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A strike for democracy? Migration, the bigot's veto, and the electoral use of force
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Politicians and philosophers alike have warned that the spread of anti‐migrant bigotry in the Western world requires a tragic trade‐off regarding immigration policy: Although millions of asylum‐seekers might be owed admission to Western democracies, there are many cases where they nonetheless ought to be denied entry, because their admission ...
Shmuel Nili
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Moral Dilemmas, the Tragic and God’s Hiddenness. Notes on Shusaku Endo’s Silence [PDF]
, 2018 The essay discusses the religious and ethical message of Shusaku Endo’s Silence. Briefly focusing first on the plot of the novel, the article proceeds to discuss the moral dilemma that is the core of the novel and asks whether the dilemma is symmetrical ...
Głąb, Anna
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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Margaret Cavendish, Feminist Ethics, and the Problem of Evil [PDF]
, 2018 This paper argues that, although Margaret Cavendish’s main philosophical contributions are not in philosophy of religion, she makes a case for a defense of God, in spite of the worst sorts of harms being present in the world.
Hernandez, Jill
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A Modest Conception of Moral Right & Wrong
Analytic Philosophy, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 72-82, March 2026.ABSTRACT Taking inspiration from Hume, I advance a conception of the part of morality concerned with right and wrong, rooted in the actual moral rules established and followed within our society. Elsewhere, I have argued this approach provides a way of thinking about how we are genuinely “bound in a moral way” to keep our moral obligations that it is ...
Jorah Dannenberg
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Fury and the antitheatrical prejudice: The violent power of play‐acting in the Cervantine picaresque
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 11-26, February 2026.Abstract The article studies a cross‐generic relation between theatrical performance and the outbreak of violence in picaresque contexts across works by Miguel de Cervantes. It then proceeds to contextualize these persistent incidents within the philosophical history of antitheatricality.
Rasmus Vangshardt
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Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 20, Issue 4, Page 979-1007, December 2025.ABSTRACT Politicians from around the world are increasingly subject to harassment, with women disproportionately targeted. Recent changes in the sociopolitical landscape have influenced the nature and intensity of this harassment, with New Zealand being no exception. This qualitative study explores the experiences and impacts of harassment among female
Rhiannon Watson +4 more
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An Inconsistency in Craig’s Defence of the Moral Argument [PDF]
, 2012 I argue that William Craig’s defence of the moral argument is internally inconsistent. In the course of defending the moral argument, Craig criticizes non-theistic moral realism on the grounds that it posits the existence of certain logically necessary ...
Wielenberg, Erik J.
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Health Expectations, Volume 28, Issue 5, October 2025.ABSTRACT Background Statutory guidance relating to the prevention of institutional abuse, neglect and harm does not reflect the contemporary organisation of UK community mental health services. Historical associations with inpatient and residential settings have created a practice and conceptual gap despite lived experience testimony, inquiries and ...
Bethan M. Edwards +11 more
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Sceptical Theism and the Paradox of Evil [PDF]
, 2020 Given plausible assumptions about the nature of evidence and undercutting defeat, many believe that the force of the evidential problem of evil depends on sceptical theism’s being false: if evil is..
Oliveira, Luis R. G.
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