This got to be too long to be a comment on Michael C’s post. People sometimes criticize utilitarianism for being "inapplicable," or for entailing that […] Read More
Author: Ben Bradley
In Mike Almeida’s recent post, this topic came up: what is it for a person to harm someone? I’m interested in a more general question: […] Read More
Suppose you find yourself in a situation in which you can either save A and B or save C. A, B and C are relevantly […] Read More
I’m curious what people think about the specialty ethics journals – which ones do you read? Which ones do you think are good? Which ones […] Read More
Josh Dever is working on a Philosophy Family Tree. He has a new blog where he is collecting information. If you aren’t on the tree, […] Read More
Satisficing consequentialism (SC) is the view that an act is morally right iff its consequences are “good enough.” Michael Slote came up with a few […] Read More
The program for the Utilitarianism 2005 conference (Aug. 11-14 at Dartmouth) has now been posted. Participants include Peter Singer, Shelly Kagan, Frank Jackson, David Brink, […] Read More
The program for the Second Annual Metaethics Workshop, Sept. 16-18, has been announced. It’s below the fold. Congratulations to frequent PEA Soup commentor Robert Johnson […] Read More
Fred Feldman (Pleasure and the Good Life) and Chris Heathwood (“The Problem of Defective Desires”) point out the following paradox for desire satisfaction theory, which […] Read More