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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 8h

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 8h

I just received a discount code for my new book *The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts.* Link and code in image and first comment.

Also: 1) a link to a free copy of the book's introductory overview, 2) for ppl at unis, a link to ask your librarian to order a copy (I would be most grateful 😊).

Image with discount code for book *The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts*. Link for book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-fruitfulness-of-normative-concepts-9780197633809?cc=us&lang=en&, Discount code: AUFLY30

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 1d

Keynotes: @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social & Abigail Marsh

Invited talks: @peez.bsky.social, Amrisha Vaish, @joshcjackson.bsky.social, @joodykeem.bsky.social, @sydneylevine.bsky.social, @nourkteily.bsky.social, Jessica Salerno, @mattlindauer.bsky.social

Organizers: yours truly & @jowylie.bsky.social

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 8h

Very much looking forward to giving a talk at this year's SPSP Moral Psych preconference! #spsp2026 #moralpsychology #philsky

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 15d

My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky

plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...

The Ethics of Cultural Heritage (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

plato.stanford.edu

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Kirstan Brodie @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social · 16d

Can reasoned arguments shift moral behavior? In a new preprint, @eschwitz.bsky.social, Jason Nemirow, @fierycushman.bsky.social and I explore this question in the context of charitable donation. (1/10)

Title: Philosophical Arguments Can Boost Charitable Giving
Authors: Kirstan Brodie, Eric Schwitzgebel, Jason Nemirow, and Fiery Cushman

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 18d

has nothing to do with being normal :)

Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 19d

OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

OSO links: academic.oup.com/book/60700

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 19d

It's Publication Day for The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts! 🥳 Thanks to the friends and mentors who helped make this happen, and to my editor Lucy Randall for her encouragement and input throughout the project.

Oxford University Press and Oxford Scholarship Online links in the comments.

The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts, Matthew Lindauer, Oxford University Press, 2025

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 23d

New paper with @jowylie.bsky.social and @anagantman.bsky.social on art, morality, and the true self, forthcoming in Cognition! #philsky #psysky

ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · 23d

you're having a sliding doors moment--you can either become a great artist or a great philanthropist. what path will make you feel like you've found your true self? @jowylie.bsky.social & @mattlindauer.bsky.social and i find that arts provide a unique one static1.squarespace.com/static/679ee...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 28d

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence

Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · 28d

Early copies of my book arrived! :) Did a little unboxing after bringing the kids home from school. The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts is officially out in print September 19.

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 29d

Nice review of recent research showing that younger children start out with a more expansive moral circle than older children and adults
@juliamarshall.bsky.social, @mattiwilks.bsky.social, @karrineldner.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 29d

The reporters tell us they interviewed dozens of anti-immigrant protesters and “also…asylum seekers.” By the end the article finally states only two asylum seekers were interviewed, who only say asylum seekers shouldn’t commit crimes. Thanks for the balanced view BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'I'm angry. It's not right' - locals want asylum hotels shut, but are shared houses the answer? - BBC News

The BBC's UK editor, Ed Thomas, meets local people and asylum seekers in two towns in north-west England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 29d

In his new book, Prof. @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social explains how ordinary actions—when done with others—can help reshape unjust systems

Professor Shows How Everyday Actions Can Drive Major Social Change

In his book "Somebody Should Do Something," Michael Brownstein explains how personal choices can connect to structural change.

www.gc.cuny.edu

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Bill F @ecualung.bsky.social · Aug 31

I think all of this online content is a lot more vulnerable to just being totally lost than we realize. Future historians may have none of this stuff.

Which kinda makes you ponder how much more we could learn about, say, the Jacksonian era if we had access to all his late night thoughts

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why aren't people talking more about this book, which not only shows how terribly democratic collective action has atrophied in the US but gives detailed analysis of how to change that. By a true legend of democratic organizing (who cites Olivia Chow as one of his former students, for 🇨🇦).

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Arendt ^

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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Final call for global collaborators on this replication collaboration on @bioxphi studies — moral psychologists and x-phi researchers wanted! especially based in SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE! global-bioXphi | moral science lab www.mscilab.com/globalbioxphi/

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Aug 30

Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.

They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 30

The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc

Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects

The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...

www.pbs.org

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · Aug 30

USask philosophy class encourages kids to ask the ‘big questions’
Philosophy for Children class examines important issues, develops critical thinking skills

artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...

USask philosophy class encourages kids to ask the ‘big questions’

Philosophy for Children class examines important issues, develops critical thinking skills

artsandscience.usask.ca

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Aug 28

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 24

the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Aug 23

It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.

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Matt Lindauer @mattlindauer.bsky.social · Aug 23

I don’t think no platforming failed - what failed imo is Democratic Party politics of not making the case for how each aspect of progressivism can benefit all. That’s compatible with not eg allowing Nazis on campuses.