Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
Last updated ISSN 1559-3061
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy is published by University of Southern California in arts and humanities. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Free Will and Agency
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Ethics in medical practice
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Southern California |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1559-3061 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 681 |
| Publishing since | 2005 |
| Journal website | www.jesp.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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