Barry Maguire
@barrymaguire.bsky.social
professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (papers, teaching, etc. at http://www.barrymaguire.com/).
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Does socialism require collective ownership of the means of production?
Find out @barrymaguire.bsky.social's (joint work w/ @jkandiyali.bsky.social) answer to this question in the next online Visions Speaker Series! Happening Dec 1.
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Find out @barrymaguire.bsky.social's (joint work w/ @jkandiyali.bsky.social) answer to this question in the next online Visions Speaker Series! Happening Dec 1.
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Speaker Series with Dr. Barry Maguire
About the session: Socialism and the Collective Ownership of the Means of Production (joint work with Jan Kandiyali) Historically, socialism has been identified with collective ownership of the means ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Does socialism require collective ownership of the means of production?
Find out @barrymaguire.bsky.social's (joint work w/ @jkandiyali.bsky.social) answer to this question in the next online Visions Speaker Series! Happening Dec 1.
You can register here:
Find out @barrymaguire.bsky.social's (joint work w/ @jkandiyali.bsky.social) answer to this question in the next online Visions Speaker Series! Happening Dec 1.
You can register here:
Socialists should be against wage labour altogether, not just against inegalitarian wages. New paper (forthcoming in Mind) aims to 'rescue' Cohen's failed incentives critique from his egalitarianism, basing it more effectively and authentically on caring solidarity.
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Barry Maguire, Rescuing Socialism from Equality - PhilPapers
Karl Marx rejected the ideal of equality as bourgeois. And yet, the most significant attempt in recent years to distinguish socialist theory from liberal egalitarian theory, G.A. Cohen's critique of J...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Socialists should be against wage labour altogether, not just against inegalitarian wages. New paper (forthcoming in Mind) aims to 'rescue' Cohen's failed incentives critique from his egalitarianism, basing it more effectively and authentically on caring solidarity.
philpapers.org/rec/MAGRSF
philpapers.org/rec/MAGRSF
Exchange for Mutual Benefit versus Caring Solidarity - an essay laying out fundamental points of contrast between the best form of productive relationship compatible with markets, and the best form of productive relationship. Published today open access in E&P: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Exchange and solidarity | Economics & Philosophy | Cambridge Core
Exchange and solidarity - Volume 41 Issue 3
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October 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Exchange for Mutual Benefit versus Caring Solidarity - an essay laying out fundamental points of contrast between the best form of productive relationship compatible with markets, and the best form of productive relationship. Published today open access in E&P: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
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We are hiring! Two new Lecturer (AP) positions at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics:
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Lecturer
The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates to faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome, althou...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We are hiring! Two new Lecturer (AP) positions at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics:
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Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment
How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former medical st...
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May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
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Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*:
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "
Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!
politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "
Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!
politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments": Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism
What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...
politicalphilosophyjournal.org
May 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*:
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "
Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!
politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "
Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!
politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
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New article in Political Philosophy / @polphiljournal.bsky.social > "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism" by Jan Kandiyali (@jkandiyali.bsky.social) and Martin O'Neill (@martinoneill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/pp....
We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism
What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New article in Political Philosophy / @polphiljournal.bsky.social > "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism" by Jan Kandiyali (@jkandiyali.bsky.social) and Martin O'Neill (@martinoneill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/pp....
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Foundations of Morality workshop at the University of Leeds, June 10-11. Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT Austin) and Michael Smith (Princeton). Programme and registration details are now up at philevents.org/event/show/1.... Registration deadline: June 1st. Join us there!
#Philosophy
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Foundations of Morality Workshop
The aim of the workshop is to further our understanding of foundational questions about morality. We are open to perspectives from both metaethics and normative ethics, addressing questions such as: W...
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May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Foundations of Morality workshop at the University of Leeds, June 10-11. Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT Austin) and Michael Smith (Princeton). Programme and registration details are now up at philevents.org/event/show/1.... Registration deadline: June 1st. Join us there!
#Philosophy
#Philosophy
Anyone know of philosophers interested in the ethics of engineering, ideally with an interest in standards and regulations for cases like Grenfell?
May 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Anyone know of philosophers interested in the ethics of engineering, ideally with an interest in standards and regulations for cases like Grenfell?
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
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I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx:
Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital
davidharvey.org/reading-capi...
Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital
davidharvey.org/reading-capi...
Reading Capital
Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey (2019 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey (2007 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Har…
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May 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx:
Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital
davidharvey.org/reading-capi...
Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital
davidharvey.org/reading-capi...
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The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out!
122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo
They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.
122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo
They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.
Studie: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen macht zufrieden und mental gesund | MDR.DE
Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen – ohne reduzierte Arbeitszeit – steigert Zufriedenheit und mentale Gesundheit. Das geht aus der ersten Langzeitstudie zum Grundeinkommen hervor.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out!
122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo
They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.
122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo
They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.
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Had the enormous honour of being a part of this series, in some incredible company.
Day 76 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: Meghan Flaherty on Uncertainty
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April 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Had the enormous honour of being a part of this series, in some incredible company.
