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Shai Agmon

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Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Political Philosophy | UCL Philosophy & EISPS | Academic Director @molad-institute.bsky.social‬ | bylines @haaretzcom.bsky.social.

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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Nov 11

1/12 New followers – hi! great to have you here. Thought I’d reshare some threads on my papers – so you get to know my work. The first is “Two Concepts of Competition,” published in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social 🧵

Link: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Two Concepts of Competition* | Ethics: Vol 133, No 1

I offer a novel distinction between two concepts of competition. The first, parallel competition, is designed to create separate pathways for each competitor wherein they can maximize their performanc...

journals.uchicago.edu

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 7h

The excellent @shaiagmon.bsky.social

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7h

Just spoke to @euronews.com about the Trump deal to end the Gaza war. Here are the main points I made 🧵:

1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.

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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7h

4. After years of declaring the two-state solution “dead,” flirting with “one-state” illusions on the left and “conflict management” or annexation on the right — when things get real and solutions are needed, the good old two-state idea always makes a comeback. Time to focus on how to make it work.

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7h

3. My main worry is that if the deal collapses, Netanyahu will use this opportunity to justify even further escalation — which would be devastating and lead to unimaginable suffering. >>>

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7h

2. Still, the remarkable fact is this: a far-right US President and the Israeli PM of the most right-wing government in Israel’s history now endorse a two-state solution (point 19 of the plan) and put an end to annexation fantasies.

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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7h

Just spoke to @euronews.com about the Trump deal to end the Gaza war. Here are the main points I made 🧵:

1. Trump should have formally brought in the Palestinian Authority as part of both the negotiations and the implementation.

>>>

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 13h

And that's a draft

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

#politicaltheory #legalphilosophy #philosophy

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

Dates are on the flyer (credit to Noa Livnat-Agmon, my brilliant partner, for the design). Sessions will all take place at UCL Faculty of Laws. Registration details to follow via the Faculty website.

do join us.

It is going to be a great run.

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

This year (Jan–June 2026) we’ll have:
- Temi Ogunye (Princeton)
- Daniel Viehoff (Berkeley)
- Rufaida Al Hashmi (Reading)
- Zeynep Pamuk (Oxford) @pamukz.bsky.social
- Danielle Allen (Harvard)
- Cécile Laborde (Oxford)

amukz.bsky.social

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

The colloquium is hosted by the Institute for Law, Politics & Philosophy: an interdisciplinary space linking three UCL departments.

The idea is simple: bring serious people together to test serious work in progress on big legal and political questions.

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to share this year’s Ronald Dworkin Colloquium lineup.

@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like the Department of Philosophy at Stanford has a second open rank faculty position open to all areas of philosophy
Stanford University
31 Oct 2025 11:55 PM PT
#philsci #philsky #philjobs

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Open Rank Professor of Philosophy

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 13d

Coming up at 4pm on Radio 4, Rethink Winners and Losers where we look at the idea of a ‘zero-sum mindset’ something that affects people of all political backgrounds.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.

BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... winners and losers

Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 12d

No worries at all. Thanks for organizing!

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 12d

There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 12d

How can one get on the stater pack?

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 12d

This is a brilliant paper. A highly recommended reading it for everyone who is interested in political change, political imagination, and discussions on feasibility.

Elsa Kugelberg @elsakugelberg.bsky.social · 12d

Hallvard is in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social !!! Feasibility, Sandven argues, is superfluous or moralised in normative discourse 🤔🤔 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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𖤐B𖤐 @neuroyogacara.bsky.social · 21d

I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710

Assistant Professor, Georgetown University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, Georgetown University

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 29d

I wrote this back in March but I think it's important now more than ever to understand competitive authoritarianism--and the concrete steps that can be used to fight back against it. It's going to be difficult, but it's not a lost cause--and the fight is worth it. I explain the best strategies here:

Is American democracy doomed?

How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 29d

One puzzle I’m working through is how authoritarian political movements impact civil society orgs. We’re getting more familiar with what authoritarianism will do to them when in power. It’s a top-down theory of change. But does the underlying political & social movement have an independent impact?

A Populist CEO in Corporate Law’s Court?

Recent amendments to Delaware’s corporate code have tilted the playing field toward powerful tech CEOs and private equity representatives. Beneath these reforms lies a deeper political shift — the…

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some news that I can finally share! From February 2026 I'll be on an ERC Starting Grant focused on refugee-inclusive/refugee-led methods in political philosophy and debates on displacement justice. You can read about other funded projects here: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 29d

Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.

If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

www.bristol.ac.uk

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Sep 8

הגיע הזמן שתעשה לי סיור :)

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Sep 8

First day at school…

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great piece! This might be if interests - from a different r context: www.bostonreview.net/articles/isr...

Israel’s Complicit Center - Boston Review

Its parties have embraced the fantasy that conciliation to the far right is the best way to weaken it.

www.bostonreview.net