Shai Agmon
@shaiagmon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Political Philosophy | UCL Philosophy & EISPS | Academic Director @molad-institute.bsky.social | bylines @haaretzcom.bsky.social.
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Shai Agmon
@shaiagmon.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Two Concepts of Competition* | Ethics: Vol 133, No 1
I offer a novel distinction between two concepts of competition. The first, parallel competition, is designed to create separate pathways for each competitor wherein they can maximize their performanc...
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1/12 New followers – hi! great to have you here. Thought I’d reshare some threads on my papers – so you get to know my work. The first is “Two Concepts of Competition,” published in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social 🧵
Link: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Link: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Democratic theorists: Is there an orthodox position on the limits of democratic authority? Or something that counts as the most influential treatment? Christiano perhaps? #philsky #poltheory
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Democratic theorists: Is there an orthodox position on the limits of democratic authority? Or something that counts as the most influential treatment? Christiano perhaps? #philsky #poltheory
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My paper on institutions and intimacy now got its @apsrjournal.bsky.social issue number 📚 ⌨️ !! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere - Volume 119 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My paper on institutions and intimacy now got its @apsrjournal.bsky.social issue number 📚 ⌨️ !! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Just posting a link to the recent French translation of my An Introduction to Political Philosophy, first because I'm very pleased to have a French edition, and second, because I like the cover so much.
eliotteditions.fr/44-introduct...
eliotteditions.fr/44-introduct...
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Just posting a link to the recent French translation of my An Introduction to Political Philosophy, first because I'm very pleased to have a French edition, and second, because I like the cover so much.
eliotteditions.fr/44-introduct...
eliotteditions.fr/44-introduct...
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If you're nosey (like I always am), you can find the schedule here. And if you'd like to read the draft paper, just let me know!
oxfordstudiespoliticalphilosophy.sbs.arizona.edu/oxford-studi...
oxfordstudiespoliticalphilosophy.sbs.arizona.edu/oxford-studi...
Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy 13th Annual Workshop Schedule | Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
oxfordstudiespoliticalphilosophy.sbs.arizona.edu
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you're nosey (like I always am), you can find the schedule here. And if you'd like to read the draft paper, just let me know!
oxfordstudiespoliticalphilosophy.sbs.arizona.edu/oxford-studi...
oxfordstudiespoliticalphilosophy.sbs.arizona.edu/oxford-studi...
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Join us for symposium on our book Human Rights at Work (with @thebigbogg.bsky.social, H Collins, ACL Davies) on 5 November, at the Bonavero Institute, Oxford, with Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Claire Darwin KC & Kate O' Regan. Chaired by @marijajovanovic.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Symposium on 'Human Rights at Work: Reimagining
About the event Employment today is marked by deepening tensions: between worker autonomy and
www.law.ox.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us for symposium on our book Human Rights at Work (with @thebigbogg.bsky.social, H Collins, ACL Davies) on 5 November, at the Bonavero Institute, Oxford, with Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Claire Darwin KC & Kate O' Regan. Chaired by @marijajovanovic.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Officially published today! Link in Alt Text.
(Fifth book with my name on (including new editions) published in the last two years, but who’s counting?)
(Fifth book with my name on (including new editions) published in the last two years, but who’s counting?)
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Officially published today! Link in Alt Text.
(Fifth book with my name on (including new editions) published in the last two years, but who’s counting?)
(Fifth book with my name on (including new editions) published in the last two years, but who’s counting?)
This is a brilliant and important paper that deserves wide attention — relevant for political theorists, political scientists, and civil–military scholars alike. It tackles one of the most neglected questions in the study of democratic backsliding: its relationship with the military.
🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.
It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"
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#CivMilSky #PolTheory
It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"
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#CivMilSky #PolTheory
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is a brilliant and important paper that deserves wide attention — relevant for political theorists, political scientists, and civil–military scholars alike. It tackles one of the most neglected questions in the study of democratic backsliding: its relationship with the military.
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The excellent @shaiagmon.bsky.social
Just spoke to @euronews.com about the Trump deal to end the Gaza war. Here are the main points I made 🧵:
1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
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1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The excellent @shaiagmon.bsky.social
Just spoke to @euronews.com about the Trump deal to end the Gaza war. Here are the main points I made 🧵:
1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
>>>
1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
>>>
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just spoke to @euronews.com about the Trump deal to end the Gaza war. Here are the main points I made 🧵:
1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
>>>
1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.
