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Call for Publications Theme: Moral and Political Philosophy for a Broken World? Publication: Philosophy and Public Issues: A Journal of Moral, Political, Legal and Social Philosophy Date: Special Volume Deadline: 20.5.2013 __________________________________________________ Aims and Background The impact of global climate change and the ensuing environmental crisis raise theoretical as well as practical challenges in contemporary moral theory and political philosophy. Philosophers cannot rely any longer on the well-settled and optimistic assumptions that dominated the debate in the last century. In a world afflicted by climate change – what Tim Mulgan calls “a broken world” – it is not longer true that future generations will be better than their ancestors, an equitable division of resources is possible, and more than an equal chance to survive can be ensured to all. Moreover, climate change makes scientific uncertainty directly relevant for moral and political issues. Likewise, it seems that any merely ideal theory will turn out to be empty, or simply unfeasible, because of the radically change in the circumstances of human life in such a broken world. Finally, reliance on intuitions – as many philosophers did by default in their justificatory strategies – seems doomed, since intuitions fitting to actual world could be completely false or misplaced in the broken world. Mulgan’s 'Ethics for a Broken World' (Acumen 2011) is the first attempt to conceptualize the impact of climate change and similar catastrophic challenges to contemporary moral and political theorizing. This special volume of 'Philosophy and Public Issues' wants to enhance this debate. We encourage submissions of original papers that philosophically explore aspects of the topic of the impact on moral and political philosophy and questions of justice of the challenge of climate change. We expect original contributions discussing problems such as (but not limited to): - the circumstances of justice, if any, in a broken world; - the solidity of our considered moral intuitions in facing climate change; - virtues or vices of mainstream political theories facing the challenge of climate change; - the notion of survival lottery, and its ramifications in distributive justice; - the dichotomy between equality of resources and equality of chances or opportunities; - population ethics issues, in the context of climate change; … or any other relevant topic, subject to the Editors’ approval. The special issue will include a discussion on Tim Mulgan’s 'Ethics for a Broken World' (Acumen 2011), with commentaries by Timothy Chappell, Brad Hooker, Gianfranco Pellegrino, Ben Saunders, Jesse Tomalty, and followed by Tim Mulgan’s replies. Submission Details Please send a (.rtf, .doc or .docx) file containing a long abstract (1,000 words max) and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). Deadline for abstract submission is May 20, 2013. Decisions will be made within a month. Upon notification of acceptance, you will be invited to submit the full paper (10,000 words max) no later than September 1, 2013. The volume will be published in December 2013. Contributions that do not make it to the volume may be considered for subsequent publication in one of the regular volumes of 'Philosophy and Public Issues'. All material should be submitted to: [email protected] Submission Deadlines: - Long Abstract (1,000 words max): May 20, 2013 - Full paper (10,000 words max, upon acceptance): September 1, 2013 Invited Contributors Timothy Chappell (Open University), Brad Hooker (University of Reading), Ben Saunders (University of Stirling), Jesse Tomalty (Nuffield College, Oxford), and Tim Mulgan (University of Auckland). Further Inquiries Please direct any queries about this call for papers to PPI’s Editors at: [email protected] More information on the Philosophy and Public Issues can be found at: http://ppi.luiss.edu __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
