Read about Owen Ware's gorgeous new translation of Novalis' novel "Heinrich von Ofterdingen," which includes fascinating critical materials to enrich your reading: acezekiel.com/2026/05/27/o...

Owen Ware on Novalis’s novel “Heinrich von Ofterdingen”

Today’s post is on Dr. Owen Ware’s exceptional new translation of Novalis’s novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, a key text in early Romanticism. In addition to a beautiful translation, the new edition …

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The major sin of AI writing: it injects the poison of boredom - of the mind-numbing kind - into life. That's unforgivable. This piece explains why: "The tone is bland; individual word choices are baffling; the structure lacks sense; key pieces of the argument are missing; facts are false."

The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI

Look closely and you’ll see that every part of the text is not quite right.

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Happy Children's Day! An short interview about children and childhood, and also about the Handbook on these topics which I co-edited what feels like a looong time ago (the interview itself is 7 years old and in Romanian): www.scena9.ro/article/anca...

„Copilul nu este un adult incomplet”

O carte de filosofie te învață cum să respecți copiii, într-o lume a adulților care, de multe ori, îi desconsideră și îi uită.

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In this Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics article I provide an account of feminism meant to capture its core normative insight and which, I hope, can be the basis of action-guiding future work. (Not OA; I'll send you a copy if you message me.) academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Feminism

Abstract. Feminism has always been a diverse intellectual tradition and activist movement, difficult to define as such. Today that difficulty is compounded

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Some of our duties, and rights, in very unjust circumstances are different from those we'd have if we lived in just societies. But what if acting on them is buttressing the injustice? A few thoughts on this matter, about childrearing specifically.

ETHICS journal @ethicsjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Is it acceptable to bequeath wealth to your children? Anca Gheaus explores in “Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance” at doi.org/10.1086/739645 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

"How can this be? How can a judge fail to express some resentment reacting to an article which is calling for the mass murder of Palestinians? After all, such murder is not only morally depraved; it is also a crime under Israeli and international law." leiterreports.com/2026/03/18/i...

Israeli law professor sued for defamation in small claims court…

…for basically calling (with ample justification) a racist far right Israeli settler a student of the Nazis. The small claims court, remarkably, foudn in favor of the plaintiff. Professor Har…

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My blogpost speaks Croatian! (Thanks to a kind translator, Martina Valković): kronika.ifzg.hr/2026/02/27/n...

If you're a graduate student or know any, look at this call. This is an annual conference at CEU, with a stream of panels in political philosophy. And this year's keynote is Andrew Williams! Deadline for abstracts: the 26th of February. philevents.org/event/show/1...

21st Annual Doctoral Conference 2026

Humanity at a Turning Point: Reaffirming or Reimagining Political Common Sense? CEU’s Annual Doctoral Conference (ADC) provides an interdisciplinary space to present works in progress, receive c...

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Join the club of philosophers and anarchists, who wonder whether those who bring children into the world should have the legal right to also bring them up, and if yes, for what reason: blog.apaonline.org/2026/02/10/t...

I'm trying to wrap my head around how to use everybody's time in the classroom well, given that many students seem to be reading AI-generated summaries of assigned papers. A digest of what I learned so far, and an invitation to contribute ideas - or complaints: justice-everywhere.org/general/wors...

Worse than AI writing is AI reading. What can we do?

In the classroom, boredom is the kiss of death; eyes would like to roll, hands to seek the phone – but they don’t, because my students are mostly polite and because I ban mobile phones in class. Ev…

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A few years ago I came across the great adventurer Daryl Davis, who still fascinates me today. When I was invited to be part of a book on public philosophy, I knew this was my chance to start sharing his story. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...

Breaking bread with the enemy - Nuffield Foundation

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Department of Political Science@ceu-polsci.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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Sometimes having two problems is better than having only one:

One Crisis to Solve Another? The Place of Care in a World of Automated Work

Click on the article title to read more.

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Even if justice requires the abolition of inheritance, procreative liability and parental love generate duties that justify some bequests, limited in size and form. Or so I argue in this paper, now forthcoming in Ethics: philpapers.org/rec/GHEPPI

Anca Gheaus, Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance - PhilPapers

There is broad egalitarian agreement that inheritance results in distributive injustice and indirectly delegitimises the political process; we should abolish it. But until we do this, and put in place...

