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How to Live Nonviolently in a Large Sentient World: Replies to Pepper, Hurn and Badman-King, and Oā€™Brien

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/10749/

Published: August 18, 2026 16:00

The three commentaries on ā€œEthics for a large sentient worldā€ raise several problems for a Gandhian approach to animal ethics. In my responses, I defend my position that granting robust rights to individual insects is untenable, pushing us to look harderā€¦

In Defence of Robust Rights for All Sentient Creatures

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/10746/

Published: August 18, 2026 16:00

Jonathan Birch's 'Ethics for a Large Sentient World' presents a novel approach to the challenges associated with granting sentient insects direct moral concern. The Gandhian-inspired ethic that Birch develops takes insect sentience seriously whileā€¦

Ethics for a Large Sentient World: Insects, Ahimsa, and Gandhiā€™s Progressive Ahimsaism

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/10745/

Published: August 18, 2026 16:00

Positions that link rights to sentience face an insect challenge: insects are plausibly sentient, yet recognizing individual insects as rights-bearers would problematize public health, veterinary and agricultural benefits obtained by harming them. The mostā€¦

On Noggleā€™s ā€œMistake Accountā€

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/9954/

Published: July 7, 2026 16:00

This is a critical discussion of Noggle's "Mistake Account" of manipulation. I first raise doubts as to whether all manipulations are indeed cases of intentionally inducing mistakes. Secondly, I argue that even if all manipulations are cases ofā€¦

How to Think about the Basic Moral Status of Manipulation

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/9952/

Published: July 7, 2026 16:00

Drawing on the broader theoretical framework that I developed in The Concept and Ethics of Manipulation, this paper examines the question of the basic moral status of manipulation, challenging the prevailing assumption that manipulation is inherentlyā€¦

The Mistake Account of Manipulation

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/article/id/9951/

Published: July 7, 2026 16:00

This paper discusses the four main elements of a theory of manipulation which I call the Mistake Account, and which I defend in my 2025 book on manipulation. This theory claims that manipulation is influence that operates by inducing a mistake into theā€¦