ETHICS journal

ETHICS journal

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Scholarly journal for work in moral, social, political, and legal philosophy

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An ETHICS Discussion: Andreas Vassiliou looks at Arridge’s ETHICS article, “How Should We Understand the Balancing View of Ought?” at doi.org/10.1086/742215 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgThree Balance Models* | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1The balancing view of ought holds that what we ought to do is a function of the balance of our reasons. Thomas Schmidt has developed this view and supplemented it with two transmission principles. In ...
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An ETHICS Discussion: Johnny Sakr’s “The Maternal-Fetal Relationship and the Basis of Prenatal Obligation” examines Kingma and Woollard’s ETIHCS article “Can You Do Harm to Your Fetus? Pregnancy, Barriers, and the Doing/Allowing Distinction” doi.org/10.1086/742205 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil

doi.orgThe Maternal-Fetal Relationship and the Basis of Prenatal Obligation* | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1Kingma and Woollard argue that many forms of harmful prenatal conduct are better understood as allowing rather than doing harm and that treating them as doing harm creates a justificatory bypass aroun...
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“Making Harm Necessary: An Essay on Punishment and Self-Defense” by Patrick Tomlin at doi.org/10.1086/742214 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgMaking Harm Necessary: An Essay on Punishment and Self-Defense* | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1For harm to be permissible, it must be necessary. This principle is widely endorsed in a range of contexts. But sometimes how much harm it is necessary for an agent to inflict is the result of the con...
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“Can Luck Egalitarians Handle Self-Sacrifice?” David O’Brien explores for ETHICS, free at doi.org/10.1086/742212 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgCan Luck Egalitarians Handle Self-Sacrifice?* | Ethics: Vol 137, No 1Some inequalities are the result of morally required self-sacrifice by the worse off. Versions of luck egalitarianism that count such inequalities as unfair, when combined with other unexceptional ass...
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“How to Be a Self-Effacing Consequentializing Quasi-Realist” Bart Streumer’s explanation at doi.org/10.1086/741040 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgHow to Be a Self-Effacing Consequentializing Quasi-Realist* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4Consequentialists often argue that their opponents’ views can be consequentialized or that their own view is partly self-effacing. These arguments resemble the quasi-realist moves that many expressivi...
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Continuing at The PEASoup Blog: discussion on “What the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be” a free article by Susumu Cato and Katie Steele at doi.org/10.1086/741041 with a précis by Krister Bykvist at peasoupblog.com/2026/09/ethi... philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy

doi.orgWhat the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4Since the goal of “sustainable development” has gained authority (notably since the 1987 Brundtland Report), there have been attempts to characterize what, at core, is the intended constraint on prese...
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Please join in the ETHICS/PEASoup Blog Discussion beginning today on “What the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be” a free article by Susumu Cato and Katie Steele at doi.org/10.1086/741041 with a précis by Krister Bykvist, at: peasoupblog.com philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil

doi.orgWhat the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4Since the goal of “sustainable development” has gained authority (notably since the 1987 Brundtland Report), there have been attempts to characterize what, at core, is the intended constraint on prese...
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Does having no binding constraints enable positive outcomes for us? “On the Importance of Slack” by Adam Piovarchy, Zvi Mowshowitz, and Scott Siskind at: doi.org/10.1086/741046 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgOn the Importance of Slack* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4This article is on the concept of “slack”: the absence of binding constraints on behavior. Slack comes in many forms, including as time, money, space, others’ goodwill, and support networks. It enable...
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Andrew Lambert reviews Colin J. Lewis and Jennifer Kling’s “Contemporary Politics and Classical Chinese Thought: Toward Globalizing Political Philosophy” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/741039 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgLewis, Colin J., and Kling, Jennifer. Contemporary Politics and Classical Chinese Thought: Toward Globalizing Political Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 208. $99.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vo...
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“How to Be a Self-Effacing Consequentializing Quasi-Realist” Bart Streumer’s explanation at doi.org/10.1086/741040 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgHow to Be a Self-Effacing Consequentializing Quasi-Realist* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4Consequentialists often argue that their opponents’ views can be consequentialized or that their own view is partly self-effacing. These arguments resemble the quasi-realist moves that many expressivi...
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Exploring sustainable development and its constraints on personal choice: “What the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be” by Susumu Cato and Katie Steele FREE at doi.org/10.1086/741041 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgWhat the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4Since the goal of “sustainable development” has gained authority (notably since the 1987 Brundtland Report), there have been attempts to characterize what, at core, is the intended constraint on prese...
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Does having no binding constraints enable positive outcomes for us? “On the Importance of Slack” by Adam Piovarchy, Zvi Mowshowitz, and Scott Siskind at: doi.org/10.1086/741046 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgOn the Importance of Slack* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 4This article is on the concept of “slack”: the absence of binding constraints on behavior. Slack comes in many forms, including as time, money, space, others’ goodwill, and support networks. It enable...
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The case is made to abolish compulsory sex-marking by Ophelia Vedder in “Getting Free from Gender: The Case Against Compulsory Sex-Marking” at doi.org/10.1086/739662 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgGetting Free from Gender: The Case Against Compulsory Sex-Marking* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3This article argues for the abolition of a core component of our hegemonic gender regime: compulsory sex-marking. Compulsory sex-marking refers to the social demand that individuals advertise, through...
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Are there any contexts in which avowed gender identity can be respectfully challenged? “Gender Identity, Self-Deception, and Respect” by Maximiliana Jewett Rifkin and Elizabeth Schechter respectfully suggest there is at doi.org/10.1086/739654 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy

doi.orgGender Identity, Self-Deception, and Respect* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3There are cases in which someone insists to themselves that they are the gender they were assigned at birth without “deep down” believing this. In such a case, which is to be respected, the identity a...
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When and why is it fitting for emotions to change over time? Sam Mason explores in “Emotional Fittingness over Time” at doi.org/10.1086/739651 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgEmotional Fittingness over Time* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3When and why is it fitting for emotions to change over time? This article defends a novel answer to this question that emphasizes the motivational aspect of emotions. It is fitting for emotions to cha...
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In what sense is blaming communicative? Taylor Madigan and Edward Schwartz present “The Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication” at doi.org/10.1086/739653 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgThe Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3Many theories of responsibility claim that holding someone responsible is “incipiently communicative,” but it has been difficult to pin down just what this amounts to. We offer an account of (1) a dis...
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ETHICS Free Article: “Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care” Alyssa Izatt and Kimberley Brownlee present “antigirlism” to make sense of the mistreatment that girls endure in reproductive care at: doi.org/10.1086/739648 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil

doi.orgJustice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3When the US Supreme Court rejected the constitutional right to abortion care, several US states enacted bans. This legal change exposed critical moral questions about pregnancy in childhood: What do a...
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In defense of pluralist metaethical constitutivism: “How to Be a Constitutivist” by Bennett Eckert-Kuang at: doi.org/10.1086/739644 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

doi.orgHow to Be a Constitutivist* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3I defend pluralist metaethical constitutivism: Practical norms governing an agent are grounded in her kind of rational agency. Kinds of rational agency are defined in terms of reasons explanations: To...