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Culture and Cultures (3,950 | 926)
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Cultural Cosmopolitanism* (84)Heather Roff
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Multiculturalism and Autonomy (331)Andrew Jason Cohen
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Minorities (1,083 | 504)
Minority Rights (137)Suzy Killmister
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Implicit Bias (169)David Miguel Gray and Peter Kirwan
Politics of Recognition (178)
Disability* (1,273 | 977)Jami L. Anderson
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Philosophy of Sexual Orientation* (1,343 | 189)Christopher D. Horvath
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Distributive Justice* (2,667 | 1,274)
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Priority and Prioritarianism (170)
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Varieties of Equality (430 | 59)
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Basic Equality (101)Christohper Nathan
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Discrimination (185 | 159)
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Free Will* (9,507 | 123)Justin A. Capes
Autonomy (6,400 | 3,135)Andrew Jason Cohen
Autonomy in Applied Ethics* (6,126)Andrew Jason Cohen
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Autonomy in Political Theories (1,183)Andrew Jason Cohen
Autonomy and Moral Psychology (469)Andrew Jason Cohen
History: Autonomy (713)Andrew Jason Cohen
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Specific Freedoms (417 | 67)
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Oppression (461 | 159)
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Dehumanization (95)Johannes Steizinger
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Toleration* (3,771 | 183)Andrew Jason Cohen
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Toleration (3,771 | 183)Andrew Jason Cohen
The Concept of Toleration (163)Andrew Jason Cohen
Defenses of Toleration (332)Andrew Jason Cohen
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History: Toleration (1,174)Andrew Jason Cohen
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The Concept of Paternalism (22)Kalle Grill
Paternalism, Misc (4)Kalle Grill
Paternalism in Applied Ethics* (108)Kalle Grill
Freedom and Liberty, Misc (548)
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality* (35,929)Lynne Tirrell
Government and Democracy (11,109 | 2,341)Jason Brennan
Democracy (5,663 | 3,299)
Civic Virtue (127)
Civil Society (578)
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Democratic Authority* (323)Joel Chow Ken Q
Justification of Democracy (124)
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Government (475 | 300)
Constitutional Law* (509 | 255)Gianluca Andresani
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Government Paternalism (64)Kalle Grill
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Political Authority (1,486 | 268)
Associative Obligations (28)
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Democratic Authority (323)Joel Chow Ken Q
Instrumentalism about Political Authority (29)Joel Chow Ken Q
Public Justification (117)
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Social Contract (473 | 114)John Thrasher
Contractarianism about Political Authority (93)John Thrasher
Contractualism about Political Authority (60)John Thrasher
Moral Contractualism* (271)
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Social Contract, Misc (206)John Thrasher
Social Choice Theory (671 | 232)
Arrow's Theorem (82)
Condorcet's Paradox (33)
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Social Choice Theory, Misc (109)
International Philosophy (8,323 | 1,016)Heather Roff
Colonialism and Postcolonialism (338)Heather Roff
Cosmopolitanism (441 | 170)Heather Roff
Cultural Cosmopolitanism (84)Heather Roff
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International Ethics* (2,011 | 1,881)
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International Order (808)Heather Roff
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Justice (8,028 | 3,217)Christian Barry
Criminal Justice Ethics* (2,034 | 831)
Distributive Justice (2,667 | 1,274)
Consequentualist Approaches to Distributive Justice (49)
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Egalitarianism* (1,331 | 352)
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Rawls on Distributive Justice (413 | 193)
The Difference Principle (50)
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Distributive Justice* (2,667 | 1,274)
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Epistemic Injustice* (393)Krista Hyde
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Political Liberalism (641)Shaun Young
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Foundations of Rights (153 | 31)
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Consequentialism and Rights (13)
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Group Rights (365 | 115)
Children's Rights* (143)Anca Gheaus
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Human Rights (3,023 | 2,511)
