Title: What do normative philosophers have to contribute to society? Abstract: Normative philosophers (inter alia, political theorists, moral philosophers, applied ethicists) develop arguments which link normative positions to practical (and theoretical) judgments or conclusions. This might sound anodyne, but I use it as a basis to explain what normative philosophers can add to policy discussions ... Read more

Title:  Co-forming feelings in therapy Abstract: This paper opens a project within philosophy of therapy, on the question of how feelings are formed in the context of interactions between clients and therapists. There is a common assumption within many therapeutic approaches that feelings are formed by individuals in their lives outside therapy, and then clients ... Read more

Title: Responsibility, Causality, and Carbon Accounting Abstract:  Carbon accounting standards hold companies accountable (i.e. responsible) for the greenhouse gas emissions from their value chains, but what is the basis for this allocation of responsibility? There may be a partial causal ‘logic’ that underpins this assignment of responsibility, but this is not explicitly reflected on or ... Read more