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A Journal of Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy

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Res Publica - Call for Submissions: Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize

For the eighteenth year running, Res Publica: A Journal of Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy will be awarding a prize for the best paper by a current or recent postgraduate student. To be eligible, candidates must be current postgraduate students or must have completed their PhD viva no earlier than 1 May 2023.

The winner will receive £100 and a one-year subscription to the journal. The winning essay will be published in Res Publica, with expected publication in the last issue of the year. Decisions on all papers will be made within two months of the submission deadline. Papers that do not win the prize may be considered for ordinary publication in the journal.

Papers may be in any area of moral, legal, social or political philosophy. Entries should conform to the normal requirements for submissions - please see www.springer.com/11158 (this opens in a new tab) for details. The submission deadline for the Prize is 30 April 2024.

Previous winners:

  • Matteo Boccacci, ‘Domination and Freedom: Quality, not Quantity’, 29.4 (2023)
  • Jonas Haeg, ‘Entrapment and Manipulation’, 28.4 (2022)
  • Jakob Mainz, ‘An Indirect Argument for the Access Theory of Privacy’, 27.3 (2021)
  • Tadhg Ó Laoghaire, ‘Why Dependence Grounds Duties of Trade Justice’, 26.4 (2020)
  • Zsolt Kapelner, ‘Revolution Against Non-violent Oppression’, 25.4 (2019)
  • Cristóbal Bellolio , ‘Science as Public Reason. A Restatement’, 24.4 (2018)
  • Fredrik D. Hjorthen, ‘Who Should Intervene?’, 23.4 (2017)
  • Josh Milburn, ‘Chewing Over In Vitro Meat: Animal Ethics, Cannibalism and Social Progress’, 22.3 (2016)
  • T.J. Kasperbauer, ‘Psychological Constraints on Egalitarianism: The Challenge of Just World Beliefs’, 21.3 (2015)
  • Eldar Sarajlic, ‘Can Culture Justify Infant Circumcision?’, 20.4 (2014)
  • Franz Fan-lun Mang, 'Liberal Neutrality and Moderate Perfectionism', 19.4 (2013)
  • Mark Hanin, 'A Moral Critique of David Copp's Naturalistic Ethics' 18.4 (2012)
  • Christopher Nathan, 'Need there be a Defence of Equality?' 17.3 (2011)
  • Guy Sela, 'Moral Luck and Liability Lotteries' 16.3 (2010)
  • Seth Lazar, 'The Nature and Disvalue of Injury' 15.3 (2009)
  • Göran Duus-Otterström, 'Betting Against Hard Determinism' 14.3 (2008)
  • Alasdair Cochrane, 'Animal Rights and Animal Experiments: An Interest-Based Approach' 13.3 (2007)
  • Alexandra Couto, 'Privacy and Justification' 12.3 (2006)

The prize will be judged by two referees, along with the journal editors.

Entries should be submitted via the journal's submission website - www.editorialmanager.com/resp/ (this opens in a new tab) - and labeled PG Essay Prize.

For more information on Res Publica see our website at: www.springer.com/11158 (this opens in a new tab) or contact the editors-in-chief:

Clare Chambers cec66@cam.ac.uk (this opens in a new tab)
Sune Lægaard laegaard@ruc.dk (this opens in a new tab)

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