Month: September 2021

This is a guest post by Avril Tynan, a postdoctoral researcher at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies in Finland.

It often seems that asking questions is an infallible activity. When we ask questions we demonstrate curiosity; it’s how we learn and understand; in universities we encourage students to ask questions, to interrogate data and theories and to challenge conventional approaches. When we ask how, why, when, where and who, we illuminate the grey areas of our knowledge and understanding, and we may even stumble upon new information and fresh perspectives. But asking questions can be damaging, disrespectful and even dangerous, particularly when the objective is not to understand, but rather to undermine.

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Justice Everywhere returns this week for a new season. We continue in our aim to provide a public forum for the exchange of ideas about philosophy and public affairs.

We have lots of exciting content coming your way! This includes:

• The launch of a new special series on Teaching Philosophy, kicking off with an interview with Liam Kofi Bright.
• A special “philosophers’ rundown” on COP26 in November.
• Lots more from our popular Beyond the Ivory Tower series, in which we interview those working at/across the boundary between theory and practice.
• Videos and podcasts introducing Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a More Just Future (Bloomsbury 2021) – a collection of essays on the ethics and politics of COVID-19 out later this month. The book’s been written almost exclusively by Justice Everywhere authors and friends (including all of those interviewed in our Beyond the Ivory Tower series – Onora O’Neill, Marc Stears, Jonathan Wolff, Rebecca Lowe, and Rowan Cruft).
• The continuation of our collaboration with the Journal of Applied Philosophy, introducing you to cutting-edge research being published on justice-related topics in applied and engaged philosophy.
• Weekly posts from our a superb (and expanded!) team of house authors, offering analysis of a vast array of issues in moral and political philosophy, as well social policy and political economy every Monday.

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