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If the positions of advantage in a society reward much in excess of what justice allows, or are unjust because they involve illegitimate power, should we still care about fair equality of opportunity to access them? I think not, for reasons I give here: philpapers.org/archive/GHEO...

This handbook to the philosophy of human rights, edited by Jesse Tomalty and Kerri Woods is out (at an infuriatingly exorbitant price!) Lovely experience to work with them and contribute a piece on children's human rights. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg....

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance o...

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Some problems go away if ignored long enough. Not the one of how to teach given ChatGPT. Come talk about this at Justice Everywhere (and help me improve my current solution)!

𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑@abizadeh.bsky.social · last yr.

Some reflections by @ancagheaus.bsky.social on essay writing in age of AI

If you have conservative sensitivities, can you also be an egalitarian? I think so. A forthcoming paper on a theme that Jerry Cohen discussed in one of my favourite philosophy pieces. philpapers.org/rec/GHECAJ

Anca Gheaus, Conservatism, attachment, justice - PhilPapers

It is not easy to be an egalitarian with a conservative sensitivity, especially in unjust societies. You can be one by turning to value pluralism – as G. A. Cohen and ...

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You can still apply for next AY if you don't need a visa for Austria. Please spread the word.

Department of Political Science@ceu-polsci.bsky.social · last yr.

🎓 Why CEU Political Science? “Academic rigor, amazing people, professional support, and educational prestige.” – Ildar Daminov, MA’22 📍 Study in Vienna 📅 Apply by July 1 (no visa needed) 🔗 politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma #CEU #Politics #GradSchool #Vienna

Really proud of my student Sanat, who is giving a less than 3 minutes overview of his work here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGce...

Sanat Sogani - Work, Social Status and Self-Respect | 3MT CEU 2025

YouTube video by Central European University

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Postdocs in Louvain-la-Neuve, one of the best places to be! www.uclouvain.be/fr/hoover/fe...

Another great post by Sanat Sogani, on what to do about the new AI tools when it comes to teaching and assessing students. justice-everywhere.org/general/writ...

Writing Assignments in the age of Gen AI

If Gen AI can consistently produce A grade articles across disciplines (for now, it seems they can’t, but they likely might), do we still need students to learn the art of writing well-researched l…

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I didn't think I'd write about abortion, but Japa Pallikkathayil's new article (in the Journal of Applied Philosophy) was inspiring - a new take on the issue! - and so I penned down this short reply to it:

Procreative Liability and Equality before the Law

Pallikkathayil argues that restrictions on abortion are inconsistent with the usual demands that states place on their citizens. States don't require their citizens to make their bodies available for...

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Just out, my paper with Tim Meijers about Axel Gosseries' recent book on intergenerational justice. On the never ending fascination of the non-identity problem.

Read Alexandru Volacu on how the Athenians "managed to set up an institutional framework ... that curtailed both the concentration of massive wealth and the damaging political influence of the well-off." Non-ideal theory at its best. justice-everywhere.org/general/envy...

Envy and Fair Burden-Sharing: There and Back Again

When should we say that two people are treated as equals from a distributive point of view? The straightforward response is that they are equal if they hold an identical bundle of resources. But si…

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Apply to study for a doctorate in political theory at the Central European University, or tell others about this opportunity. All our students get funding (tuition fees and living costs.) Links to admission procedure and program: dsps.ceu.edu/admission dsps.ceu.edu/tracks/polit...

Come to Vienna in May, for the 6th yearly POLEMO symposium in political philosophy! Applications now open (for graduate students and early career people). Keynotes from Serena Olsaretti and Andrew Mason - not bad, huh? sites.google.com/view/polemos... And please spread the word.

6th POLEMO Symposium

The Political, Legal, and Moral Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at Central European University cordially invites abstract submissions for its annual conference, the 6th POLEMO Symposium, which will...

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More POLEMO@CEU news - all are welcome (onsite or online): events.ceu.edu/2024-12-05/c...

Can Stability Help Us Determine to Whom Justifiability is Owed?

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This is such good news:

Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law

The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent kids from holding accounts.

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Our political philosophy research group at CEU is going strong. You can also join us online! events.ceu.edu/2024-11-25/r...