Whenever I have had a major life decision to make, it has always struck me as of central – indeed, definitive – importance to think […] Read More
Author: Mark Schroeder
I am Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. My research covers normative ethics, metaethics, practical reason, and the history of ethics, as well as topics in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophical logic.
It’s an unexpected honor to be included in this series along with greats like Tom Hurka, Tim Scanlon, Sally Haslanger, Elizabeth Anderson, Nomy Arpaly, and […] Read More
As many of you know, for approximately the last four years the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy has been publishing shorter discussion notes. Starting […] Read More
CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Reasons of Love
International Conference
Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
30 May-1 June 2011
The distinction between the 'right' and 'wrong' kind of reasons is taken to play at least three important roles: 'right' kind but not 'wrong' kinds […] Read More
According to some (but not all) ‘hybrid’ metaethical theories, moral sentences like ‘stealing is wrong’ express both beliefs and desires, but different beliefs for different […] Read More
Derek Parfit has recently circulated an argument against what he calls Non-Analytical Naturalism, which he understands as the thesis that normative truths are reducible to […] Read More
I wanted to follow up on Jimmy Lenman’s suggestion in a recent discussion thread that there is something harder for expressivists about accounting for negation […] Read More