Promises and Consent
      https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/8208/
      Published: October 10, 2025 16:00
      Promises are forward looking; they create a duty to act as promised in the future that the promisor cannot readily revoke. In contrast, although one may arguably consent in advance to some acts (Buller 2015), morally valid consent to other acts, such as…
    
  
    
      The Moral Importance of Low-Welfare Species
      https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/8207/
      Published: October 10, 2025 16:00
      Many species seem to have much smaller welfare ranges than we do. Which importance should we assign to the welfare of these low-welfare species when we have to decide whether to benefit members of these species or other humans? In particular, should we…
    
  
    
      Together again: The value of our encounters, offline
      https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/8206/
      Published: October 10, 2025 16:00
      This article is a protest against the trend towards ever greater online contact at the cost of, or as a replacement for, in-person interaction. Increasingly, meetings and events are ‘hybrid’ or take place entirely online. Even when physically near others…