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PEA Soup

A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia

Author: David Shoemaker

I'm a Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Murphy Institute at Tulane University. I specialize in agency and responsibility, personal identity and ethics, and I occasionally dabble in social & political philosophy.
Applied Ethics, News and Events Posted onApril 30, 2017August 7, 2023

Call for Participation: Climate Ethics and Climate Economics

Call for Participation Climate Ethics And Climate Economics: Risk, Uncertainty and Catastrophe Scenarios Workshop at the University of Cambridge Convened by Simon Beard (with Kai […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law Posted onApril 6, 2017

Journal of Applied Philosophy Prizewinning Essay

Federico Picinali’s essay, “Base-Rates of Negative Traits: Instructions for Use in Criminal Trials,” has won the Journal of Applied Philosophy’s annual prize (of a thousand pounds) […] Read More

NDPR Discussion Forum, Political Philosophy Posted onMarch 17, 2017

NDPR Discussion: Ryan Muldoon’s Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World: Beyond Tolerance

NDPR just posted a review by Michael Frazer of Ryan Muldoon’s recent book. We have invited both Ryan and Michael to discuss the review as they […] Read More

Ideas, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Reasons and rationality Posted onMarch 7, 2017March 7, 2017

Can psychopaths make judgments of worth?

There’s a longstanding dispute about whether psychopaths are morally responsible. For our purposes, just stipulate that psychopaths are blind to moral reasons, that is, they […] Read More

Announcements, Call For Papers, News and Events Posted onFebruary 11, 2017August 7, 2023

NOWAR 4: Call for Abstracts (Due March 15, 2017)

This is a call for abstracts for the fourth biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR), to be held in New Orleans, LA, […] Read More

Featured Philosophers, Ideas, Moral Responsibility, Philosophy of Law Posted onFebruary 1, 2017August 7, 2023

Featured Authors: Victor Tadros’s Wrongs and Crimes (Post by Victor Tadros)

[Editor’s Note: As part of our series featuring authors of new and forthcoming books, today we are featuring Victor Tadros’s new book Wrongs and Crimes […] Read More

Character, Ideas, Moral Psychology, Moral Responsibility Posted onJanuary 23, 2017January 23, 2017

Contempt and the Objective Stance

In an interesting piece in the NYT’s The Stone this morning, Karen Stohr (Georgetown) discussed the nature of contempt as it pertains to Trump and […] Read More

Announcements, Call For Papers, Philosophy of Law Posted onJanuary 16, 2017August 7, 2023

Coercion Workshop: Call for Participants

 Applications are invited from current advanced doctoral students and recent PhD graduates/early career scholars to participate in a workshop on current issues in coercion, to […] Read More

Featured Philosophers, Ideas, Political Philosophy Posted onJanuary 12, 2017August 7, 2023

New Book Forum: Republic of Equals (Guest Post by Alan Thomas)

[What follows is a post by Alan Thomas, presenting a central argument from his new book Republic of Equals (OUP), available here. Please feel free to join in on […] Read More

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