Not quite 300 folks voted in last week's poll. Several readers wrote that they thought it was a mistake to include generalist journals that publish some moral/political papers along with the specialist journals; others pointed out omissions, including Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Social Theory & Practice, Res Publica, and Social Philosophy & Policy. In light of these concerns, I will run a second poll shortly with only specialty journals in moral and/or political philosophy. But here are the top 25 from the first poll (I've put an * next to those journals that are specialty journals in these areas):
| 1. *Ethics (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. *Philosophy & Public Affairs loses to Ethics by 151–66 |
| 3. Philosophical Review loses to Ethics by 180–29, loses to Philosophy & Public Affairs by 147–60 |
| 4. Journal of Philosophy loses to Ethics by 200–18, loses to Philosophical Review by 102–58 |
| 5. Nous loses to Ethics by 195–18, loses to Journal of Philosophy by 93–72 |
| 6. Philosophy & Phenomenological Research loses to Ethics by 200–18, loses to Nous by 86–76 |
| 7. Mind loses to Ethics by 195–16, loses to Philosophy & Phenomenological Research by 84–77 |
| 8. *Journal of Political Philosophy loses to Ethics by 202–20, loses to Mind by 99–86 |
| 9. Philosophical Studies loses to Ethics by 210–11, loses to Journal of Political Philosophy by 104–85 |
| 10. Australasian Journal of Philosophy loses to Ethics by 209–14, loses to Philosophical Studies by 101–62 |
| 11. Philosopher's Imprint loses to Ethics by 205–12, loses to Australasian Journal of Philosophy by 84–82 |
| 12. *Journal of Moral Philosophy loses to Ethics by 212–13, loses to Philosopher's Imprint by 90–84 |
| 13. *Utilitas loses to Ethics by 207–15, loses to Journal of Moral Philosophy by 102–75 |
| 14. Philosophical Quarterly loses to Ethics by 206–14, loses to Utilitas by 88–81 |
| 15. *Ethical Theory and Moral Practice loses to Ethics by 213–14, loses to Philosophical Quarterly by 92–84 |
| 16. *Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy loses to Ethics by 211–10, loses to Ethical Theory and Moral Practice by 96–76 |
| 17. *Politics, Philosophy & Economics loses to Ethics by 203–15, loses to Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy by 94–80 |
| 18. Canadian Journal of Philosophy loses to Ethics by 212–6, loses to Politics, Philosophy & Economics by 84–79 |
| 19. *Journal of Ethics loses to Ethics by 210–10, loses to Canadian Journal of Philosophy by 96–70 |
| 20. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society loses to Ethics by 210–8, loses to Journal of Ethics by 89–73 |
| 21. American Philosophical Quarterly loses to Ethics by 202–11, loses to Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society by 72–66 |
| 22. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly loses to Ethics by 208–6, loses to American Philosophical Quarterly by 69–54 |
| 23. European Journal of Philosophy loses to Ethics by 208–12, loses to Pacific Philosophical Quarterly by 72–63 |
| 24. Ratio loses to Ethics by 211–10, loses to European Journal of Philosophy by 71–70 |
| 25. *Journal of Value Inquiry loses to Ethics by 209–10, loses to Ratio by 83–52 |
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