In his comment on this post, Dave Shoemaker writes: Too often we act as kinds of gatekeepers, judging that if students aren't sufficiently "like us" […] Read More
Author: David Sobel
David Sobel works in ethics, practical reason, theory of value, and political philosophy. His book From Valuing to Value was published by OUP in 2016. He co-edits Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. His dog is better than your dog.
Suppose that S has the following imperfect duty: an imperfect duty to perform at least one of x, y, and z (where these are three […] Read More
As I noted in an earlier post, there are at least two competing rationales for constraints: the victim-focused rationale (VFR) and the agent-focused rationale (AFR). […] Read More
Please consider the following three cases and then take the following poll: Case A (‘A’ for Abe): Abe poisons his son, Larry. The poison causes […] Read More
Let A1-A6 stand for six distinct agents. Let V1-V6 stand for six distinct potential victims. Let T1-T6 stand for six distinct and successive times. And […] Read More
Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic, and Jones has zero doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives […] Read More
Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives Tom a double-dose of anesthetic right before […] Read More
PhilPapers has launched and is now public. PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers. They monitor journals in […] Read More
Russ Shafer-Landau is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the Sixth Annual Metaethics Workshop, to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, […] Read More