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/
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standrewsphil.bsky.social
'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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henrikdku.bsky.social
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...
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fabiennepeter.bsky.social
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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elizmizon.com
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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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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aristotsoc.bsky.social
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/
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'“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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leaypi.bsky.social
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
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