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Tying ourselves to the mast, or acting for the sake of justice? Ethos, individual duties, and social sanctions 把自己绑在桅杆上，还是为了正义而行动?社会风气、个人责任和社会制裁

IF 1.1 3区哲学

Journal of Social Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-12-15 DOI: 10.1111/josp.12502

Markus Furendal

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Reparations for White supremacy? Charles W. Mills and reparative vs. distributive justice after the structural turn 对白人至上主义的赔偿?查尔斯·w·米尔斯与结构性转变后的补偿性正义与分配正义

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Journal of Social Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI: 10.1111/josp.12499

Jennifer M. Page

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What is wrong with persecution 迫害有什么错

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Journal of Social Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-11-10 DOI: 10.1111/josp.12496

Rebecca Buxton

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The market ideology conception of fetishism: An interpretation and defense 拜物教的市场意识形态概念：解读与辩护

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Journal of Social Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1111/josp.12497

Antoine Louette

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Democratic equality and higher education: Moving from access to completion 民主平等与高等教育：从入学到毕业

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Journal of Social Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/josp.12495

Tammy Harel Ben-Shahar, Sigal Ben-Porath, Dustin Webster

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The wrongs, harms, and ineffectiveness of torture: A moral evaluation from empirical neuroscience 酷刑的错误、伤害和无效性：来自经验神经科学的道德评价