In “What Indirect Affirmative Action Can Do,” @drbengtson.bsky.social argues that “indirect affirmative action” is often justified by considerations of equal opportunity and integration as well as strategic considerations. #poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory

In “Preference and Prevention: A New Paradox of Deontology,” Richard Yetter Chappell argues that even those who accept, for themselves, deontic constraints against serious wrongdoing cannot, if they care enough about others, always want others do to so. #moralphil

Ryan Pevnick, “The Representation-Enabling Approach to Campaign Finance Reform,” argues that campaign finance rules in rep democ should be guided by anti-corruption & equal opp for influence, but also effective accountability, electoral selection, & voter competence. #poliphil #PolTheory #polisky

In “What is the Point of Solidarity?,” Juri Viehoff argues that solidarity is the practice that uniquely brings our moral and personal reasons into greater harmony. #poliphil #moralphil #PolTheory

In “Manipulation and Practical Agency,” Massimo Renzo defends a novel formulation of the view that manipulation is wrong b/c it impairs practical reasoning, against accounts like Gibert’s which dispense with a distinctive non-moral feature upon which its wrongness supervenes. #moralphil #philsky

New article by Alexander Motchoulski, “Reparations, Recognition, and the Restoration of Relational Equality,” defending a relational-egalitarian theory of reparations for historical injustice. #philsky #polisky #moralphil #PolTheory

F&E is extremely pleased to announce the addition of two new Associate Editors to our team. First, Sean Ingham from UC-San Diego, a superb political theorist working at the intersection of democratic theory and formal political theory. Welcome Sean! #philsky #PolTheory #polisky #poliphil

Announcing a $2000 prize for the best essay published by an early-career scholar in legal, moral, or political philosophy published in F&E in 2025-26. No need to nominate your article: any eligible article will be considered a candidate. #PolTheory #philsky #moralphil #legalphilosophy #polisky

In a new article, “Supposed Corpses and Correspondence,” Elise Sugarman explores the relation between the mens rea and actus reus requirements for liability, using “corpse” cases to challenge the existing contemporaneity and causal theories. #philsky #polphil #legalphilosophy

F&E practises “triple anonymous” peer review. What does this mean? Some mistakenly think it refers to 3 referee reports. Rather, it means: 1. our refs don’t know authors’ identities; 2. vice versa; 3. our editors, including editor-in-chief & managing editor, don’t know authors’ identities

Very pleased to announce the publication of the first two articles of @freeandequal.bsky.social / Free & Equal: A Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs! Check them out: freeandequaljournal.org/articles/

F&E has received 151 submissions in 2024—from Sept 13, the day we launched, to Dec 31. That’s roughly 42 submissions per month. We are very grateful indeed to the academic community for this tremendous support in the transition to the new model. #philsky #poltheory #moralphil #polisky

Our second article has also gone live: David Morgan’s “The Power of Care,” on the nature of excuses, is a reply to @pasliwa.bsky.social’s 2019 “The Power of Excuses” (published in PPA before we resigned en masse from Wiley). #philsky #moralphil #polphil

Very pleased to announce the publication of the first article in our journal’s new incarnation! Mark Schroeder’s “Tipping Points: Abuse and Transformative Discovery” explores the nature of attributive responsibility. #philsky #PolTheory

F&E has received 31 submissions in the journal’s first 4 days alone! We are thrilled at this response and are so grateful to the academic community for rallying around the new journal! #philsky #polisky #PolTheory

We’re very pleased to announce that F&E will be partnering with PEA Soup, who will be arranging and hosting discussions of future F&E papers on their blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia #philsky

“Free & Equal: a Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs”, the open-access journal created by the editorial team that resigned en masse from “Philosophy & Public Affairs” earlier this year, is now open to submissions.

Christian Barry: “Fantastic to see the new journal Free & Equal launch today. [It is] open access…and its team will not be subject to the sorts of pressures that editors of corporate-owned scholarly journals have often been. I regard it as the true successor to PPA.” #philsky #PolTheory #polisky

The website for 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 has now launched and is open to submissions! freeandequaljournal.org Please submit your best work to us, and encourage friends, colleagues, and students to do the same. #philsky #PolTheory #polisky

Statement from F&E’s Editor-in-Chief Anna Stilz #philsky #polisky #PolTheory

Mission Statement: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 was created in 2024 by the former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs, which was founded in 1971 by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and T.M. Scanlon. /1 #philsky #polisky #PolTheory