August 2022 – Justice Everywhere

22 August, 2022

From the Vault: Philosophy in Teaching and Public Life

While Justice Everywhere takes a short break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2021-22 season.

Justice Everywhere has several special series that explore philosophical issues relating to an important theme. Here are links to those that ran in 2021-22 with a flavour of the topics their posts address:

In our Beyond the Ivory Tower series, organised by Aveek Bhattacharya, which speaks to researchers about their engagement with “real world” politics:

An interview on theory, politics, and socialism with Paul Magnette by Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
An interview on linking philosophy with public and political affairs with Philippe van Parijs by Diana Popescu

In our Teaching Philosophy series, organised by Sara Van Goozen, which interviews scholars on ethics issues involved designing and delivering university courses in philosophy:

A discussion about jettisoning the philosophical canon with Liam Kofi Bright
A discussion about deprioritising grading with Marcus Schultz-Bergin

In our series on fatigue, organised by Zsuzsanna Chappell, which explores the political and social consequences of fatigue that have come to the fore in recent years:

Lisa Herzog’s post on how exhausting citizens poses a danger to democracy
Zsuzsanna Chappell’s post on the need for policies that ensure everyone in society has the energy for personal flourishing and social and political participation

Stay tuned for even more in these series in our 2022-23 season!

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Justice Everywhere will return in full swing on 1st September with fresh weekly posts by our cooperative of regular authors (published on Mondays), in addition to our Journal of Applied Philosophy series (published on Thursdays). If you have a suggestion for a topic or would like to contribute a guest post on a topical subject in political philosophy (broadly construed), please feel free to get in touch with us at justice.everywhere.blog@gmail.com.

Governance / Health / International / Public Philosophy

15 August, 2022

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From the Vault: Philosophy in the Covid-19 Pandemic

While Justice Everywhere takes a short break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2021-22 season.

A lot has been written about Covid-19 and Justice Everywhere has contributed to this on several fronts. Here are some links from the last year on philosophical issues raised by the pandemic that you may have missed or be interested to re-read:

Angie Pepper’s post, What Do We Owe to Pandemic Puppies?, which consider the rise of animal adoption in the pandemic and the ethical concerns about what happens to them next.
Costanza Porro’s post, What the pandemic can tell us about prison, which explores what prisons looked like during Covid-19 and the opportunity to transform a fraught institution into a caring and more just one.
Andrew McGee & Drew Carter’s post, Withdrawing and withholding treatment are not always morally equivalent, which differentiates types of medical interventions by looking through the lens of possible treatment dilemmas that arose from Covid-19. (This is part of our ongoing collaboration with Journal of Applied Philosophy.)
Aveek Bhattacharya & Fay Niker’s post, What the pandemic can teach us about political philosophy, which recounts what they brought together in our Philosophers’ Rundown on the Coronavirus Crisis and the development of these ideas into an edited book, Political Philosophy in a Pandemic: Routes to a More Just Future.

Stay tuned for even more on this topic in our 2022-23 season!

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Justice Everywhere will return in full swing on 1st September with fresh weekly posts by our cooperative of regular authors (published on Mondays), in addition to our Journal of Applied Philosophy series (published on Thursdays). If you have a suggestion for a topic or would like to contribute a guest post on a topical subject in political philosophy (broadly construed), please feel free to get in touch with us at justice.everywhere.blog@gmail.com.

Climate / Democracy / Distribution / Economics / Governance / Health / Rights

8 August, 2022

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From the Vault: Journal of Applied Philosophy Collaboration

While Justice Everywhere takes a short break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2021-22 season. This post focuses on our ongoing collaboration with the Journal of Applied Philosophy.

In 2019, Justice Everywhere began a collaboration with the Journal of Applied Philosophy. The journal is a unique forum that publishes philosophical analysis of problems of practical concern, and several of its authors post accessible summaries of their work on Justice Everywhere. These posts draw on diverse theoretical viewpoints and bring them to bear on a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from the environment and natural resources to freedom, empathy, and medical ethics.

For a full list of these posts, visit the JOAP page on Justice Everywhere. For a flavour of the range, you might read:

Megan Blomfield’s post, Should land be reclassified as a global commons?, which explores recent proposals for equitable and sustainable sharing of global commons and whether to apply this approach to land.
Daphne Brandenburg’s post, Why we should think twice about persons who struggle to emphathize, which discusses the philosophical issues between empathy, communication, and responsibility.
Paul Raekstad’s post, Why Property-Owning Democracy is Unfree, which considers the unfreedom of capitalism and problems with recent claims that a property-owning democracy might escape it.
Emma Curran & Stephen John’s post, Why should we protect the vulnerable?, which unpacks the complexity of ethical discourse around the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines and of the ethical commitments involved.

Stay tuned for even more from JOAP authors in our 2022-23 season!

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Justice Everywhere will return in full swing on 1st September with fresh weekly posts by our cooperative of regular authors (published on Mondays), in addition to our Journal of Applied Philosophy series (published on Thursdays). If you have a suggestion for a topic or would like to contribute a guest post on a topical subject in political philosophy (broadly construed), please feel free to get in touch with us at justice.everywhere.blog@gmail.com.

Climate

1 August, 2022

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From the Vault: Good Reads on Climate Ethics

While Justice Everywhere takes a short break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2021-22 season.

Here are some good reads on philosophical issues relating to climate change that you may have missed or be interested to re-read:

Polaris Koi’s post, Accounting for global and local justice in behavioural climate policy, which explores the tension between localized climate nudges and the global impacts addressing climate change requires.
Elisa Piras’s post, A justice-inspired reading of the COP26 discursive arena, which sketches how a high-level climate summit might provide a space for the voices of diverse groups of citizens to articulate a common strategy to tackle climate change.
Temi Ogunye’s post, Is disruptive climate activism morally controversial?, which challenges objections to disruptive activism grounded on worries about law-breaking, inconveniencing others, and counter-productivity.
Jelena Belic & Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh’s guest post, Rethinking Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change, which draws reflections from their conference on transforming human rights law for it to serve purpose protecting against the harms of climate change.
Peter Dietsch’s post, Allowing fossil-fuel advertising is harmful and irresponsible, which argues for a ban on advertising fossil-fuel intensive activity, such as gas-powered cars, air travel, and boat cruises, and financial investment in fossil-fuel intensive industries.

Stay tuned for even more on this topic in our 2022-23 season!

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Justice Everywhere will return in full swing on 1st September with fresh weekly posts by our cooperative of regular authors (published on Mondays), in addition to our Journal of Applied Philosophy series (published on Thursdays). If you have a suggestion for a topic or would like to contribute a guest post on a topical subject in political philosophy (broadly construed), please feel free to get in touch with us at justice.everywhere.blog@gmail.com.

Monthly Archive: August 2022

From the Vault: Philosophy in Teaching and Public Life

From the Vault: Philosophy in the Covid-19 Pandemic

From the Vault: Journal of Applied Philosophy Collaboration

From the Vault: Good Reads on Climate Ethics

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