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PEA Soup

A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia

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.
Normative Ethics July Posted onJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019

“Options without Constraints,” guest post by Richard Yetter Chappell for Normative Ethics July

Options Without Constraints Richard Yetter Chappell The paradox of deontology counsels against including constraints in our fundamental moral theory. Consequentialists are generally suspicious of the associated asymmetries, […] Read More

Normative Ethics, Normative Ethics July Posted onJuly 10, 2019July 10, 2019

“Doing the Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons,” (Guest Post by Mitchell-Yellin for Normative Ethics July)

It is Normative Ethics Month at PEA Soup. Today’s post is by Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin (Sam Houston State University). Take it away Benjamin: Doing the Wrong […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onJuly 1, 2019July 1, 2019

“A Dilemma for Effective Altruism,” Guest Post by Travis Timmerman for Normative Ethics July

A Dilemma for Effective Altruism This post focuses on an underappreciated debate in normative ethics, viz. the actualism/possibilism (A/P) debate and a problem that I […] Read More

Academia Posted onJune 29, 2019June 29, 2019

A Question for Journals: How Hard Would it be to allow Audio Recordings of Philosophy Papers

I have been wondering how difficult it would be for journals to permit authors to make an audio recording of their papers and allow that […] Read More

The Profession Posted onJune 23, 2019June 23, 2019

Kristina Gehrman’s Reflections in the Wake of the Searle Case

Kristina Gehrman (Tennessee, Knoxville), who was a public figure in the case against Searle, offers some reflections. Here now is Kristina: I want to share […] Read More

Normative Ethics, Normative Ethics July Posted onJune 21, 2019June 21, 2019

Last call for submissions to “Normative Ethics July” at Soup

July’s Quarterly Topic at PEA Soup is Normative Ethics. We invite you to submit posts of no more than 1000 words on any topic in […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics Posted onJune 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Consequentialism’s Theme Song?

On the occasion of the death of Dr. John I propose that his “Make a Better World to Live In” become the official theme song […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onJune 5, 2019

Reminder: July is Normative Ethics Month at Soup!

We are pleased to remind you about the next PEA Soup Quarterly Topic (with Awards)!! Every third month, from here on out, we will invite […] Read More

Political Philosophy Posted onMay 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy

The conference web page has migrated to here. The full schedule is now available. It is also now possible to register for the conference, which […] Read More

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