De Ethica Latest Issue: Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026)

DE ETHICA
A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND APPLIED ETHICS

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2693

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Full Issue

https://de-ethica.com/issue/view/501/453

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Editorial

From the Editor
Martin Langby
p. 1–3.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6515/5319

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Articles

Seeking Asylum, Not Looking for Being the Scapegoat – An Ethical Analysis of the Discourse About Humans Seeking Asylum
Peter Kirchschläger
p. 4–24.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6153/5320

Is there a human right to reasons for administrative decisions?
Johanna Romare, Johanna Ohlsson, Olof Wilske
p. 25–42.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5880/5321

Human Rights Complicity in Contemporary Manifestations of Racism – An Analysis of Sweden’s Efforts to Combat Honor-Based Violence
Alexandra Lebedeva
p. 43–59.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5877/5313

The Capability Approach as a Normative Framework for Urban Biodiversity Management – Strong Points and Unresolved Issues
Anders Melin
p. 60–76.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5881/5314

Three Limitations of Reflective Equilibrium’s Justificatory Claims
Anoop Kumar Suraj, C. Upendra
p. 77–95.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6015/5315

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Reviews

Book Review: Joerg Rieger & Terra Schwerin Rowe (eds.) Liberating People, Planet, and Religion: Intersections of Ecology, Economics, and Christianity.
Gary Slater
p. 96–100.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6072/5316

Book Review: Confucian relationism and Global ethics: Alternative Models of Ethics and Axiology in Times of Global Crises
Xin Mao
p. 101–106.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6259/5317

De Ethica New Special Issue: Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025) – Ethics of Reconciliation – Part 2

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DE ETHICA HAS PUBLISHED A NEW Special Issue!

DE ETHICA
A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND APPLIED ETHICS

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue: Ethics of Reconciliation - Part 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2592

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Full Issue

https://de-ethica.com/issue/view/457/435

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Editorial

From the Editor
Lars Lindblom
p. 1.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6351/5174

From the Guest Editor
Johanna Romare
p. 2–8.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6352/5175

From the Book Review Editor
Alexandra Lebedeva
p. 9.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6297/5185

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Articles

Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation – Lessons from Gandhian Thought
George Kodimattam Joseph
p. 10–22.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5252/5186

Memorials and Memory – The use of memorials and monuments as a part of the process of reconciliation
Hans Vium Mikkelsen
p. 23–37.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5242/5187

Reconciliation Across Religious/Political Borders – Westphalian Norms and the Legacy of the Bosnian War
Gary Slater
p. 38–54.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5241/5190

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Reviews

Book Review: Patel, Leigh. Decolonizing Educational Research: From Ownership to Answerability. Routledge, 2016, 120 pp.
Marko Vučković
p. 55–62.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5202/5179

Book Review: Wilk, Thomas and Gimbel, Steven: In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy. De Gruyter, 2024, 144 pp.
Chris Kramer
p. 63–67.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6003/5180

Book Review: Cherry, Myisha. Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. Princeton University Press, 2023, 240 pp.
Vaishali Singh
p. 68–73.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6036/5189

Book Review: Ryan, Cheyney. Pacifism as War Abolitionism. Routledge, 2024, 212 pp.
Alexandra Lebedeva
p. 74–77.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6291/5182

De Ethica: Call for Papers – Special Issue: “Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics”

C A L L F O R P A P E R S

De Ethica Special Issue:

Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics

Publication 2026

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 15, 2026

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Topic Areas: Ethics; Ethics and Human Rights; Theological Ethics; Social and Political Philosophy.

The editors of De Ethica are pleased to announce a special issue in 2026 on Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics.

Over the last decades, the awareness of the plurality of human understandings of the world and of the self as well as of cultural and religious diversity has increased significantly. In the current era of global divergences and transformations, the encounters with a multiplicity of convictions, beliefs, and ways of life present both profound opportunities and significant ethical challenges. This issue of DeEthica seeks to explore the multifaceted dimensions of intercultural and interreligious ethics.

In pluralistic societies, diverse cultural perspectives and lifestyles are a reality which can lead to tensions especially in the political realm, as they raise questions about how to live well together and can challenge traditional power structures and concepts of sovereignty and identity. Intercultural ethical analysis and ethical theories need to consider cultural differences theoretically while also providing a framework for relating to different cultural perspectives.

Simultaneously, critical theory and post-colonial studies challenge hegemonic power structures globally, both in thought and in practice. They point to the richness of non-Western intellectual traditions and (self-)critically reflect on the European-Western tradition and Eurocentric forms of ethics – raising the question of whether entirely new versions of ethics are necessary.

Which methodologies are suitable and what role does ethics play concerning the influence of past experiences and their narratives in diverse contexts? What are the differences and commonalities between interreligious and intercultural ethics considering that interreligious ethics do not only pertain to an ethics for interreligious dialogue? For interreligious ethics, hermeneutical questions alongside comparative perspectives on applied ethical questions are also of relevance. These are some of the questions which articles in this DeEthica issue can raise.

