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The Philosophical Quarterly

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Edited by:
Katherine Hawley (Editorial Chair)

The Philosophical Quarterly is one of the most highly regarded and established academic journals in philosophy. In an age of increasing specialism, it remains committed to publishing high-quality articles from leading international scholars across the range of philosophical study. Accessibility of its content for all philosophers - including students - is an editorial priority.

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Click here to read the first virtual issue of The Philosophical Quarterly containing a collection of papers on personal identity published over the past ten years.

Selected articles published in The Philosophical Quarterly are now available online ahead of print - click here to access these.

The Philosophical Quarterly Prize Essay Competition 2009 - Moral Autonomy

The Philosophical Quarterly invites submissions for its 2009 international prize essay competition, the topic of which is 'Moral Autonomy'.

In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals of 1785, Immanuel Kant first introduced the philosophical public to the notion of moral autonomy. The common conception of morality as unconditionally binding is possible only if the human will is construed as subjecting itself to a formal, universal law of reason. This 'Kantian paradox' of a necessary law that we freely impose upon ourselves has provoked and inspired philosophers ever since. For Kant, autonomy is also the ground of the special status of human beings, their dignity. In more recent times, notions of autonomy and self-determination have played an important role in more applied fields in ethical and legal theory. Essays are invited that consider any aspect of moral autonomy or its history.The author of the winning entry will receive £1500.


The closing date for submissions is 1st November 2009

For submission guidelines and entry details, please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~pq . Essays should conform to the journal's usual stylistic requirements - click here for details. Electronic submissions are preferred, but submissions via regular mail will be accepted. If submissions are mailed, please include three copies (these will not be returned). All entries will be regarded as submissions for publication in The Philosophical Quarterly, and both winning and non-winning entries judged to be of sufficient quality will be published.

All submissions should be headed 'Moral Autonomy Competition' (with the author's name and address given in a covering letter, but NOT in the essay itself) and sent to:pq@st-andrews.ac.uk or to:

The Editorial Assistant

The Philosophical Quarterly
University of St Andrews
KY16 9AL
UK

TopHighlights

Discussions

Up-to-the-minute discussions of issues raised in The Philosophical Quarterly and elsewhere. Recent and forthcoming discussions include:
Lowe on Olson on Material Coincidence and the Cinematographic Fallacy; Olson on Lowe on Constitutionalism; Sawyer on Wikforss on Conceptual Errors and Social Externalism; Weiner on Fricker on Testimony; Schmidt-Petri on Mill on Quality and Quantity; Garrett on Bermudez on Self-Consciousness.

Critical Notices and Reviews:

  • MacIntyre on Foot and Geach
  • Mark Kaplan on Williamson on Knowledge
  • Dancy and Harman on Grice on Rationality
  • Hodes on Hale and Wright on Reason's Proper
    Study
  • Schofield on Long on Epictetus

In The Philosophical Quarterly's extensive reviews section, distinguished reviewers appraise the most important contemporary
work in philosophy. Recent and forthcoming reviewers include: Roger Crisp, Stewart Candlish, Graham Priest, Jonathan Lowe, PhilipQuinn, Robin Le Poidevin, C.C.W.Taylor, Onora O'Neill, Stewart Shapiro and Richard Kraut.