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		<title>Nudge, nudge. Know what I mean?</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2011/07/20/nudge-nudge-know-what-i-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow philosophers will no doubt be familiar with the curious book, Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. The book defends &#8220;libertarian paternalism&#8221; and a view of behavioural economics. While I have not been convinced by its arguments, it is a good read and I&#8217;ve half expected Nudge to be the subject of at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 ISME Call for Papers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 ISME Call for Papers Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2011 The 2012 International Society for Military Ethics Conference will be held 24-27 January 2012 in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110. This year&#8217;s theme will be &#8220;Civil-Military Relations and Social Issues in the Military.&#8221; Papers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition on AHRC and &#8220;The Big Society&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2011/03/30/petition-on-ahrc-and-the-big-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The petition can be found here and I urge readers to consider signing it. It makes a point of principle, not politics: that the UK-based Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) &#8212; which funds research in areas such as law and philosophy &#8212; should remove mention of &#8220;The Big Society&#8221; in its details of strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy launches new submission system</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2011/02/16/journal-of-moral-philosophy-launches-new-submission-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to announce that the Journal of Moral Philosophy has launched our new online electronic submission system. Please either visit our online submission page to submit new work here. The JMP normally reviews papers in 6-8 weeks or less. Our acceptance rate is under 8%. We are a quarterly journal of philosophy publishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which philosophy journal is best?</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2011/01/14/which-philosophy-journal-is-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers are encouraged to visit this link where they can vote for their favourite philosophy journals. The choice is fairly comprehensive with nearly 130 journals listed and more added daily. There have been more than 10,000 votes registered and there will be preliminary results announced here when 50,000 votes is reached. So visit this link [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice for article reviewers: what is best practice?</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/10/21/advice-for-article-reviewers-what-is-best-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers may be familiar with my &#8220;Publishing Advice for Graduate Students&#8221; which addressed issues from publishing book reviews and conference proceedings to replies, full length articles, and submitting book contracts successfully. I have been genuinely thrilled by its reception as it struck me that there was a real dearth of helpful advice on the subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studies in Moral Philosophy book series</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/10/19/studies-in-moral-philosophy-book-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to announce a new book series in moral philosophy: Studies in Moral Philosophy is a new book series affiliated with the Journal of Moral Philosophy. This new series will publish books in all areas of normative philosophy, including applied ethics and metaethics, as well as moral, legal, and political theory. Research book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy 7(1) (2010)</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/01/15/journal-of-moral-philosophy-71-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 7, Number 1 (2010) ARTICLES William Sin, &#8216;Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands&#8217;, pp. 3-15 Lina Papadaki, &#8216;What is Objectification?&#8217; pp. 16-36 M. B. E. Smith, &#8216;Does Humanity Share a Common Moral Faculty?&#8217; pp. 37-53 Jonathan Seglow, &#8216;Associative Duties and Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(4) (2009)</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/01/15/journal-of-moral-philosophy-64-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 4 (2009) ARTICLES Ty Landrum, &#8216;Persons as Objects of Love&#8217;, pp. 417-39 Elizabeth Tropman, &#8216;Renewing Moral Intuitionism&#8217;, pp. 440-63 David Alm, &#8216;Deontological Restrictions and the Good/Bad Asymmetry&#8217;, pp. 464-81 Carl Knight, &#8216;Egalitarian Justice and Valuational Judgment&#8217;, pp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continuum Ethics book series</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2009/11/14/continuum-ethics-book-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuum Ethics A series of books exploring key topics in contemporary ethics and moral philosophy. Continuum Ethics presents a series of books that will bridge the gap between new research work and undergraduate textbooks. They will provide close examination of key concepts in contemporary moral philosophy. Aimed largely at upper-level undergraduates and research students, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Justice and Human Rights book series</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2009/11/14/global-justice-and-human-rights-book-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing two new book series with Edinburgh University Press: STUDIES IN GLOBAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS Series Editor: Thom Brooks &#8220;Global justice and human rights&#8221; is perhaps the hottest topic today. Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights is a new book series published by Edinburgh University Press. The series aims to publish groundbreaking work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(3) (2009)</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2009/06/24/journal-of-moral-philosophy-63-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 3 (2009) ARTICLES Alex Friedman, &#8216;Intransitive Ethics&#8217;, pp. 277-97 David Lefkowitz, &#8216;Partiality and Weighing Harm to Non-Combatants&#8217;, pp. 298-316 Gerald Lang, &#8216;Luck Egalitarianism, Permissible Inequalities, and Moral Hazard&#8217;, pp. 317-38 Heath White, &#8216;Fitting Attitudes, Wrong Kinds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy 6(2) (2009)</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2009/04/24/journal-of-moral-philosophy-62-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 6, Number 2 (2009) ARTICLES David DeGrazia, &#8216;Moral Vegetarianism from a Very Broad Basis&#8217;, pp. 143-65 Martin Peterson, &#8216;The Mixed Solution to the Number Problem&#8217;, pp. 166-77 Tim W. Christie, &#8216;Natural Separateness: Why Parfit&#8217;s Reductionist Account of Persons Fails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pettit and His Critics Conference</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2009/02/20/pettit-and-his-critics-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETTIT AND HIS CRITICS Saturday, 14th March 2009 Research Beehive 2.21 Old Library Building Newcastle University Philip Pettit is one of the most significant moral and political philosophers today. This conference will bring together new work on Pettit&#8217;s many philosophical contributions by three philosophers-Thom Brooks (Newcastle), Cecile Laborde (University College London), and Michael Ridge (Edinburgh)-with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy 5(2) (2008)</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/08/04/journal-of-moral-philosophy-52-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY: An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy http://www.brill.nl/jmp (ISSN 1740-4681) Volume 5, Number 2 (2008) EDITORIAL Thom Brooks, &#8216;Editorial&#8217;, p. 177 ARTICLES Burke A. Hendrix, &#8216;Authenticity and Cultural Rights&#8217;, pp. 181-203 Igor Primoratz, &#8216;Patriotism and Morality: Mapping the Terrain&#8217;, pp. 204-226 Rex Martin, &#8216;Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism&#8217;, pp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Moral Philosophy news</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/07/10/151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we have learned the news that the Journal of Moral Philosophy will be a quarterly publication from 2009. This is a major change that I have been hoping to achieve for some time. The JMP was launched in April 2004 and since this time we have published three issues per year. I am particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Capabilities Approach, Religious Practices, and the Importance of Recognition</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/07/06/the-capabilities-approach-religious-practices-and-the-importance-of-recognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been working on a paper entitled “The Capabilities Approach, Religious Practices, and the Importance of Recognition” that looks into cases where Nussbaum’s capabilities approach and religious practices seem to clash. The paper can be downloaded free here. The paper’s abstract is: “When can ever be justified in banning a religious practice? This paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not hybrid embryos?</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/05/22/143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 12:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applied Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, British MP&#8217;s voted to allow the creation of hybrid embryos for medical research. These embryos would be 99.9% &#8220;human&#8221; but 0.1% &#8220;cow&#8221; or &#8220;rabbit&#8221; &#8212; the animal element is simply the use of animal eggs, from which animal DNA is extracted, human DNA implanted, the &#8220;hybrid&#8221; embryo is then given an electric shock, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appiah&#8217;s Experiments in Ethics: Chapter 4</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/04/17/appiahs-experiments-in-ethics-chapter-4/</link>
		<comments>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/04/17/appiahs-experiments-in-ethics-chapter-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, it is a genuine pleasure to contribute to this forum: I only hope my comments will not lag too far behind the quality of previous posts! Now to Experiments in Ethics . . . Chapter four is entitled &#8220;The Varieties of Moral Experience&#8221; and my discussion will follow the sections of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW Publishing Advice for Graduate Students</title>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/01/18/new-publishing-advice-for-graduate-students/</link>
		<comments>http://ethics-etc.com/2008/01/18/new-publishing-advice-for-graduate-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Announcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the topic of this post is not specific to ethics, I do hope I may be forgiven for making a brief announcement about a new essay of advice now available online that may be of use to graduate students in ethics and other subjects. Over the years, I have offered what is now an [...]]]></description>
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