Anca Gheaus
@ancagheaus.bsky.social
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Philosopher & dancer. I live in Munchen, work in Vienna.
https://ancagheaus.com
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28 days ago
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Sometimes having two problems is better than having only one:
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One Crisis to Solve Another? The Place of Care in a World of Automated Work
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josp.70020
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Even if justice requires the abolition of inheritance, procreative liability and parental love generate duties that justify some bequests, limited in size and form. Or so I argue in this paper, now forthcoming in Ethics:
philpapers.org/rec/GHEPPI
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Anca Gheaus, Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance - PhilPapers
There is broad egalitarian agreement that inheritance results in distributive injustice and indirectly delegitimises the political process; we should abolish it. But until we do this, and put in place...
https://philpapers.org/rec/GHEPPI
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If the positions of advantage in a society reward much in excess of what justice allows, or are unjust because they involve illegitimate power, should we still care about fair equality of opportunity to access them? I think not, for reasons I give here:
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https://philpapers.org/archive/GHEOSI.pdf
3 months ago
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This handbook to the philosophy of human rights, edited by Jesse Tomalty and Kerri Woods is out (at an infuriatingly exorbitant price!) Lovely experience to work with them and contribute a piece on children's human rights.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance o...
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Philosophy-of-Human-Rights/Tomalty-Woods/p/book/9781032221380#:~:text=Description,and%20relevance%20of%20human%20rights
4 months ago
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Some problems go away if ignored long enough. Not the one of how to teach given ChatGPT. Come talk about this at Justice Everywhere (and help me improve my current solution)!
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6 months ago
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If you have conservative sensitivities, can you also be an egalitarian? I think so. A forthcoming paper on a theme that Jerry Cohen discussed in one of my favourite philosophy pieces.
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Anca Gheaus, Conservatism, attachment, justice - PhilPapers
It is not easy to be an egalitarian with a conservative sensitivity, especially in unjust societies. You can be one by turning to value pluralism – as G. A. Cohen and ...
https://philpapers.org/rec/GHECAJ
7 months ago
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You can still apply for next AY if you don't need a visa for Austria. Please spread the word.
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8 months ago
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Really proud of my student Sanat, who is giving a less than 3 minutes overview of his work here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGce...
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Sanat Sogani - Work, Social Status and Self-Respect | 3MT CEU 2025
YouTube video by Central European University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGce5D3rg3U&t=28s
8 months ago
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Postdocs in Louvain-la-Neuve, one of the best places to be!
www.uclouvain.be/fr/hoover/fe...
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Fellowships in Economic and Social Ethics | Université catholique de Louvain
Fellowships in the field of economic and social ethics.Applications to be sent no later than April 21st, 2025.The Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics hosts every year a number of short-term vis...
https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/hoover/fellowships-in-economic-and-social-ethics?fbclid=IwY2xjawJWAFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcxjSlSYjfKZsQpkiFuee_JXex26N_mLqvTRhovH2ZigBKIH8GZ6By3jJQ_aem_7HldRl7jld_n3lBFtYB6yQ
9 months ago
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Another great post by Sanat Sogani, on what to do about the new AI tools when it comes to teaching and assessing students.
justice-everywhere.org/general/writ...
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Writing Assignments in the age of Gen AI
If Gen AI can consistently produce A grade articles across disciplines (for now, it seems they can’t, but they likely might), do we still need students to learn the art of writing well-researched l…
https://justice-everywhere.org/general/writing-assignments-in-the-age-of-gen-ai/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIziutleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXSI6kNaBeq4stXgdl1NBqBBQh2tCyYzUbtkmMZZjwsLinIwDwEmtLsW2Q_aem_z7zzlBqwulkgMS-XcS35zQ#more-7225
10 months ago
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I didn't think I'd write about abortion, but Japa Pallikkathayil's new article (in the Journal of Applied Philosophy) was inspiring - a new take on the issue! - and so I penned down this short reply to it:
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Procreative Liability and Equality before the Law
Pallikkathayil argues that restrictions on abortion are inconsistent with the usual demands that states place on their citizens. States don't require their citizens to make their bodies available for...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/japp.12792
11 months ago
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Just out, my paper with Tim Meijers about Axel Gosseries' recent book on intergenerational justice. On the never ending fascination of the non-identity problem.
