Professor Brennan shared the new mission statement; I've bolded a particularly important part:
Philosophy & Public Affairs publishes the best philosophical work that engages with matters of public concern. Since 1972, Philosophy & Public Affairs has published pathbreaking scholarship that has reshaped philosophical debates for decades to come. Continuing this tradition, the journal seeks papers that are bold, daring, and risk-taking. Philosophy & Public Affairs prizes papers that seek to change paradigms over papers that make minor moves in long debates. It seeks to avoid esoteric and scholastic papers in favor of accessible and engaging papers about topics that matter to non-specialists.
The journal welcomes submissions from philosophers, legal scholars, political scientists, economists, and sociologists. It welcomes papers on problems requiring empirical or legal analysis, provided those papers also rigorously defend a normative position.
All papers submitted to Philosophy & Public Affairs are blinded to editors. Papers that pass initial inspection undergo triple-blind review. The journal values viewpoint and ideological diversity; no preference will be given to papers that affirm editors’ political or moral commitments. The journal aims to provide a forum in which researchers with different perspectives can bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems that concern everyone.
The editorial staff retains complete autonomy from Wiley in determining which and how many papers to publish. Commercial considerations have no bearing on the decisions of the editorial staff. This editorial autonomy is protected by contract.
The editorial team will be as follows:
Editor-in-Chief: Jason Brennan (McDonough School of Business, Georgetown)
Associate Editor: Christopher Freiman (Chambers College of Business, West Virginia University), David Lefkowitz (University of Richmond)
Editorial Board: Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania) Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva), Daniel Jacobson (University of Colorado), Matthew Kramer (Cambridge University), Kimberly Krawiec (University of Virginia School of Law), Jeffrey Moriarty (Bentley University), Christopher Heath Wellman (Washington University in St. Louis)
One other new feature the new editorial team is introducing:
The editors are pleased to announce the addition of a new type of paper: public philosophy. We are looking for short, accessible papers, which explain a difficult philosophical concept or defend an interesting philosophical claim, but which are aimed at an intelligent lay audience. While our regular articles aim to make novel moves in existing debates or create new debates, goal of the public philosophy papers is to engage and educate the public in philosophical topics of public concern. Public philosophy papers will still be reviewed, but will face different standards.
My guess is the new PPA will represent a greater diversity of perspectives in moral & political philosophy, but we shall see!
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