From the Vault: Relations, Society, and (Social) Justice

While Justice Everywhere takes a short break over the summer, we recall some of the highlights from our 2025-26 season. 

At Justice Everywhere, as the name suggests, we write blogs that focus in one way or another on justice. That can take many forms – but, we definitely do not ignore some of the core questions of contemporary political theory. Here are a few highlights from this year’s posts relating to personal relations, society more broadly, and, ultimately, (social) justice:

• As part of our Beyond the Ivory Tower series, Matt Perry talked to Chris Armstrong about extending discussions about global justice to include our oceans, as well as how to write (and publish!) engaging philosophy for a general audience.
• In a fascinating reflection on the 1920s story, “The Anarchist Banker”, by Fernando Pessoa, Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and Louis Larue try to make sense of the idea that someone can pursue an immoral career while supporting political projects such as anarchism.
• Under what conditions can affirmative action be consistent with merit-based selection practices? In this post, part of our ongoing collaboration with the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Shalom Chalson (National University of Singapore) and James Bernard Willoughby (Australian National University) discuss their article on using affirmative action as a tie-breaker.
• How should we think about caste and caste-based discrimination? And to what extent is should it be treated the same as race or gender? Drawing on his paper in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Ajinkya Deshmukh suggests that thinking about caste can help us better understand social identities like gender and race that impact our lives.
• What is an emotional affair, and why should philosophers think about emotional affairs? Building on their paper in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Justin Clardy discusses the ethics of emotional affairs and to what extent they should be considered wrongful.

Stay tuned for even more on this topic in our 2026-27 season!

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Justice Everywhere will return in full swing soon with fresh weekly posts by our cooperative of regular authors, in addition to our Journal of Applied Philosophy series and other special series. If you would like to contribute a guest post on a topical justice-based issue (broadly construed), please feel free to get in touch with us at justice.everywhere.blog@gmail.com.