Manuel Sá Valente
manuelsavalente.bsky.social
Manuel Sá Valente
@manuelsavalente.bsky.social
Political Philosopher
CEPS researcher at UMinho and member of the Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics (UCLouvain).
www.manuelsavalente.com
I'm thrilled that my paper, "Ageing, Equality and Community", is now out with Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy! In it, I argue that age-group justice is not just a matter of equality, but also of community. Open access!

doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Ageing, equality, and community
Ageing raises intriguing questions for equality. If we are generally better off by living longer, how can egalitarian societies justify devoting so much of their state budget to the older? This art...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I'm very pleased that "How Thresholds Matter", which I wrote with David Axelsen is now out in Utilitas. It's great to co-author with David, my dear friend and longtime critic. It's also great to be back in Utilitas, where my first ever paper was published.

doi.org/10.1017/S095...
May 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Seems weeks since I've had a new open access publication to report, so I'm delighted that Pluralizing Political Philosophy, ed @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social is now out, with a chapter by me 'Making and Remaking the Canon' but please take a look at the amazing contents.

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Pluralizing Political Philosophy: Economic and Ecological Inequalities in Global Perspective
Abstract. This book makes an argument for pluralizing political philosophy, thereby focussing specifically on economic and ecological inequalities. By redu
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February 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM