Justice Everywhere

In this post, Ali Raza Jatoi discusses his recent article in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on why gossip wrongs us not by breaching privacy or spreading lies, but by shutting us out of the conversation deciding who we are. Think of the last time you told someone about a mutual acquaintance who wasn’t in the room. Maybe you were worried about them and wanted advice on how to ...

Brazil is at the second round of the election for President. My country is divided again by Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro supporters, who is the son of  Jair Bolsonaro. In the first round, Deputes, Senators and Governors are chosen. In a surprise that shocked many, the extreme right wing, came out on top. Of the 81 seats in the Senate, Balsonaro’s Parido Liberal (PL), got 21, while ...

This is a guest post by Pablo Serra Palao. Philosophers are well aware of the tension between protecting ecosystems as a whole and defending the rights of individual sentient animals. Social movements and the general public are aware of it too, especially when a case of culling animals classified as ‘invasive species‘ gets coverage in mainstream media. Both ethical positions see...

In this post, Emilia Wilson (Cardiff University) discusses her article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy Ameliorating Linguistic Anchors of Oppression on how specific words and phrases may anchor oppressive social practices.  Language shapes how we see the world. Politicians speak of ‘enhanced interrogation’ rather than ‘torture’, we speak of ‘wars’ on canc...