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Use when targeting Ethics or deciding whether a moral, political, or legal philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit across theoretical and applied moral philosophy, the normative-argument and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# Ethics (ethics)

## Journal positioning

Ethics, published by the University of Chicago Press, is a leading journal for moral,
political, and legal philosophy, publishing work that ranges from the most **theoretical**
(normative ethics, metaethics, moral psychology, foundations of political and legal theory)
to the **applied**, provided the applied work carries a contribution at the level of moral
theory. Its defining expectation is a **rigorous, original normative argument**: a clearly
stated normative thesis, a valid line of reasoning, and head-on engagement with the strongest
competing positions. Ethics is broader in moral-theoretical reach than Philosophy & Public
Affairs, which leans toward applied and political-philosophical questions of public concern;
choose between them by where the center of gravity sits. A competent restatement, or applied
work with no theoretical payoff, is a poor fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection /
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