The American Philosophical Association (APA) is proud to announce the establishment of the Stephen J. White Prize. This prize is established in honor of the late Dr. Stephen J. White, who was Associate Professor at Northwestern University. The White Prize is awarded biennially to the best published paper by a junior philosopher that engages directly with Professor White’s work or with themes that were central to his thinking. These include but are not limited to the following:
- Issues of moral responsibility, in particular what we should take responsibility for and to what extent we are especially responsible for our own lives;
- Issues of practical reasoning, in particular whether and how predictions about how we or others are likely to act should figure in our thinking about what to do;
- Issues about shared reasoning and mutual answerability;
- The relation between a group’s obligations (e.g., our collective obligation to address and mitigate climate change) and the individual obligations of the group’s members.
The prize winner will receive $1,000. If there are co-winners, they will split the prize amount equally. The prizes will be awarded at the APA divisional meetings.
The APA now invites submissions for the inaugural Stephen J. White Prize. The submission deadline is July 15, 2025.
For more information on these prizes, including details on criteria and eligibility, visit the Stephen J. White Prize page.
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