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Injustice without Victims or Arguments from Generational Overlap?: A Reply to Gosseries on Non-Identity
https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s11158-024-09701-y?sharing_token=1MJxxLqo2acwx84Zvk91wve4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6gLXPyG_u3SNyuKRXFcwtukfM-CLCYuLVnbwetkjRnnWkGDHJOznT1cthweY8wfSqX-YXaqsQs14btVA5OQ1_355_by2rsK9tJjW-azDcAX4er7XGVk8EbFaVDNrZQLds%3D
12 months ago
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Read Alexandru Volacu on how the Athenians "managed to set up an institutional framework ... that curtailed both the concentration of massive wealth and the damaging political influence of the well-off." Non-ideal theory at its best.
justice-everywhere.org/general/envy...
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Envy and Fair Burden-Sharing: There and Back Again
When should we say that two people are treated as equals from a distributive point of view? The straightforward response is that they are equal if they hold an identical bundle of resources. But si…
https://justice-everywhere.org/general/envy-and-fair-burden-sharing-there-and-back-again/#more-6759
12 months ago
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Apply to study for a doctorate in political theory at the Central European University, or tell others about this opportunity. All our students get funding (tuition fees and living costs.) Links to admission procedure and program:
dsps.ceu.edu/admission
dsps.ceu.edu/tracks/polit...
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How to apply? | Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
https://dsps.ceu.edu/admission
12 months ago
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Come to Vienna in May, for the 6th yearly POLEMO symposium in political philosophy! Applications now open (for graduate students and early career people). Keynotes from Serena Olsaretti and Andrew Mason - not bad, huh?
sites.google.com/view/polemos...
And please spread the word.
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6th POLEMO Symposium
The Political, Legal, and Moral Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at Central European University cordially invites abstract submissions for its annual conference, the 6th POLEMO Symposium, which will...
https://sites.google.com/view/polemosymposium/home
about 1 year ago
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More POLEMO@CEU news - all are welcome (onsite or online):
events.ceu.edu/2024-12-05/c...
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Can Stability Help Us Determine to Whom Justifiability is Owed?
https://events.ceu.edu/2024-12-05/can-stability-help-us-determine-whom-justifiability-owed
about 1 year ago
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This is such good news:
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Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent kids from holding accounts.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-social-media-children-ban-safeguarding-harm-accounts-d0cde2603bdbc7167801da1d00ecd056
about 1 year ago
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Our political philosophy research group at CEU is going strong. You can also join us online!
events.ceu.edu/2024-11-25/r...
about 1 year ago
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A really great job in Louvain-la-Neuve, which has been, for decades, a place to be creative, supported, influential and joyful - well, a pocket of academic normality...
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
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An academic in Economic and social ethics
An academic in Economic and social ethics
https://jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAcademique/job/An-academic-in-Economic-and-social-ethics/1135369501/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0aIlyUhofNGAOX8h1O2ZjzYa1jHTifO2Ai11nJ6ZlHSYyYLpmghrj7u08_aem_qACdSTnNrMO5D0CWOwT6Wg
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A postdoc, potentially in practical philosophy. Come be my colleague!
philjobs.org/job/show/28054
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Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d), Central European University - PhilJobs:JFP Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d), Central European University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
https://philjobs.org/job/show/28054
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A job in practical philosophy.
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This is of interest to anyone who wants to do a postdoc in Europe, possibly leading to a permanent academic position.
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Sanat Sogani, whose doctoral thesis I have the privilege to supervise, on teaching non-western political theory.
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The Difficulty of Doing Non-Western Political Theory
I am currently designing an undergraduate course on ‘contemporary non-western political theory’, a task fraught with difficulties. Ever since I moved to Europe for my postgraduate studies, I have f…
https://justice-everywhere.org/general/post-by-sanat-sogani/
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