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  1. Conceptual Mediation in Technomoral Change: Reply to Danaher and Sætra.Jeroen K. G. Hopster, Jon Rueda & Robin Hillenbrink - 2025 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice:1-9.
    Philosophers of technology have identified various mechanisms through which technology can change moral norms, values, beliefs and practices. Danaher and Sætra ( 2023 ) offer a useful systematization of these mechanisms, with no claim to being exhaustive. We contribute to their work by analyzing how the mediating role of moral concepts fits into this scheme. First, we point out that concepts mediate the moral effects of technological changes, a process we call conceptual mediation. We illustrate this with the concepts of (...)
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    Do We Have the Right to Punish Each Other?James Edgar Lim - 2025 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice:1-14.
    Social punishments– the informal penalties imposed by private individuals, rather than formal authorities– like the practice of online public shaming have attracted attention from philosophers, other academics, and journalists. Several have emphasized the harmful nature of social punishments, and the tendency of practices like public shaming to be disrespectful and disproportionate. So, what (if anything) justifies practices of social punishment like public shaming? Some authors have pointed out the important role social punishments play in enforcing morally valuable and authoritative norms, (...)
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