Philosophy & Public Affairs

Edited by:
Charles R. Beitz

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 2/28 Ethics; 4/28 Public Administration
Impact Factor: 1.5

Issues of public concern often have an important philosophical dimension. Philosophy & Public Affairs is published in the belief that a philosophical examination of these issues can contribute to their clarification and to their resolution. It welcomes philosophical discussion of substantive legal, social, and political problems, as well as discussions of the more abstract questions to which they give rise. In addition, it aims to publish studies of the moral and intellectual history of such problems. Philosophy & Public Affairs is designed to fill the need for a venue in which philosophers with different viewpoints and philosophically inclined writers from various disciplines-including law, political science, economics, and sociology-can bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems that concern everyone.

TopNews and Announcements

New Editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs
Alan Patten (Princeton University) to be the new Editor, from January 1, 2010.

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TopHighlights

Morality Unbounded, Barbara Herman

Turning the Trolley, Judith Jarvis Thomson

Property Rights and the Resource Curse, Leif Wenar

Persons in Prospect, Parts I, II, and III, J. David Velleman

Public Education and Intelligent Design, Thomas Nagel

TopEndorsements

'For over thirty years Philosophy & Public Affairs has set the standard for combining good writing, rigorous philosophical argument and serious political and social engagement.' Onora O'Neill, Newnham College, Cambridge