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We invite submissions on all aspects of this topic. Questions and issues include but are not limited to:

• Theoretical frameworks for intercultural ethics

• Hermeneutics and normative ethics as approaches to interculturalism

• Concepts of interreligious ethics

• Interfaith dialogue and ethical frameworks for religious diversity

• “Buen vivir”, “hospitality” or “conviviality” as response to nationalism, racism, ethnicity, white supremacy, anti-Muslim racism, antisemitism and discrimination of religious minorities

• Inclusion and Exclusion and the role of ethics

• Diverse notions of self, other, and community

• The role of ethics in policymaking for multicultural societies and international relations

• Technology, media and ethics in intercultural communication

• Political and economic power and agency through the lens of intercultural/ interreligious ethics

• Diverse relations to nature and to science

• The role of law, human rights, and the protection of minorities in relation to ethics

• Comparative studies of ethical traditions across cultures and religions and applied ethical issues

The deadline for submissions to the thematic issue is February 15, 2026. All submissions will be subjected to rigorous blind review. Submissions should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words in length. For further submission requirements, format, and referencing style, refer to the Author Guidelines on the De Ethica website: https://de-ethica.com/about/submissions.

Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review and submitted through the De Ethica website https://de-ethica.com/about/submissions.

De Ethica is committed to a speedy and author-friendly review process; in most cases, the editors will notify the authors of their decision within three months.

De Ethica seeks to publish scholarly works at the intersections of philosophical, theological, and applied ethics. It is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access publication hosted by Linköping University Electronic Press. We are committed to making papers of high academic quality accessible to a wide audience.

De Ethica is published in cooperation with Societas Ethica, the European Society for Research in Ethics.

If you have any questions regarding research issues, contact the guest editors of this special issue:

• President Professor Gotlind Ulshöfer at president@societasethica.info

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• Lea Schlenker at quaestor@societasethica.info

You can also contact our executive editor, Martin Langby, at executive.editor@de-ethica.se. For practical issues, please contact our assistant editor, Amanda Lindestreng, at assistant.editor@de-ethica.se.

De Ethica New Special Issue: Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025) – Human Rights. Critical Perspectives

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DE ETHICA HAS PUBLISHED A NEW Special Issue!

DE ETHICA
A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND APPLIED ETHICS

Vol. 9, No. 1 (2025): Special Issue: Human Rights – Critical Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2591

From the Editor in Chief
Elena Namli
p. 1–3.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6028/4813

The Human Rights Project and the Limits of Cosmopolitan Rights
Michael Goodhart
p. 4–25.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6029/4814

What is the point of human rights? – Against human rights minimalism
Lena Halldenius
p. 26–42.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6030/4815

Defending and Disputing Human Rights
Elena Namli
p. 43–56.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6031/4816

Whose Criticism of What? – Ethical Reflection On Postcolonial and Decolonial Criticism of Human Rights
Michelle Becka
p. 57–71.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/6032/4817

Fight for your (climate) rights! – Ethical, legal, and human rights perspectives on democracy and protest
Max Tretter, Analucia Löschcke Centeno
p. 72–92.
https://de-ethica.com/article/view/5876/4812

De Ethica Newest Issue: Vol. 8 No. 4 (2025)

We are pleased to announce that De Ethica has published a new issue!

De Ethica
A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics

Vol. 8, No. 4 (2025)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2584

From the Editor
Lars Lindblom (Executive Editor)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.25841

Why Two Recent Attempts to Rescue Constitutive Luck Do Not Work
Samuel Kahn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.25845

The moral function of standing to blame
David Chelsom Vogt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.258425

Towards Artificial Wildlife: Speciesism and Intelligent Machines
Spyridon Stelios, Georgios Sakellariou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.258442

Permaculture as Richard Bauckham’s Living with Other Creatures: A Prefigurative Symbol for Messianic Redemption in Nature
Troy Bierma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.258456

De Ethica New Issue: Vol. 8, No. 3 (2024)

We are pleased to announce that De Ethica has published a new issue!

De Ethica
A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics
Vol. 8, No. 3 (2024)
Special Issue: Ethics of Reconciliation - Part 1
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2483

From the Editors
Johanna Romare (Guest Editor) & Lars Lindblom (Executive Editor)
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.24831

Testimony in Truth Commissions: Aporetic Critique
Alexandra Lebedeva
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.24834

Equality in Reconciliation: From Theoretical to Practical Opportunities
Heidi Jokinen & Björn Vikström
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248320

Reconciliation in Workplace Bullying Contexts: Renarration, Responsibility, Grace(?)
Mikael Nilsson
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248336

Vergebung – bedingt oder unbedingt?
Werner Wolbert
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248351

De Ethica: Book Reviews