Here’s the familiar hard case: At 50, younger-Meredith (YM), just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, signs an advance directive (AD) expressing her preference that her doctors do […] Read More
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.
Speaking of Paul McNamara…many of us Soupers had a great time last weekend at the first annual Normative Ethics Workshop in Tucson. Paul was one […] Read More
The Murphy Institute's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at at Tulane University has extended its deadline to December 8, 2009 for 2010-2011 Faculty Fellowships.
The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society and the Program on Global Justice seek up to three post-doctoral fellows for 2010-11.
There's an excellent new resource for those interested in keeping up with, or contributing to, the wide variety of fascinating work being done in experimental […] Read More
The Philosophy of Religion Group is issuing a call for papers for its session at the 2010 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting on the […] Read More
University of Sydney, Aug 6-7Organizer: Richard Joyce (richard.jo…@arts.usyd.edu.au) SPEAKERS: David Copp (UC Davis)Justin D'Arms (Ohio State)Janice Dowell (Nebraska-Lincoln)Jamie Dreier (Brown)Josh Gert (Florida State)Daniel Jacobson (University […] Read More
I’ve just read T.M. Scanlon’s chapter on blame in his latest book Moral Dimensions. The discussion is subtle, provocative, and quite insightful. It has already […] Read More
We're pleased to welcome Janice Dowell as the newest PEA Souper. Janice is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, and she […] Read More