The Future of Philosophy |
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Authors: | Tim Mulgan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, , KY16 9AL United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | In this article the editor of the Philosophical Quarterly briefly outlines the editorial process at that journal; explains why it is foolhardy to attempt to predict the future of philosophy; and, finally, attempts such a prediction. Drawing on his recent book Ethics for a Broken World, he argues that climate change, or some other disaster, may lead to a broken world where the optimistic assumptions underlying contemporary philosophy no longer apply. He argues that the possibility of a broken world has deep and unexpected implications for philosophy. |
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Keywords: | philosophy journals Philosophical Quarterly future intergenerational libertarianism Rawls climate change consequentialism contractualism |
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