The ''Journal of Social Philosophy'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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of
social philosophy
Social philosophy examines questions about the foundations of social institutions, social behavior, and interpretations of society in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social ...
covering work of
normative
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and
practical
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significance concerning social and political life. It was established in 1970 by the
North American Society for Social Philosophy
The North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP) is a non-profit learned society whose mission is to facilitate discussion between social philosophy, social philosophers on all topics of interest. Established in 1984, NASSP sponsors a peer ...
and is published by
John Wiley & Sons
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. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is
Carol Gould (
Hunter College
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and the
Graduate Center, CUNY
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).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 1.070.
See also
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List of ethics journals
This is a list of peer-reviewed, academic journals in the field of ethics.
''Note'': there are many important academic magazines that are not true peer-reviewed journals. They are not listed here.
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References
External links
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Ethics journals
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Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Social philosophy journals
Publications established in 1970
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