Journal of Applied Philosophy
The Journal of Applied Philosophy is a leading forum for academic publication in all areas of applied philosophy. It is edited by Avery Kolers (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and Tina Rulli (University of California, Davis) with the assistance of six Associate Editors and an International Advisory Board. The Journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the Society.
As well as submitted articles, the journal also publishes the Society’s annual lecture and review articles. To sign up for content alerts, browse a free sample issue, or to submit an article to the journal, please visit the journal’s website at our publisher.
SAP Annual Conference
SAP Annual Conference 2027
02 – 04 July
St Anne’s College, Oxford
Recent Articles
- What Is Wrong with Gossip? An Exclusion‐Based Account
- The Profligacy Paradox: Why Limitarianism Needs a Lifetime Limit
- Survivable Freedom: Republican Non‐Domination under Existential Vulnerability
- No Justice, No Peace: The Ethics of Violent Protests. A. Pasternak, 2025. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 288 pp, £22.99 (hb)
- On Prizes
- Pragmatism and Authenticity beyond the Social and Medical Models: A Zhuangzian Approach to Physical and Sensory Disability
- Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma
- State Neutrality and Housing Tenure: What Can States Promote?
- Anti‐Racism as Communism. P. Gomberg, 2024. London, Bloomsbury Academic. xiii + 252 pp, £95 (hb) £28.99 (pb), open access
- Taking Jobs and Doing Harm
- The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships. L. Brunning and N. McKeever, 2026. Cambridge, Polity Press. 233 pp, $26.95 (pb)
- Performative Blame Avoidance
- Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments
- Mother Earth: Climate Justice, Infant Feeding Decisions, and Intimacy
- Effective Altruism and Care Ethics
- Why It Is Not Unreasonable to Fear Terrorism by Eran Fish
- Global Displacement in the Twenty‐First Century. Phillip Cole, 2022. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press. 290 pp, £85.00 (hb) by Gabriele De Angelis
- The Difficulty of Making Good Work Available to All by Pascal Brixel
- The Political Privacy Dilemma: Private Lives and Public Office by John William Devine
- Edibility and In Vitro Meat: Ethical Considerations. Rachel Robison‐Greene, 2022. Lanham, Lexington Books. x + 150 pp, £73.00 (hb) by Kyle Johannsen
- Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility. Martha Nussbaum, 2023. New York, Simon & Schuster. 400 pp, $28.99 (hb) by B.V.E. Hyde
- When Is Work Unjust? Confronting the Choice between ‘Pluralistic’ and ‘Unifying’ Approaches by Sarah C. Goff
- Why Refugees Should Be Enfranchised by Zsolt Kapelner
- Non‐Ideal Epistemology. Robin McKenna, 2023. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 224 pp, £60.00 (hb) by Jack Idris Sagar
- Issue Information
- Robot Ethics. M. Coeckelbergh, 2022. Cambridge, MIT Press. vii + 191 pp, $16.95 (pb) by Nicholas Barrow
- Online Hate: Is Hate an Infectious Disease? Is Social Media a Promoter? by Mihaela Popa‐Wyatt
- Throwing the Embryos out with the Bathwater? A Novel Evaluation of the Value of Embryos by Megan Kitts
- A Dissolution of the Repugnant Conclusion by Roberto Fumagalli
- ‘I Am a Man’: Countering Oppression through Appeal to Kind Membership by Suzy Killmister
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SAP Annual Lecture 2026 –The Generality of Moral Reasoning and the Specificity of Moral Wrongs: On the Justification and the Direction of Moral Obligations, R Jay Wallace (UC Berkeley)
SAP Annual Lecture 2026 –The Generality of Moral Reasoning and the Specificity of Moral Wrongs: On the Justification and the Direction of Moral Obligations, R Jay Wallace (UC Berkeley) The lecture will take place at 6.00 -7.00pm (UTC/GMT +1) on
Society for Applied Philosophy — Annual Conference 2027
The Society’s 2027 conference will take place at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. Papers will be given on a wide range of topics across the field of applied philosophy (Authors of papers selected for inclusion in the programme can
Funding Opportunities and Awards
The society is proud to support a range of activities in applied philosophy: • Event Funding of up to £3000. (Deadlines: 01 January, 01 May, 01 September.) • Doctoral Scholarships (up to £10,000 in year of award) – Awards are
[SAP sponsored event] Youth, Gender, and Healthcare
Interesting and urgent philosophical questions loom large at the intersection of youth and gender, especially in the context of healthcare. For instance, how do we balance between protecting the vulnerable and respecting developing autonomy? What decisional role should adolescents have in their medical care? How does gender influence the care
[SAP sponsored event] Resistance and Emotions Workshop
The African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) in collaboration with The Society for Applied Philosophy invites scholars, researchers, and activists to the Resistance and Emotion Workshop to explore the complex interplay between emotions and resistance in social and political life. While existing scholarship has examined affective injustice
[SAP sponsored event] Philosophy of breakups workshop
Philosophy of breakups workshop, IDEA centre University of Leeds, 17-18th of September. Day One – 17th September 8.30-9.00 Coffee Reasons 9.00-9-45 ‘Relationships and Reasons’ – Richard Healey (Aarhus University) 9.45-10.30 ‘The reasons of unlove’ – Federica Gregoratto (University of Lucerne) 10.30-11.00 Coffee Interpretation and advice 11.00-11.45 ‘”She