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Philosophical Ethics and Theory

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Huaping Lu‐Adler
Georgetown University
2
Matt Duncan
Providence College
3
Alexander T. Englert
University of Richmond
4
Sukaina Hirji
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
5
Jonathan Floyd
University of Bristol
6
Andreas Bengtson
Aarhus University
7
Benjamin Vilhauer
The Graduate Center, CUNY
8
Matthieu Queloz
University of Bern
9
Aviv Reiter
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
10
Jonathan Gingerich
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Rising Stars Papers

1
The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering
Analysis|2024
44 cit.
2
Internalism from the ethnographic stance: from self-indulgence to self-expression and corroborative sense-making
The Philosophical Quarterly|2024
18 cit.
3
Kant as a carpenter of reason: the highest good and systematic coherence
British Journal for the History of Philosophy|2024
14 cit.
4
Public political philosophy in Poland: Phacts, phictions, and philennials
Ethnicities|2024
8 cit.
5
Moralism as a Dualism in Ethics and Politics
Political Philosophy|2024
6 cit.
6
Can AI Rely on the Systematicity of Truth? The Challenge of Modelling Normative Domains
Philosophy & Technology|2025
4 cit.
7
What Relational Egalitarians Should (Not) Believe
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy|2024
3 cit.
8
Kant on public reason and the linguistic Other
Asian Journal of Philosophy|2024
3 cit.
9
Writing Requirements, Student Assessment, and Plagiarism in Indian Law Schools
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
3 cit.
10
The Political Morality of Nudges in Healthcare
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
David V. Axelsen
University of Essex
2
Benjamin Kiesewetter
Bielefeld University
3
Theron Pummer
University of St Andrews
4
Toby Ord
University of Oxford
5
Max Khan Hayward
University of Sheffield
6
Ben Fraser
Australian National University
7
Angie Pepper
University of Roehampton
8
Jonathan McFarland
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
9
Arvi Särkelä
University of Lucerne
10
Nick Riggle
University of San Diego

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Aesthetic Value and the Practice of Aesthetic Valuing
The Philosophical Review|2024
50 cit.
2
Convergence, Community, and Force in Aesthetic Discourse
Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy|2022
44 cit.
3
Contrastive consent and secondary permissibility
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research|2022
15 cit.
4
Envy, Levelling-Down, and Harrison Bergeron: Defending Limitarianism Against Three Common Objections
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice|2022
13 cit.
5
What’s Wrong With Extreme Wealth?
Political Studies Review|2023
9 cit.
6
Vicious circles: Adorno, Dewey and disclosing critique of society
Philosophy & Social Criticism|2022
6 cit.
7
Autonomy and aesthetic valuing
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research|2024
6 cit.
8
Lesser-Evil Justifications: A Reply to Frowe
Law and Philosophy|2022
5 cit.
9
Klimaaktivismus als ziviler Ungehorsam
Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie|2022
4 cit.
10
The expressive injustice of being rich
Politics Philosophy & Economics|2024
3 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University
2
Martha C. Nussbaum
University of Chicago
3
Daniel Jacobson
University of Calgary
4
Mark Timmons
University of Arizona
5
H. Henrik Ehrsson
Karolinska Institutet
6
Robert Brandom
University of Pittsburgh
7
David Plunkett
Dartmouth College
8
Jonathan Way
University of Southampton
9
Valérian Chambon
Inserm
10
Philip Pettit
Princeton University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Making it explicit : reasoning, representing, and discursive commitment
Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association|1994
2.6k cit.
2
The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
The Classical World|1987
2.5k cit.
3
CAPABILITIES AS FUNDAMENTAL ENTITLEMENTS: SEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Feminist Economics|2003
2.5k cit.
4
Libertarian Paternalism
American Economic Review|2003
1.8k cit.
5
That's My Hand! Activity in Premotor Cortex Reflects Feeling of Ownership of a Limb
Science|2004
1.4k cit.
6
The Law of Group Polarization
Journal of Political Philosophy|2002
1.3k cit.
7
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron
The University of Chicago Law Review|2003
1.3k cit.
8
Human Functioning and Social Justice
Political Theory|1992
1.2k cit.
9
Social Norms and Social Roles
Columbia Law Review|1996
1.2k cit.
10
Making it Explicit.
The Journal of Philosophy|1996
1.2k cit.

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