Jacob Barrett
@JacobAriBarrett
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assistant professor of philosophy and political science @VanderbiltU senior research affiliate @GPIOxford
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined September 2022
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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RT @willmacaskill: The Global Priorities Institute has now shut its doors. For an overview of what it achieved, see: . .
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RT @theppesociety: WINNER ANNOUNCED: The 2025 Fifth Annual Gaus Memorial Prize goes to Ismail Kurun (Vanderbilt) for his paper, “The Episte….
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RT @Jo_DC: Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdiscipl….
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When Claude instances talk to each other, in ~90% of open-ended interactions they spiral into discussions of consciousness, then profuse gratitude, then abstract spiritual/poetic expressions with Sanskrit and emojis.
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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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"you're gambling with lives," the kidnapper said, "if you don't pay the ransom".
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RT @GPIOxford: You can now read @JacobAriBarrett's working paper, In Defence of Moderation, here:
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RT @krchoward: @HorsleyScott Friendly note that there are many good subs for eggs in baking! Depending on the role of the eggs (binding, le….
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kinda miffed I can’t use “murder is wrong” as an uncontroversial statement in intro ethics anymore.
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RT @RyanPMuldoon: I'm delighted to announce that the PPE group at UB have been awarded a $2.5 million grant over 3 years for our project "D….
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‘The importance of this work is difficult to overstate,’ Ryan Muldoon says of the Templeton-funded project.
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RT @AMSchaef: Happy to announce that our PPE program was awarded $2.5 million to study dynamism and diversity. So excited to be a part of t….
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‘The importance of this work is difficult to overstate,’ Ryan Muldoon says of the Templeton-funded project.
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RT @sarah__zoe: Tweaking my syllabus and seeking readings on adoption! I already assign an amazing paper by Tina Rulli but would love to as….
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RT @KarriHeikkinen: My first ever publication, titled *Why intergenerational sufficientarianism is not enough* is now out in Politics, Phil….
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Many political philosophers accept a view called intergenerational sufficientarianism, according to which we should aim to make sure that future people have eno...
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New paper (w/ Andi Schmidt)! We bridge the ethics literature on moral uncertainty with the political philosophy literaure on moral disagreement, suggesting moral uncertainty supports a weighty (but not overriding) requirement that laws be justified to all
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Moral uncertainty and disagreement pervade our lives. Yet we still need to make decisions and act, both individually and politically. So, what should we do? Moral uncertainty theorists provide a...
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a weird thing about the ideal/nonideal theory debate in political philosophy is that both sides write as if the other side is dominant. the 2020 philpapers survey suggests nonideal theroy is now more popular. are there other attempts to measure this (e.g., publications, hires)?.
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