Thomas Szanto
Thomas Szanto
This paper presents a novel conceptualization of a type of untruthful speech that is of eminent political relevance but has hitherto been unrecognized: epistemically exploitative bullshit (EEB). Speakers engaging in EEB are bullshitting: th...
Guillaume Fréchette
Guillaume Fréchette
How do we individuate the senses, what exactly do we do when we do so, and why does it matter? In the following article, I propose a general answer to these related questions based on Franz Brentano's views on the senses. After a short surv...
Andrea Sangiovanni
Andrea Sangiovanni
What principles of social justice apply to the European Union? This paper has three parts that together challenge Philippe Van Parijs's most recent proposals for how to think about justice in Europe. For Van Parijs, the EU represents an opp...
Andreas Blank
Andreas Blank
The role that the desire for self-worth plays in international relations has become a prominent topic in contemporary political theory. Contemporary accounts are based on the notion of national self-worth as a function of status; therefore,...
Helvétius's challenge: Moral luck, political constitutions, and the economy of esteem [0.03%]
赫尔维茨的挑战：道德运气，政治宪法和尊敬经济
Andreas Blank
Andreas Blank
This article explores a historical challenge for contemporary accounts of the role that the desire of being esteemed can play in exercising social control. According to Geoffrey Brennan and Philip Pettit, the economy of esteem normally has ...
Havi Carel,Ian James Kidd
Havi Carel
We develop a broader, more fine-grained taxonomy of forms of transformative experience, inspired by the work of L. A. Paul. Our vulnerability to such experiences arises, we argue, due to the vulnerability, dependence, and affliction intrins...
Joshua Shepherd
Joshua Shepherd
In this paper, I examine the claim that self-consciousness is highly morally significant, such that the fact that an entity is self-conscious generates strong moral reasons against harming or killing that entity. This claim is apparently ve...