I'm a political philosopher, I'm a postdoc at the University of Oslo. I work on democracy, agenda setting, and immigration. https://www.zsoltkapelner.com/https://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3ml3j7aant224My paper "The Ethics of Agenda Setting" has been published in Synthese. I am very happy about this one, it's one of the main outputs of my work on the role of attention in democratic politics at the University of Oslo, and hopefully a prelude to much future work on the pol.phil of agenda setting https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-026-05586-x?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20260504&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs11229-026-05586-x05 May 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3j7aant224https://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3mjd4cg3p722hYES! Orban is out!12 Apr 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd4cg3p722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3mcjslkmfbs2lRégen sokat foglalkoztam a forradalom politikafilozófiájával, beleértve a forradalom oldalán történő külföldi intervenció etikáját is, ami most Irán nyomán értelemszerűen aktuális lett, úgyhogy írtam erről. A lényeg az, hogy az intervenció egyes esetekben elvileg igazolt lehet, de most nem az. https://open.substack.com/pub/politikafilozofia/p/forradalom-es-intervencio?r=4j6fi5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true16 Jan 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjslkmfbs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3mbyonpjdgs27Itt ezt eddig nem nagyon reklámoztam, de van nekem egy Substackem, ahol politikáról és filozófiáról írok. Itt van az idei első poszt, ahol az igazság és a politika viszonyáról írtam. https://open.substack.com/pub/politikafilozofia/p/igazsag-es-politika?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=4j6fi509 Jan 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyonpjdgs27https://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3mbqm6qsyjc2pMy paper "Ignoring the Unreasonable" was just published. In it, I argue that when it comes to supporters of illiberal or authoritarian politics ("the unreasonable" in Rawlsian parlance), we should not listen to them and try to understand their perspective or where they're coming from. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/mopp-2025-0053/html06 Jan 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqm6qsyjc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3m6yzumutl22vItt még nem osztottam ezt meg, de van nekem egy ilyen Substackem, ahol politikafilozófiáról írok, például ezt egy közelgő előadásomról, ha valakit érdekel: https://politikafilozofia.substack.com/p/a-figyelem-politikaja02 Dec 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yzumutl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3ligrewhk7s2xThe conference I've been organizing with Leonie Smith on attention and democratic politics is happening this week at the University of Oslo with a great line-up of speakers: https://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/research/projects/goodattention/events/attention-politics-and-democracy.html18 Feb 2025 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligrewhk7s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lhqrc7skxk2gPhilpapers seems to be down09 Feb 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqrc7skxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lcdabwkh2k2cI'm flying to Vienna to talk at this really great event on collective attention and salience in society. I'll present some of my newer work on agenda setting and democratic theory, and I'm looking forward to all these talks, it's a very exciting progamme. https://sites.google.com/view/salienceinsociety/home02 Dec 2024 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdabwkh2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lbrrtr54ys2aI'm not fully sure about the empirical picture here, but as usual, @polphilpod.bsky.social's take has very much intelligence and insight, and I agree with a lot of it. I'm also very dissatisfied with the "abandoned working class" narrative. https://www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of-affluence/25 Nov 2024 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrrtr54ys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lbraaq6rjs2aMy short piece on Shmuel Nili's book Philosophising the Indefensible, is now published in Analyse & Kritik. Although I was a bit critical, I think this book has really important things to say about engaging with illiberal/unreasonable politics and the responsibilities of political philosophers. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/auk-2024-2022/html25 Nov 2024 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbraaq6rjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lbjl6bidl22oMakes me think of Rousseau (B4Ch10-11 of the Social Contract) and Hobbes as well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjl6bidl22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lbjj7fvcjk2h This new piece on democratic stability and backsliding by Ryan Pevnick sounds super interesting. https://politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/17029/22 Nov 2024 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjj7fvcjk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lbd4cdsv5s27Hva betyr det egentlig for norsk politikk (og hvordan forholder seg denne utviklingen til den globale høyrebølge som vi kan se overalt)? Jeg er fortsatt nykommer her, jeg er ikke helt sikker på hvordan jeg skulle tenke om dette. https://www.nrk.no/norge/frp-storre-enn-regjeringspartia-samla-pa-nrks-maling-for-november-1.1709374419 Nov 2024 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd4cdsv5s27https://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lavlk6clv22dMy Norwegian tutor asks the best political philosophy questions. Today we got into talking about what makes a great political leader. It's clearly not just popularity or skill in policy making. We settled on the idea that...14 Nov 2024 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavlk6clv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3lattfawjq224People talk about becoming a parent as a 'transformative experience' resetting one's whole outlook on the world. I wonder if that's a late capitalism thing. I guess what's supposed to be transformative is the feeling of deep responsibility for another person and their deep dependence on you. 1/213 Nov 2024 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lattfawjq224https://bsky.app/profile/zsoltkapelner.bsky.social/post/3latcyf6j3s24I'm really tired today and didn't really feel like doing anything, so I joined Bluesky and practiced my Norwegian philosophy vocabulary. I learned the phrase "dogmatisk slummer"13 Nov 2024 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:csfebzdsp7f3uxxhad2sngwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3latcyf6j3s24