Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche/Philosophy and Public Issues (FQP- PPI) is an Italian peer-reviewed open-access Academic Journal of moral, political, legal and social philosophy founded in 1995 by Sebastiano Maffettone, under the name Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche. Since 2010, FQP/PPI publishes contents in English. The Journal aims to contribute to the public discussion of the most pressing contemporary debates about politics, social and political institutions, and the intersections between politics and morality, concerning both the domestic and the broader international sphere, with a keen interest in normative theory.

Areas of interest include, and yet are not limited to:

Democracy

Social Justice, Distributive Justice

Religion and Liberalism

Cultures and Justice 

Gender equality, Racial Injustice and Intersectionality

Climate Justice

Health, Age and Justice

Restorative Justice, Historical Injustice, Transitional Justice

Migration

Cosmopolitanism, Regionalism & the EU

Human Rights

Philosophy of Law, Judicial review

New Trends in Just War Theory

Global Distributive Justice 

Structural Injustice

Epistemic Injustice

From an editorial viewpoint, emphasis will be placed on the breadth of topics, openness to multiple perspectives, as well as originality and analytic rigor. The Journal also considers for publication papers that address the development of concepts and theoretical notions of ethical-political relevance from more historically rooted reconstructive perspectives.

Journal issues include the following sections:

Book Symposia

We welcome proposals for the discussion of books on political, moral, legal, and social philosophy that are of relevance to the international debate. A Book Symposium contains an introduction by the symposium’ editor(s), 3 to 4 critical comments by scholars identified by the person proposing the symposium, and the book author's replies.

Proposals for a Book Symposium should be sent by the managing editor(s) and should contain the title, year of publication of the proposed book, and the list of potential contributors with bios and abstract. Further instructions regarding the length of commentaries and replies will be provided upon confirmation of acceptance. If accepted, all the contents of the Book Symposium will be subjected to (single) anonymous peer-review process.

Special Sections

The Journal, on occasion, publishes Special Sections which include papers coming from conferences, workshops of international relevance or linked to national and/or international funded research projects. Proposal of special sections (in English) should be sent by the editor(s) and should contain a brief description of the main contents of the special issue, possible conferences and/or projects connected to the research, the list of potential contributors with bios and abstracts. Proposals for a Special Section should be addressed to our managing editors. If accepted, all the contents of the Special Section will be subjected to (single) anonymous peer-review process.

Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

The Editors welcome submissions in any area of political, moral, legal, and social philosophy. Analytical clarity, scientific originality and methodological rigor are essential requirements for the acceptance of papers. This section will publish Original Articles, Review Articles and Discussions. In this section, papers responding to ad hoc CFPs will be also included. Ad hoc CFPs on relevant topics of the contemporary debate in Social and Political Philosophy will be posted on the Journal website and relevant philosophy websites on a regular basis.  All submissions should be sent in an anonymized format to our managing editors.

All submitted papers subjected to a rigorous peer-review process. This is based on an initial Editors’ screening, followed by a double (or triple, if needed) blind-review process. In case of desk rejection, a standard notification will be sent to authors by the board of editors.

Frequency:

2 issues per year

Managing Editors' contacts:

Maria Savarese and Valentina Vidotto, fqpppijournal@gmail.com