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Justifications of Human Rights (80)Micah Richey
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Miscellaneous Rights (930 | 353)
Animal Rights* (1,017)Erwin Lengauer
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Right to Self-Defense (47)
Specific Rights, Misc (22)
Property Rights (497 | 298)
Original Appropriation (31)
Externalities (9)
Self-Ownership (44)
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Rights and Values (966 | 797)
Conflicts Among Rights (23)
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Rights in Applied Ethics* (119 | 110)Tom Dougherty
Rights and Utility (6)
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Rights and Personhood (50)
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History: Rights (6 | 6)
Locke: Rights* (34)
Spinoza: Rights* (11)Justin Steinberg
Rights and Poverty (101)
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States and Nations (5,412 | 319)
Political Authority* (1,486 | 268)
Citizenship (398)
Civil Disobedience (201)Piero Moraro
Civil War* (106)
Immigration (1,027)Alex Sager
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Statehood (122)
States and Nations, Misc (556)
War and Violence (6,629 | 151)Jessica Wolfendale
Violence (2,250 | 344)
Genocide (234)
Gun Control (42)Tim Hsiao
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War (3,934 | 546)
Civil War (106)
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Ethics and Justification of War (718)Michael Kocsis
Just War Theory (1,164)Michael Kocsis
Nature of War (89)
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Pacifism (283)Amanda Cawston
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Peace and Nonviolence (294 | 32)Brian C. Barnett
Pacifism* (283)Amanda Cawston
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Civil Disobedience* (201)Piero Moraro
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History of Political Philosophy (3,258 | 3,258)
Ancient Greek Political Philosophy* (536)
Indian Political Philosophy* (87)
17th/18th Century Political Philosophy* (177 | 177)
19th Century Political Philosophy* (166)
Social Philosophy (5,295 | 125)
Social Epistemology* (6,111 | 2,521)
Social Ethics* (3,231 | 1,141)
Social Ontology (881 | 19)Christopher Frugé
Approaches to Social Ontology (513 | 13)
Grounding and Anchoring in Social Ontology (23)
Looping Effects in Social Ontology (10)
Conferralism in Social Ontology (2)
Constitutive Rules in Social Ontology (186)
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Social Construction (34)
Approaches to Social Ontology, Misc (209)
Ontology of Social Domains (86 | 23)
Institutions* (121)
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Social Practices* (17)
Food Ontology* (26)Andrea Borghini
Ontology of Finance* (43)
The Concept of Disease* (689)Mary Jean Walker
Conceptions of Race* (569 | 147)David Miguel Gray
Conceptions of Gender* (268 | 172)
The Nature of Law and Legal Systems* (3,148 | 1,789)Hillary Nye
Ontology of Social Domains, Misc (63)
Social Ontology, Misc (263)
Social Phenomena (3,590 | 103)
Finance (69 | 3)
Microfinance* (26)Joakim Sandberg
Money (16)
Financial Ethics* (1,523 | 1,124)Joakim Sandberg
Ontology of Finance (43)
Finance, Misc (7)
Games (202)C. Thi Nguyen
Institutions (121)
Philosophy of Food and Drink* (309 | 2)Andrea Borghini
Philosophy of Sexuality* (3,432 | 458)Lori Watson
Philosophy of Sport (2,880)John William Devine and Francisco Javier Lopez Frias
The Nature of Sport (19 | 1)
Broad Internalism about Sport (1)
Conventionalism about Sport (2)
Formalism about Sport (2)
The Nature of Sport, Misc (13)
Sports Ethics (90 | 7)
Bioethics and Sport (5)
Cheating in Sport (6)
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Sex and Gender in Sport (15)
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Philosophy of Sport, Misc (3)
Topics in the Philosophy of Sport (31 | 4)
Aesthetics of Sport (6)
Disability and Sport (2)
eSports (2)
Olympism (6)
Sport and Emotion (3)
Sports Fans and Spectators (8)
Social Groups (196)
Social Practices (17)
Social Activities, Misc (2)
Social Relationships (202 | 188)
Family Ethics* (1,421 | 222)Anca Gheaus
Friendship* (135)
Philosophy of Sexuality* (3,432 | 458)Lori Watson
Philosophy of Love* (1,310 | 684)Vida Yao
Social Relationships, Misc (14)
Relationships and Marriage* (422 | 294)
Collective Mentality* (218 | 48)Bryce Huebner
Culture and Cultures* (3,950 | 926)
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality* (35,929)Lynne Tirrell
Philosophy of Social Science* (63,904)Michiru Nagatsu
Social Philosophy, Misc (497)
Social and Political Philosophy, Miscellaneous (8,809 | 1,489)
Disability* (1,273 | 977)Jami L. Anderson
Exploitation (587)Matt Zwolinski
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Political Concepts (181)
Political Ethics* (8,087 | 3,875)
Political Feasibility (71)
Political Obligation* (659)Bas Van Der Vossen
Political Realism and Utopianism (3,182)
The Political Role of Philosophy (60)
Property (176)
Markets* (796)
Methods in Political Philosophy (113)
Political Epistemology (184)Michael Hannon
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