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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · 4d

Exchange for Mutual Benefit versus Caring Solidarity - an essay laying out fundamental points of contrast between the best form of productive relationship compatible with markets, and the best form of productive relationship. Published today open access in E&P: doi.org/10.1017/S026...

Exchange and solidarity | Economics & Philosophy | Cambridge Core

Exchange and solidarity - Volume 41 Issue 3

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Stephan Maurer @stephanmaurer.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are hiring! Two new Lecturer (AP) positions at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics:
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Lecturer

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates to faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome, althou...

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Jul 24

fantastic!

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · May 28

Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci

Race and the Scottish Enlightenment

How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former medical st...

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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · May 17

Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*:

"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "

Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!

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"We Cease to be Mere Fragments": Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism

What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · May 19

New article in Political Philosophy / @polphiljournal.bsky.social > "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism" by Jan Kandiyali (@jkandiyali.bsky.social) and Martin O'Neill ‪(@martinoneill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/pp....

We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism

What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · May 16

Foundations of Morality workshop at the University of Leeds, June 10-11. Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT Austin) and Michael Smith (Princeton). Programme and registration details are now up at philevents.org/event/show/1.... Registration deadline: June 1st. Join us there!
#Philosophy

Foundations of Morality Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to further our understanding of foundational questions about morality. We are open to perspectives from both metaethics and normative ethics, addressing questions such as: W...

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks! I don’t know, but I’ll check with him.

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · May 12

Anyone know of philosophers interested in the ethics of engineering, ideally with an interest in standards and regulations for cases like Grenfell?

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · May 8

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · May 5

I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx:

Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital

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Reading Capital

Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey (2019 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey (2007 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Har…

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Apr 9

The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out!

122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo

They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.

Studie: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen macht zufrieden und mental gesund | MDR.DE

Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen – ohne reduzierte Arbeitszeit – steigert Zufriedenheit und mentale Gesundheit. Das geht aus der ersten Langzeitstudie zum Grundeinkommen hervor.

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Meghan Flaherty @msmeghanbean.bsky.social · Apr 7

Had the enormous honour of being a part of this series, in some incredible company.

Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Apr 5

Day 76 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: Meghan Flaherty on Uncertainty

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100 Days of Creative Resistance graphic featuring a quote from Meghan Flaherty which reads “Maybe we need art more than ever now; maybe we don’t. I’ll keep making mine, sure. I’ll keep living, steeped, bloated in words. But what I really mean to say is that I plan to listen more.”

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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · Mar 28

New publication OA #philsci — where I discuss the epistemic nature of three possible varieties of ‘local knowledges’ and defend their importance for fulfilling human rights — from the right to participate in science to the right to food and right to clean water www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Local knowledges and the right to participate in science | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Local knowledges and the right to participate in science

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Mar 19

Celtic Communism: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The story of Ireland's first socialist commune in 1830s' Clare

Despite a ban on alcohol and tobacco, the Ralahine experiment was successful until the landlord gambled away the estate on a trip to Dublin

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Political Philosophy Journal @polphiljournal.bsky.social · Jan 31

New article in PolPhil: "Rewiring Ethics: Collective Action, Recognition, and Fractal Responsibility," by Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh), available open-access at: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...

Rewiring Ethics: Collective Action, Recognition, and Fractal Responsibility

Many moral theories hold individuals responsible for their marginal impact on massive patterns (for instance overall value or equality of opportunity) or for following whichever rules would realise th...

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Mar 17

All welcome! tockify.com/schoolofppls...

"Afro-Decolonial Manifesto": A Decolonial Philosophy Workshop

Tue 6 May, 16:30 - 18:30 [BST]: This is a public-facing book launch event for Dr Norman Ajari's "Afro-Decolonial Manifesto" at Edinburgh's radical Lighthouse bookshop. It will consist of a roundtable ...

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Mar 14

Still a little over a week to submit abstracts! #philsky

Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Feb 25

CfA alert: Workshop on Foundations of Morality, University of Leeds, 10-11 June 2025.

Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT-Austin/St Andrews) and Michael Smith (Princeton University)

Abstracts of up to 1,000 words are due 23 March 2025. Fuller details at joseph-bowen.weebly.com/foundations-...

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Foundations of Morality Workshop

10th and 11th June 2025 Centre for Aesthetic, Moral, and Political Philosophy and Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre University of Leeds

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thanks for your thoughts! I really appreciate your perspective on the paper.

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · Mar 11

Article: Exchange and solidarity, by Barry Maguire
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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Mar 11

It’s a great paper!

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Tom O'Shea @tomoshea.org · Mar 10

Academics might be interested in the Critique Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought that I help direct in Edinburgh. Please give our account a follow — otherwise I will take this as definitive proof that you only support unethical and uncritical thought. @critiquecentre.bsky.social

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Mar 7

I spent more than a year working on this SEP entry on ideology, and I actually think it is some of the best work I've ever done.

There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:

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Ideology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · Mar 6

my latest attempt to argue that markets and socialism are incompatible: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Exchange and solidarity | Economics & Philosophy | Cambridge Core

Exchange and solidarity

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Amanda @ermandyy.bsky.social · Mar 3

I was invited to do a write up on my recent Synthese article for NWIP! This also marks the first time I've disclosed the personal significance of this topic in print, which was cool/scary to do. Check it out: newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/amanda-eva...

Amanda Evans (University of Pittsburgh), "Medical paternalism, anorexia nervosa, and the problem of pathological values"

Synthese, 2025

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