Matt Matravers
@mattmatravers.bsky.social
Legal/political philosopher: punishment, criminal law theory, responsibility. Professor of Law & Director of the Morrell Centre, University of York.
Susan Mendus (a former colleague of mine) has a lovely piece on this, "The Importance of Love in Rawls's Theory of Justice", BJPolS 1999. (It makes an interesting companion to Brian Barry's 1995 Ethics piece, "John Rawls and the Search for Stability".)
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Susan Mendus (a former colleague of mine) has a lovely piece on this, "The Importance of Love in Rawls's Theory of Justice", BJPolS 1999. (It makes an interesting companion to Brian Barry's 1995 Ethics piece, "John Rawls and the Search for Stability".)
Indeed. Thank you. I have it on order now.
August 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Indeed. Thank you. I have it on order now.
Thanks so much (and what a title!).
August 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thanks so much (and what a title!).
Would you be willing to identify the source?
August 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Would you be willing to identify the source?
Yes to all of those things. Whilst they’re careful to say these are not “proposals”, it’s hard to believe this is not the direction of travel. As you say, it’s depressing and, I’d add, frightening.
June 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yes to all of those things. Whilst they’re careful to say these are not “proposals”, it’s hard to believe this is not the direction of travel. As you say, it’s depressing and, I’d add, frightening.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Have you seen this: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Apparently, it is also World Digestive Health Day. That's some combination (and if the marketers of Digestives are not on this, they're missing an opportunity).
May 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Apparently, it is also World Digestive Health Day. That's some combination (and if the marketers of Digestives are not on this, they're missing an opportunity).
It’s the preface to Theories of Justice (about the EUI).
March 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s the preface to Theories of Justice (about the EUI).
It’s all upper case, so just read it “orange [the colour] juice”!
February 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It’s all upper case, so just read it “orange [the colour] juice”!