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Fabienne Peter

@fabiennepeter.bsky.social

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Philosophy professor, University of Warwick. Research: political philosophy, moral philosophy, social epistemology. She/they. https://www.fabiennepeter.org/

Fabienne Peter is a British philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. She is a former head of the Department of Philosophy (2017-2020); succeeded by current head, Guy Longworth. Peter has held a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and is known for her works on political philosophy, moral philosophy, and social epistemology. She is a former editor of Economics and Philosophy and a former associate editor of the Journal of Applied Philosophy. .. more

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Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · 8d

A nice discussion of recent work on political legitimacy -- including my book!

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St Andrews Philosophy @standrewsphil.bsky.social · Sep 2

'The ethical ideal is not to replace a conformist identity with an individual one. It is to get rid of identity altogether'

Read St Andrews Philosopher @axdouglas.bsky.social 's piece for @aeon.co on the radical and potentially transformative idea of rejecting identity

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How to be yourself, when you have no self. Lessons from Zhuangzi | Aeon Essays

As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight

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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy to have had ✨final acceptance ✨ at the Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) for the first paper on Susan Stebbing’s Ethics! 😃

Co-authored with @peterwest23.bsky.social

We worked so hard on this & I can’t wait to see Stebbing on the pages of JHP

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#philsky

Ellie Robson & Peter West, Susan Stebbing on Moral Philosophy and Ways of Living - PhilPapers

The aim of this paper is to provide an exposition of Susan Stebbing’s moral philosophy. Stebbing is increasingly recognized as a key figure in early analytic philosophy. However, there is no ...

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Daniele Lorenzini @danlor.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sabina Vaccarino Bremner, "Kantian moral change"

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Kantian moral change

Kantian ethics is traditionally seen as grounded in unchanging, universally binding, and a priori knowable principles. I argue that this picture is incomplete: Kant grounds his ethics not only in cat....

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Aug 15

youtube version of political legitimacy with @fabiennepeter.bsky.social

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Political Legitimacy with Fabienne Peter

YouTube video by Political Philosophy Podcast

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David Bather Woods @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social · Aug 14

Excited to be appearing at a Philosophy in the Bookshop event at Blackwell’s flagship store in Oxford.

Please repost and register now!

@blackwells.bsky.social @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
@philoswarwick.bsky.social

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PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with David Bather Woods

For this months Philosophy in the Bookshop event, David Bather Woods discusses his new biography of Schopenhauer with Nigel Warburton

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · Aug 12

The philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch insists that love is not only morally relevant, but absolutely central to morality

For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules | Aeon Essays

For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Aug 11

Josh Cohen and I have a new (short) paper in @science.org! Researchers at Google built a "Habermas Machine" for democratic deliberation. We ask whether its knack for building agreement comes from genuine deliberative merit or from people over-trusting algorithms. philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=CO...

Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · Jul 21

Newish paper on what I call runaway reasons in Oxford Studies in Metaethics -- just received my hardcopy of this volume.

Runway reasons are robustly normative but fail to track the fitting response.

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Runaway Reasons

Abstract. This chapter raises a challenge for a common claim, which is that reasons are the mark of the normative. The claim tends to be accepted even by d

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Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · Jul 10

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New toolkit helps journalists build trust through public collaboration

The project provides a roadmap for news organisations seeking to bridge the gap between elite journalism and social media chaos, offering a third way that prioritises both truth and community engageme...

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Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our toolkit for co-creational news media has launched!

Find out how the news media can enhance well-informed political debate and be socially inclusive.

www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/pinf-la...

PINF Launches New Toolkit for Collaborative, Accountable and Caring Journalism

Jonathan Heawood, Executive Director of PINF, introduces new framework designed to reshape trust, participation and truth in the media.What do you get when you put 50 experts in a room to talk about t...

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Eliz Mizon @elizmizon.com · Jul 10

Yesterday, we - the UK's independent journalism community - launched a Co-Creational News Media Toolkit.

