In Nature, psychologist Paul Bloom has published a short rejoinder to 'social intuitionist' claims that rational deliberation has no role in shaping our moral convictions. […] Read More
Author: Michael Cholbi
Inspired a bit by Ralph's post critiquing Kant's view of unconditioned or fundamental goods, I've been investigating why Kant arrives at his (in my opinion) […] Read More
I've recently been advising a student who is trying to gain admission to philosophy grad school. One of the programs to which he has applied […] Read More
Saul Smilansky's 10 Moral Paradoxes is a delightful book. The paradoxes are easy to appreciate and though it's written in a light and accessible style, […] Read More
CALL FOR PAPERSPOLITICAL REALISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVEPACIFIC DIVISION MEETING OF THE APAMARCH 31 – APRIL 4, 2010SAN FRANCISCO, CA The International Society for the Comparative […] Read More
Those in New England and the Northeast may want to drop in on the conference that Boston University is holding September 25-26. The topic is […] Read More
Coming to exist is always a harm. Or so argues David Benatar in his provocative book, Better Never to Have Been.A central pillar of Benatar's […] Read More
In my recent thinking about the ethics of suicide, I've been compelled to confront a methodological issue in practical ethics that I'd not really given […] Read More
UPDATE, June 26, 2009: Anyone interested in how I ended up developing this argument should check out the paper just published in PPR. One of […] Read More