Public Policy and Ethics
A special issue of Philosophies (ISSN 2409-9287).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied philosophy; public health; public reason; political philosophy; climate change; pluralism and disagreement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Much contemporary political and social philosophy, as well as political epistemology, concerns the issue of pluralism—whether reasonable or otherwise. State policies aim at the collective (the people),yet reasonable disagreement persists across a host of normative concerns. This Issue invites all that can contribute to this debate. What is the proper, justified, or desirable relationship between public policies—which target collectives—and ethics, which, at least in a certain sense, pertain to the private sphere?
Contributions may be applied (e.g., what policies are justified with respect to climate change? How can public health initiatives be squared with reasonable pluralism and disagreement about the value of health?) or purely theoretical (e.g., what is the relation between meta-ethics and collective justification? Can public reason function without references to truth?).
Whether offering practical solutions or theoretical inquiries, submissions should clearly articulate the author(s)' philosophical standpoint and explain its relevance to existing
philosophical debates on the subject.
The Issue welcomes diverse philosophical traditions and approaches that can deepen our understanding of these challenges.
Dr. Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pluralism
- reasonable disagreement
- public reason
- conciliationism
- political epistemology
- justification
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