For 2 years, @publicinterestnews.org.uk, alongside academics Fabienne Peter, Rowan Cruft and Jay Howard, worked with a group of co-creational media producers...

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Eliz Mizon @elizmizon.com · Jul 10

Between traditional journalism and social media, we were supposed to (debatable) end up with a mix of authoritative and democratic platforms for sharing information.

We've ended up with authoritarian, libertarian, superficial information systems, that are at best bonkers, and at worst dangerous 👇

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Jess L @jessicaleech.bsky.social · Jul 10

The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social

Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Jun 20

Philosopher Helen De Cruz has died.

Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) - Daily Nous

Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Won...

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · Jun 9

Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy

⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/

Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

Fabienne Peter @fabiennepeter.bsky.social · Jun 1

Karyn Lai on the Zhuangzi on human diversity

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The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity | Karyn Lai

The Zhuangzi prompts us to reflect on the shallow attitudes of those who want to draw attention to what some people lack, rather than what they might have

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · May 31

'“Political leaders in those moments of deep economic insecurity have two options. One is to acknowledge the environment that they’re in. We’re in a globalised world.....Or....You choose blame. Blame the other, blame the migrant, blame other countries, blame multilateral institutions, blame.".'

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

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Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · May 30

We are naturally connected: to the wild world, animals, one another. @gsmcelwain.bsky.social has an excellent overview of Mary Midgley's work, which is always relevant and increasingly prominent. From the APA blog. #philsky

Mary Midgley and The Necessity of Philosophy

Mary Midgley has become an increasingly prominent name in recent years. This could be attributed to her passing in 2018, which, along with the rise in Midgley and “Wartime Quartet” scholarship, has dr...

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · May 29

Final Version:

225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right

Text & signatories here -

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer

New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · May 28

Latest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me

helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...

Can’t take it with you

I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 28

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire. “The use of the words ‘genocide’ or ‘acts of genocide’ to describe what is happening in Gaza is no longer debated by international legal experts or human rights organizations,” reads the letter, which was also signed by William Dalrymple, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Eno, Kate Mosse, Irvine Welsh and Elif Shafak. Continue reading...

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · May 27

If you always wanted to know what moral socialism is about, now is the time to find out! I am so delighted to be giving this year’s Eva Colorni memorial lecture, joined by Amartya Sen @ LSE. 11th June 5pm, free but registration required. I hope to see many of you there!🌹

The Idea of Moral Socialism

The Idea of Moral Socialism event page

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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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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · May 16

NEW: Open letter by me & @alasianuti.bsky.social signed by 112 UK-based political academics & writers

Starmer's anti-immigrant policies are wrong & won't work

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer

New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · May 12

Next Monday, Vid Simoniti is speaking at the Aristotelian Society. Come along for his talk 'Thinking without Knowing: a Defence of Aesthetic Cognitivism'. Draft paper on our website!
📍 Senate Room, Senate House
⏰ 17:30 on Monday 19 May 2025
🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · May 5

Frisbee Sheffield is speaking at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for her talk 'Socrates and Dialogue as the Greatest Good'. Draft paper & abstract on our website!

📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
⏰ 17:30
🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

#philosophy #philsky

The Proceedings – The Aristotelian Society

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · May 1

Unless I'm missing something, it seems like the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology, edited by Jennifer Lackey and myself, is now published online - so if you or your institution has access to Oxford Academic you'll be able to read and download all the chapters:

The Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology

Abstract. Interest in social epistemology and work in this area have exploded in recent years with the publication of a vast quantity of exciting and wholl

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join us next Monday (28th April) for the next Proceedings talk by Léa Salje from Leeds University.

Léa's talk is entitled 'Artspeak'. Her draft paper is available on our website!

17.30-19.15
Institute of Eduction, 20 Bedford Way, Room 642
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

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