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New publication OA #philsci — where I discuss the epistemic nature of three possible varieties of ‘local knowledges’ and defend their importance for fulfilling human rights — from the right to participate in science to the right to food and right to clean water www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Local knowledges and the right to participate in science | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Local knowledges and the right to participate in science
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March 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New publication OA #philsci — where I discuss the epistemic nature of three possible varieties of ‘local knowledges’ and defend their importance for fulfilling human rights — from the right to participate in science to the right to food and right to clean water www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Celtic Communism: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The story of Ireland's first socialist commune in 1830s' Clare
Despite a ban on alcohol and tobacco, the Ralahine experiment was successful until the landlord gambled away the estate on a trip to Dublin
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March 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Celtic Communism: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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New article in PolPhil: "Rewiring Ethics: Collective Action, Recognition, and Fractal Responsibility," by Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh), available open-access at: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
Rewiring Ethics: Collective Action, Recognition, and Fractal Responsibility
Many moral theories hold individuals responsible for their marginal impact on massive patterns (for instance overall value or equality of opportunity) or for following whichever rules would realise th...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New article in PolPhil: "Rewiring Ethics: Collective Action, Recognition, and Fractal Responsibility," by Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh), available open-access at: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
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"Afro-Decolonial Manifesto": A Decolonial Philosophy Workshop
Tue 6 May, 16:30 - 18:30 [BST]: This is a public-facing book launch event for Dr Norman Ajari's "Afro-Decolonial Manifesto" at Edinburgh's radical Lighthouse bookshop. It will consist of a roundtable ...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Still a little over a week to submit abstracts! #philsky
CfA alert: Workshop on Foundations of Morality, University of Leeds, 10-11 June 2025.
Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT-Austin/St Andrews) and Michael Smith (Princeton University)
Abstracts of up to 1,000 words are due 23 March 2025. Fuller details at joseph-bowen.weebly.com/foundations-...
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Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT-Austin/St Andrews) and Michael Smith (Princeton University)
Abstracts of up to 1,000 words are due 23 March 2025. Fuller details at joseph-bowen.weebly.com/foundations-...
#philsky
Foundations of Morality Workshop
10th and 11th June 2025 Centre for Aesthetic, Moral, and Political Philosophy and Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre University of Leeds
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March 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Still a little over a week to submit abstracts! #philsky
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Article: Exchange and solidarity, by Barry Maguire
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March 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Article: Exchange and solidarity, by Barry Maguire
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Academics might be interested in the Critique Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought that I help direct in Edinburgh. Please give our account a follow — otherwise I will take this as definitive proof that you only support unethical and uncritical thought. @critiquecentre.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Academics might be interested in the Critique Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought that I help direct in Edinburgh. Please give our account a follow — otherwise I will take this as definitive proof that you only support unethical and uncritical thought. @critiquecentre.bsky.social
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I spent more than a year working on this SEP entry on ideology, and I actually think it is some of the best work I've ever done.
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
Ideology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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March 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I spent more than a year working on this SEP entry on ideology, and I actually think it is some of the best work I've ever done.
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
There are three parts of it that I am especially happy with:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ideo...
my latest attempt to argue that markets and socialism are incompatible: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Exchange and solidarity | Economics & Philosophy | Cambridge Core
Exchange and solidarity
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March 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
my latest attempt to argue that markets and socialism are incompatible: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I was invited to do a write up on my recent Synthese article for NWIP! This also marks the first time I've disclosed the personal significance of this topic in print, which was cool/scary to do. Check it out: newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/amanda-eva...
Amanda Evans (University of Pittsburgh), "Medical paternalism, anorexia nervosa, and the problem of pathological values"
Synthese, 2025
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March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was invited to do a write up on my recent Synthese article for NWIP! This also marks the first time I've disclosed the personal significance of this topic in print, which was cool/scary to do. Check it out: newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/amanda-eva...
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Delighted that my research on the Moral Harms of Homelessness has just been published by the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Available here:
A short summary below:
A short summary below:
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
It is well-established that those facing homelessness suffer severe harms and deprivations. Homeless persons are among the worst-off people in any given society. And yet homelessness is a relatively u...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Delighted that my research on the Moral Harms of Homelessness has just been published by the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Available here:
A short summary below:
A short summary below:
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Looking forward to the Nature of Knowledge lecture this Wed with Hasok Chang and @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social on active knowledge and pragmatism. If you are in Edinburgh, this event is open and everyone is welcome!
I'll be in Edinburgh on February 26th for the 'Nature of Knowledge' lecture, where I'll be conversing with one of my very favorite philosophers, Hasok Chang! Details here:
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Nature of Knowledge Lecture
Wed 26 Feb, 14:00 - 16:00 [GMT]: Active Knowledge and Method-learning: A Pragmatist View Hasok Chang (University of Cambridge), in conversation with Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterda...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Looking forward to the Nature of Knowledge lecture this Wed with Hasok Chang and @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social on active knowledge and pragmatism. If you are in Edinburgh, this event is open and everyone is welcome!