Breaking Up Rationally [0.03%]
理智的分手
Daniel Villiger,Bouke de Vries
Daniel Villiger
The end of a long-term romantic relationship ranks among the most stressful and momentous events in life. Thus, the decision of whether to break up with someone whom one has been with for many years should generally be made very carefully. ...
Thomas Douglas
Thomas Douglas
Several authors have recently claimed that we each possess a right against interference with our minds. However, it remains unclear how this claim is to be justified. I offer a novel argument in defence of it. The argument is intuitive-appe...
Steven R Kraaijeveld,Rachel Gur-Arie,Euzebiusz Jamrozik
Steven R Kraaijeveld
Should people get vaccinated for the sake of others? What could ground-and limit-the normative claim that people ought to do so? In this paper, we propose a reasons-based consequentialist account of vaccination for the benefit of others. We...
Ruth Rebecca Tietjen
Ruth Rebecca Tietjen
In this article, I provide a philosophical analysis of the nature and role of perceived identity threats in the genesis and maintenance of fanaticism. First, I offer a preliminary definition of fanaticism as the social identity-defining dev...
Palliative Farming [0.03%]
姑息性耕作
Ole Martin Moen,Katrien Devolder
Ole Martin Moen
Billions of animals live and die under deplorable conditions in factory farms. Despite significant efforts to reduce human consumption of animal products and to encourage more humane farming practices, the number of factory-farmed animals i...
Dominating Risk Impositions [0.03%]
主导性风险因素
Kritika Maheshwari,Sven Nyholm
Kritika Maheshwari
Mark Tunick
Mark Tunick
When mature minors face a decision with important consequences, such as whether to undergo a risky but potentially life-saving medical procedure, who should decide? Relying on liberal political theory's account of the importance of decision...
Rekha Nath
Rekha Nath
Some consequentialists argue that ordinary individuals are obligated to act in specific, concrete ways to address large-scale harms. For example, they argue that we should each refrain from meat-eating and avoid buying sweatshop-made clothi...
Guest Editor's Note [0.03%]
客座编辑语
Robert Audi
Robert Audi
Steve Clarke
Steve Clarke
Huck Finn's struggles with his conscience, as depicted in Mark Twain's famous novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (AHF) (1884), have been much discussed by philosophers; and various philosophical lessons have been extracted from Twain'...