Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche/Philosophy and Public Issues FQP-PPI is a double blind peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal. It was founded in 1995 as Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche. Since 2010, the Journal has been published exclusively in English and has developed its international profile. Following an editorial restructuring phase, the Journal has been relaunched in its current format in 2024, with a revised publication schedule of two issues per year.

The Journal aims to contribute to the public discussion of the most pressing contemporary debates about politics, social and political institutions, and the intersections between politics and morality, concerning both domestic and global contexts, with a specific focus on normative political theory and its application to contemporary public issues.

It provides a forum for analytically rigorous and philosophically grounded engagement with real-world political and institutional challenges, connecting abstract normative analysis with concrete problems.

The Journal is interested in debates taking place both at the academic and the public level, and it promotes dialogue among scholars as well as between scholars and practitioners.

Particular emphasis is placed on fostering structured scholarly debate through symposia, critical exchanges, and thematically organized sections.

The Journal publishes articles in English in any area of political philosophy and normative theory, including (but not limited to):

• Political theory
• Normative Political Philosophy
• Moral philosophy
• Legal philosophy
• Social philosophy
• Democratic theory
• Global justice
• Migration ethics
• Public ethics
• Environmental and climate justice
• Gender equality, racial injustice, and intersectionality
• Structural and epistemic injustice
• Human rights
• Philosophy of law and judicial review
• Ethics of technology and artificial intelligence

From an editorial viewpoint, emphasis is placed on analytical rigor, conceptual clarity, and the capacity to advance ongoing debates in normative political philosophy.

The Journal particularly values contributions that bridge normative theory and public issues, and that engage directly with contemporary debates through critical discussion.

In line with its publication profile, the Journal promotes dialogue among scholars through structured formats such as book symposia, multi-author exchanges, and thematic sections, which allow for sustained critical engagement with recent contributions in political philosophy.

The Journal also considers for publication papers that address the development of concepts and theoretical notions of ethical-political relevance from historically grounded or reconstructive perspectives.

Journal Sections

1) Book Symposia

The Book Symposia section contains critical discussions of recent books in political, moral, legal, and social philosophy.

A Book Symposium includes an introduction by the symposium editor(s), followed by 3 to 5 critical contributions and a reply by the author.

The Journal welcomes proposals for symposia devoted to books that make a significant contribution to contemporary debates in normative political philosophy and related fields.

2) Special Sections

The Journal publishes Special Sections devoted to specific themes of high relevance in contemporary political and normative philosophy, including contributions originating from international conferences, workshops, or funded research projects.

3) Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

This section contains research articles.

The Editors welcome submissions that contribute to ongoing debates in normative political philosophy and its applications to public issues. Analytical clarity, scientific originality, and methodological rigor are essential requirements.

Peer-review policy:

All submissions undergo an initial editorial screening to assess their relevance, originality, and compliance with the Journal’s scope.

Research articles submitted to the section Contemporary Debates undergo a double-blind peer-review process conducted by at least two anonymous reviewers. Where necessary, the evaluation process may involve an additional reviewer.

Articles included in Book Symposia and Special Sections undergo a double-blind peer-review process conducted by at least two anonymous reviewers*. For Book Symposia, introductions by the guest editor(s) and rejoinders by books' author(s) undergo editorial review only. For Special Sections, introduction by the guest editor(s) undergo editorial review only. 

All contributions are evaluated according to the same standards of academic quality, originality, and rigor adopted by the Journal.

*Until issue 1/2026, articles included in Book Symposia and Special Sections were reviewed by at least one anonymous reviewer. Beginning with issue 2/2026, the peer-review process for these contributions is aligned with that of research articles submitted to Contemporary Debates and involves at least two anonymous reviewers.

Publication Frequency:

Two issues per year