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J. P. Messina

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2013
Political Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryFree Will and AgencyWar, Ethics, and JustificationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Publications

11

Citations

81

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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J. P. Messina works in political philosophy and ethics, examining topics such as freedom of expression, censorship, moral responsibility, property rights, and Kantian political theory as applied to issues like refugees and border policy. Their work engages with liberal political theory and classic philosophical debates about free will, justice, and the limits of state and private power. This research is largely conceptual and text-based, drawing on the history of philosophy (especially Kant and Mill) to address contemporary political and ethical questions.

Political philosophy and liberalismFreedom of expression and censorshipKantian political theoryMoral responsibility and desertJustice, property, and border ethics

Publication output has been modest and irregular over the last decade, with a small cluster of papers around 2019-2022 and occasional single publications since, averaging under one paper per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 3 publications3202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Value Inquiry×1
  • Kantian Review×1
  • British Journal for the History of Philosophy×1
  • The Philosophical Quarterly×1
  • Philosophy of Management×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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