Network (TPTN) at the University of York are co-organising a one-day workshop on ethical and epistemological issues in the teaching of politics. Abstracts due 9 April.
In this post from our archive: Julia Hermann writes about technological justice
Technological Justice
At least in the developed world, technology pervades all aspects of human life, and its influence is growing constantly. Major technological challenges include automation, digitalisation, 3 D print…
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March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In this post from our archive: Julia Hermann writes about technological justice
New post by ! What are some of the problems with territorial language policies? Seunghyun Song argues the problem consists of linguistic minorities being pushed away even further.
Limits of language promotion
This post is written by Dr. Seunghyun Song (Assistant professor, Tilburg University). Based on her research on linguistic justice, she provides a tentative answer to the issue of the limits of the …
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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New post by ! What are some of the problems with territorial language policies? Seunghyun Song argues the problem consists of linguistic minorities being pushed away even further.
In this post, Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivanković discuss their recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social where they explore what it means to have ‘true preferences’ and how this affects our understanding of autonomy and nudging.
What I Really, Really Want: Why True Preferences Matter for Nudging
In this post, Bart Engelen (Tilburg University) and Viktor Ivanković (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they expl…
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March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In this post, Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivanković discuss their recently published article in @the-joap.bsky.social where they explore what it means to have ‘true preferences’ and how this affects our understanding of autonomy and nudging.
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This is a great post so you should read it, but also: look at Tim's face - do you really want to disappoint him by not reading it?
In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to engage in political activism. @the-joap.bsky.social
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Innocence and Agency: The ethics of child protests
In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to en…
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March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is a great post so you should read it, but also: look at Tim's face - do you really want to disappoint him by not reading it?
In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to engage in political activism. @the-joap.bsky.social
justice-everywhere.org/general/inno...
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Innocence and Agency: The ethics of child protests
In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to en…
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March 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In this post, Tim Fowler (University of Bristol) discusses his recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy in which he explores whether children can be deemed as competent to engage in political activism. @the-joap.bsky.social
justice-everywhere.org/general/inno...
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New @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social blog post on recent JOAP article by Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivankovićhttps ://justice-everywhere.org/general/what-i-really-really-want-why-true-preferences-matter-for-nudging/ #philsky #philosophy
What I Really, Really Want: Why True Preferences Matter for Nudging
In this post, Bart Engelen (Tilburg University) and Viktor Ivanković (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb) discuss their recently published article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, where they expl…
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March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social blog post on recent JOAP article by Bart Engelen and Viktor Ivankovićhttps ://justice-everywhere.org/general/what-i-really-really-want-why-true-preferences-matter-for-nudging/ #philsky #philosophy
"Distracting the media or political opponents is commonplace in democratic politics. However, I think there is a crucial difference between ordinary distractions and flooding the zone."
‘Flooding the zone’ and the politics of attention
Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photography by Gage Skidmore. This is a guest post by Zsolt Kapel…
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March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Distracting the media or political opponents is commonplace in democratic politics. However, I think there is a crucial difference between ordinary distractions and flooding the zone."