>>>
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And that's a draft
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
And that's a draft
Very excited to share this year’s Ronald Dworkin Colloquium lineup.
@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.
@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Very excited to share this year’s Ronald Dworkin Colloquium lineup.
@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.
@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.
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Looks like the Department of Philosophy at Stanford has a second open rank faculty position open to all areas of philosophy
Stanford University
31 Oct 2025 11:55 PM PT
#philsci #philsky #philjobs
Stanford University
31 Oct 2025 11:55 PM PT
#philsci #philsky #philjobs
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Open Rank Professor of Philosophy
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Coming up at 4pm on Radio 4, Rethink Winners and Losers where we look at the idea of a ‘zero-sum mindset’ something that affects people of all political backgrounds.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.
BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... winners and losers
Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Coming up at 4pm on Radio 4, Rethink Winners and Losers where we look at the idea of a ‘zero-sum mindset’ something that affects people of all political backgrounds.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.
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There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...
This is a brilliant paper. A highly recommended reading it for everyone who is interested in political change, political imagination, and discussions on feasibility.
Hallvard is in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social !!! Feasibility, Sandven argues, is superfluous or moralised in normative discourse 🤔🤔 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is a brilliant paper. A highly recommended reading it for everyone who is interested in political change, political imagination, and discussions on feasibility.
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I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
- PhilJobs:JFP
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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September 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710
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I wrote this back in March but I think it's important now more than ever to understand competitive authoritarianism--and the concrete steps that can be used to fight back against it. It's going to be difficult, but it's not a lost cause--and the fight is worth it. I explain the best strategies here:
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I wrote this back in March but I think it's important now more than ever to understand competitive authoritarianism--and the concrete steps that can be used to fight back against it. It's going to be difficult, but it's not a lost cause--and the fight is worth it. I explain the best strategies here:
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One puzzle I’m working through is how authoritarian political movements impact civil society orgs. We’re getting more familiar with what authoritarianism will do to them when in power. It’s a top-down theory of change. But does the underlying political & social movement have an independent impact?
A Populist CEO in Corporate Law’s Court?
Recent amendments to Delaware’s corporate code have tilted the playing field toward powerful tech CEOs and private equity representatives. Beneath these reforms lies a deeper political shift — the…
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September 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One puzzle I’m working through is how authoritarian political movements impact civil society orgs. We’re getting more familiar with what authoritarianism will do to them when in power. It’s a top-down theory of change. But does the underlying political & social movement have an independent impact?
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Some news that I can finally share! From February 2026 I'll be on an ERC Starting Grant focused on refugee-inclusive/refugee-led methods in political philosophy and debates on displacement justice. You can read about other funded projects here: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Some news that I can finally share! From February 2026 I'll be on an ERC Starting Grant focused on refugee-inclusive/refugee-led methods in political philosophy and debates on displacement justice. You can read about other funded projects here: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
First day at school…
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
First day at school…
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Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall today.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
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🎧 הפרק האחרון של הסכת אוסלו עלה לאוויר!
הפרק השמיני והאחרון מבקש לענות על השאלה אולי החשובה מכל, זו שמדירה שינה מעיניי כל ישראלי - איך לא ראינו את 7 באוקטובר מגיע? איך נתנו לעצמנו לשקוע עמוק כל כך לתוך קונספציות הרסניות?
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הפרק השמיני והאחרון מבקש לענות על השאלה אולי החשובה מכל, זו שמדירה שינה מעיניי כל ישראלי - איך לא ראינו את 7 באוקטובר מגיע? איך נתנו לעצמנו לשקוע עמוק כל כך לתוך קונספציות הרסניות?
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September 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🎧 הפרק האחרון של הסכת אוסלו עלה לאוויר!
הפרק השמיני והאחרון מבקש לענות על השאלה אולי החשובה מכל, זו שמדירה שינה מעיניי כל ישראלי - איך לא ראינו את 7 באוקטובר מגיע? איך נתנו לעצמנו לשקוע עמוק כל כך לתוך קונספציות הרסניות?
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הפרק השמיני והאחרון מבקש לענות על השאלה אולי החשובה מכל, זו שמדירה שינה מעיניי כל ישראלי - איך לא ראינו את 7 באוקטובר מגיע? איך נתנו לעצמנו לשקוע עמוק כל כך לתוך קונספציות הרסניות?
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