The editors of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy are pleased to announce that the 2019 Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Helen […] 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.
Both parts of this series are authored by Jan Dowell and David Sobel with great help from several other philosophers. Below is the second installment […] Read More
Both parts of this series are authored by Jan Dowell and David Sobel with great help from several other philosophers. Part 2 will be posted […] Read More
Many thanks to the Daves for inviting me to contribute to the PEA Soup community! One major focus of my past and current research is […] Read More
The Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline […] Read More
“Trolley Follies” by Kerah Gordon-Solmon is the winner of the July Normative Ethics Prize! Congratuations! Second prize is split between Travis Timmerman’s “A Dilemmas for […] Read More
For PEA Soup: “You’re So Smug, I’ll Bet You Don’t Care This Post is About You” There is something distinctively infuriating about a kind of […] Read More
Here’s a variation on the classic trolley problem that I haven’t seen before: Five innocent people are trapped in the path of an oncoming trolley. […] Read More
“Philosophical Examples: The Stark and the Dense,” guest post by Vida Yao for Normative Ethics July.
Philosophical Examples: The Stark and the Dense by Vida Yao In “The Women of Trachis: Fictions, Pessimism, and Ethics,” Bernard Williams draws a distinction between […] Read More