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The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military

open access: yesDialog, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 84-89, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethics of Authoritarianism in Christian Perspective

open access: yesDialog, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 76-83, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT We look here at the characteristics of authoritarian government in the context of constitutional democracies and argue that its operative ethical system in public policy is egoism, with its supporters constituting a collective ego complicit in the undemocratic and Machiavellian practices used to sustain power and the authority of leadership to
James M. Childs
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The Dangers with Dogmas in Higher Education: Revisiting Dewey's Relationship between Purpose, Academic Freedom, Science, and Faith

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 378-394, June 2026.
Abstract The tendency to silence higher education teachers and students around the globe who express opinions that others regard as wrong is increasing. This lack of interest in listening to, and at times silencing, people with opposing views raises the question of what makes higher education unique and worth protecting.
Silvia Edling
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Health Inequality. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv
Lowery G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 339-356, June 2026.
Abstract In this article, I discuss the educational relevance of civil disobedience as a form of political dissent in contemporary democracies demonstrating signs of significant democratic decline. The article challenges the plausibility of the impactful Rawlsian understanding of civil disobedience in societies in a state of democratic backsliding.
Anniina Leiviskä
wiley   +1 more source

Kant's Dialectic of Enlightenment

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 639-655, June 2026.
Abstract Kant's moral thought emphasizes both our ability to make adequate, immediate moral judgment, as well as our deep‐seated forms of self‐entrapment. Strikingly, these forms of self‐entrapment are not simply the result of reason being overpowered by forces external to it, but arise out of reason itself, as pathological versions of otherwise ...
Laurenz Ramsauer
wiley   +1 more source

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