Jacob Barrett

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Jacob Barrett

Jacob Barrett

@JacobAriBarrett

assistant professor of philosophy and political science @VanderbiltU

Nashville, Tennessee เข้าร่วม Eylül 2022
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Jacob Barrett
Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
cambridge.org/core/elements/… (Due to a metadata error the book is currently listed under Elements in Political Psychology—but ignore that! The book does touch on related debates in ethics, epistemology, etc., but I promise it is mainly about political philosophy, not psychology.)
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Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
Curious about the ideal and non-ideal theory debate? My book, Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory, is now out open access with Cambridge Elements in Political Philosophy! Read the book that David Estlund has called "easily the best full treatment of the topic that we have." (link below)
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Jacob Barrett
Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
New paper in Political Philosophy: “What Can We Learn from the Diversity Trumps Ability Theorem?” No, diversity doesn’t *trump* ability, but the theorem illuminates a baton-passing mechanism by which diversity can help us find better options (even when we disagree about values!)
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David Thorstad
David Thorstad@DavidThorstad·
Today's the day! Essays on longtermism is now out (open access) with Oxford University Press. academic.oup.com/book/60794
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Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
new paper out (open access) in PPR! I challenge the common view that justice is the first virtue of social institutions, arguing that political discussions focus too much on justice and should pay more attention to beneficence
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William MacAskill
William MacAskill@willmacaskill·
The Global Priorities Institute has now shut its doors. For an overview of what it achieved, see: globalprioritiesinstitute.org
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Jacob Barrett
Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
It’s not the em-dash—it’s this sentence structure.
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The PPE Society
The PPE Society@theppesociety·
WINNER ANNOUNCED: The 2025 Fifth Annual Gaus Memorial Prize goes to Ismail Kurun (Vanderbilt) for his paper, “The Epistemology of Public Reason: Open-Mindedness, Human Psychology, and Liberal Institutions.” ppesociety.org/2025/07/25/202…
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Joanna Demaree-Cotton
Joanna Demaree-Cotton@Jo_DC·
Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw
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Jacob Barrett
Jacob Barrett@JacobAriBarrett·
New (open access) paper out in Ergo! Some think that something is good for you if you desire it. Problem: lots of your desires have nothing to do with what's good for you. My solution: something is good for you if you desire it *for your own sake*. It's simple, but it works
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