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Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal
November 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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#NewArticle #Philosophy #Philsky #PhilosophyJournal #AppliedPhilosophy

Survivable Freedom: Republican Non‐Domination under Existential Vulnerability

Xufeng Zhang, Han Li, Shenghui Bao

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September 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Philosophers! Thank you for following - we now have 740 followers on Bluesky! We would like to find more of you as people move over from Twitter. Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues.
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December 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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The 2026 Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference will be held in Edinburgh, 3rd - 5th July.

Call for papers open until Jan 12th.

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Society for Applied Philosophy — Annual Conference 2026 – The Society for Applied Philosophy
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October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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JOAP ESSAY PRIZE WINNER 2024 The Editors are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 JOAP Essay Prize is Rosa Vince, for their essay "After Objectification: Locating Harm" The paper is open access, read it here: doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philosophy #philsky #appliedphilosophy #essayprize
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February 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The Profligacy Paradox: Why Limitarianism Needs a Lifetime Limit

Jacob Watkins-Strand

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September 30, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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#PhilosophyForChildren #PublicPhilosophy #Education #CriticalThinking #P4C #TeacherCPD #HigherEducation #Philosophy #P4C #ThinkingTogether #EducationMatters #AppliedPhilosophy #Wellbeing #Teaching
March 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
drjoeslater.bsky.social
Had a lovely time in Salzburg, then Berlin. Now on my train journey to Gdansk (Travel #FlightFree) for the Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference.
Still need to finish my talk. Oops.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
meerasub.bsky.social
My latest, just published in Virginia Quarterly Review, about the power of female friendships & the burden of gratitude, sickness & health, the prospect of dying & the act of living. And bluefish. #NephSky, #nephrology, #transplant, #organ, #cancer, #friendship, #appliedphilosophy buff.ly/4fJdU3J
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November 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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#NewArticle #OpenAccess Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions?

Chiara Destri

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Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions?
As political institutions, representative assemblies can be seen as rule-governed structures of interrelated roles with power mandates, which elected officeholders must exercise in accordance with th...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Teaching environmental philosophy @aau.dk has become much more enjoyable since I started taking my own ideas about field philosophy seriously. Happy that my students also see the point of it - even with below freezing temp turning feet into popsicles.
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April 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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#NewArticle Superlongevity and African Ethics | Christopher S. Wareham doi.org/10.1111/japp... #Philsky #philosophy #appliedphilosophy
Superlongevity and African Ethics
I apply African moral precepts to the topic of ‘superlongevity’. I make the case that African theories give rise to three specific sorts of moral concern about life extension that are distinct from s...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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JOAP SPECIAL ISSUE ON PROCREATION, INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE, AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS | Guest Eds: Serena Olsaretti & Isa Trifan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685930... #philsky #appliedphilosophy
Journal of Applied Philosophy: Vol 42, No 1
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February 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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#NewPaper #OpenAccess What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging | Bart Engelen, Viktor Ivanković doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy
What I Really, Really Want: The Role, Nature, and Value of True Preferences in the Ethics of Nudging
In this article, we discuss the role that ‘true preferences’ can and should play in discussions on the possibility and desirability of paternalist nudges. Critics have claimed that such preferences d...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I have had the happy opportunity to be part of some meaningful conceptual engineering on ‘animal welfare’. “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence”
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A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters
The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been primarily concerned with...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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What does one do when confronted with a downpour of gratitude too heavy to carry? Reach for an umbrella? Or dance? As we launch ourselves into the season of #gratitude & #giving, sharing my @vqr.bsky.social essay on #friendship, #appliedphilosophy & #organdonation.
A Measure of Gratitude
We were two women on either side of thirty throwing punches at one another’s faces in a concrete stairwell abuzz with florescent light. Our instructor showed us how to make a fist (thumbs on the…
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November 28, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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Confucian Harmony, Civility, and Echo Chambers | Kyle van Oosterum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Confucian Harmony, Civility, and Echo Chambers
How should we interact with people in echo chambers? Recently, some have argued that echo-chambered individuals are not entitled to civility. Civility is the virtue whereby we communicate respect for...
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January 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I've co-authored a paper with Nico Müller, where we level an argument from counterproductiveness against animal rights violence - out now in Journal of Applied Philosophy! 🥳
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The Counterproductiveness Argument against Animal Rights Violence
Arguments against inflicting violence on people to defend animal rights have relied on the view that inflicting violence is always wrong. But these arguments end up prohibiting too much, as defensive....
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April 1, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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#NewArticle Pregnancy, Gender Identity, Autonomy, and Trust | Amy Mullin doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy
Pregnancy, Gender Identity, Autonomy, and Trust
I ask what is required for pregnant trans and gender diverse (TGD) people to receive trustworthy reproductive healthcare which supports their autonomy. My focus is on wanted pregnancies. I understand....
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January 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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#NewArticle What Is Wrong with Workism? | Matthew Hammerton doi.org/10.1111/japp... #appliedphilosophy #philsky
What Is Wrong with Workism?
Workism is the phenomenon of people making their work the primary source of meaning and identity in their life. Recent critics of workism have argued that there is a growing trend towards it in many ....
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January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#NewArticle Changing Behaviour by Adding an Option | Lukas Fuchs doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #philosophy #appliedphilosophy #openaccess
Changing Behaviour by Adding an Option
Adding an option is a neglected mechanism for bringing about behavioural change. This mechanism is distinct from nudges, which are changes in the choice architecture, and instead makes it possible to...
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December 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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#NewArticle #OpenAccess Institutionalized Policy Evaluation within the Democratic System: Why? When? How? | Corrado Fumagalli doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy #philosophy
Institutionalized Policy Evaluation within the Democratic System: Why? When? How?
Philosophers have expressed concerns about elite capture at various stages of the democratic decision-making process. However, there has been no sustained normative analysis of government-driven feed...
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February 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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#NewArticle #OpenAccess Emergent Discrimination: Should We Protect Algorithmic Groups? | Jannik Zeiser doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #appliedphilosophy
Emergent Discrimination: Should We Protect Algorithmic Groups?
Discrimination is usually thought of in terms of socially salient groups, such as race or gender. Some scholars argue that the rise of algorithmic decision-making poses a challenge to this notion. Al...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Cool, forthcoming special issue of #AppliedPhilosophy on 'Applied Epistemology@clarkchinn

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Introduction to Special Issue on Applied Epistemology
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January 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Link to Erde's paper:

#Bioethics #MedEd #PhiloMed #AppliedPhilosophy #Vagueness
Professionalism's Facets: Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Nostalgia
Abstract. Medical educators invoke professionalism as a core competency in curricula. This paper criticizes classic definitions. It also identifies some negativ
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March 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM