The Phenomenal Public
With what modes of mentality can we build a visceral, subjective sense of being in some specific mass-political society? Theorists and political cultivators standardly call upon the imagination – the...
View ArticleDamned Lies
A popular saying distinguishes lies from damned lies: this paper asks about the difference. It does so as a way of considering the variety of lies told by former President Trump and the variety of ways...
View ArticleSufficiency, Nature and the Future
Sufficiency principles require that each person has enough.This article explores two such principles, located towards opposing ends of the political spectrum. ConservativeSufficiency affirms a...
View ArticleSeparateness of Perspectives, Separateness of Persons, and Duties to the Self
Recently, Paul Schofield has developed a highly original and sophisticated case for the existence of duties to the self. The core idea is that since each of us occupies multiple perspectives from which...
View ArticleEpistemic Communities in American Public Law
What do judges know, or think they know? What do judges not know, and not know that they do not know? When and why do judges sort themselves into competing “tribes”? The answer is that like everyone...
View ArticlePrivacy and Assurance: On the Right to Be Forgotten
The right to be forgotten enables individuals to remove certain links from search results that appear when their names are entered as search terms. Formulated as a distinct application of the general...
View ArticlePermissible People Smuggling and the Duty of Rescue: Insights from Backstreet...
Migrant smugglers are portrayed as pure evil, driven only by greed, as they are blamed for the death and suffering of thousands of migrants. Similarly, backstreet abortionists have been the object of...
View ArticleThe Poverty Discrimination Puzzle
Discrimination laws usually prohibit discrimination based on some traits, like race, caste, and sex, and not on others, like sports team allegiance. Should socioeconomic class be included among the...
View ArticleFreedom, Spontaneity, and Our Encounters
This article defends the significance of our encounters on the grounds of their distinctive contribution to our freedom. The variety and novelty of our encounters, and the spontaneity they allow us in...
View ArticleSelf-Censorship: The Chilling Effect and the Heating Effect
Chilling Effects occur when the risks surrounding a speech restriction inadvertently deter speech that lies outside the restriction’s official scope. Contrary to the standard interpretation of this...
View ArticleEqual Chances versus Equal Outcomes: When Are Lotteries Fair and Justified?
According to one potent challenge to the value and fairness of distribution by lot, the lottery chance of receiving a good is lacking in value or otherwise insignificant or irrelevant in comparison...
View ArticleSubjection to Authority in the Workplace: A Basic Structural Problem
Many liberal egalitarians argue that workers today are subjected to the authority of their bosses and that justice demands that the employment relationship be reformed. But why? What is unjust is not...
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