Agency and Responsibility – Page 6

Ideas, Moral Responsibility November 7, 2016

Should We Let Trump Off the Hook?

Donald Trump loves himself. And while professional psychologists and psychiatrists cannot ethically diagnose him, many have made it quite clear that they think Trump has […] Read More

Ideas, Metaethics, Moral Responsibility, Practical reasons September 24, 2016September 24, 2016

Cruel Jokes & Insult Comics

I’ve been interested recently in the ways in which norms from some domains impinge on norms from other domains. To that end, I’ve been writing […] Read More

Action Theory (Philosophy of Action), Ideas, Moral Responsibility September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

Over-Incarceration, Charge-Stacking, and Mens Rea

There has come to be some consensus amongst political scientists and legal theorists that a major source of over-incarceration in the United States is (mostly […] Read More

Ideas, Moral Responsibility, Normative Ethics May 30, 2016September 8, 2016

Wrong Acts

I suspect I’ve just wandered into a longstanding dispute, but I’m curious what people think about the nature of wrong acts, and in particular about […] Read More

Action Theory (Philosophy of Action), Metaethics, News and Events, Practical Rationality March 21, 2016August 7, 2023

Conference: Practical Reason and Metaethics April 21-23

John Brunero and I are running a conference on Practical Reason and Metaethics, here in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 21st to 23rd. Speakers include Michael […] Read More