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Category: Moral Psychology

Character, Ideas, Moral Psychology, Moral Responsibility Posted onJanuary 23, 2017January 23, 2017

Contempt and the Objective Stance

In an interesting piece in the NYT’s The Stone this morning, Karen Stohr (Georgetown) discussed the nature of contempt as it pertains to Trump and […] Read More

Ideas, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Value Theory Posted onDecember 28, 2016

Madame Bovary’s Predicament

In this little exercise in analytic existentialism, I’m going to contrast two kinds of stories we can live through, and suggest that the transition from […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Experimental Philosophy, Ideas, Moral Psychology Posted onNovember 15, 2016August 18, 2017

What Does it Mean to ‘Normalize’ Trump?

With Donald Trump now president-elect, many people are concerned that something truly precious and fundamental is under threat. Though Americans disagree about many things, we […] Read More

Discussions, Ethics Discussions, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Practical Rationality Posted onOctober 27, 2016June 19, 2023

Abe Roth: “Intention, Expectation, and Promissory Obligation”. Précis by Sarah Stroud

Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Abe Roth‘s “Intention, Expectation, and Promissory Obligation.” The paper is published in the […] Read More

Moral Psychology, News and Events Posted onSeptember 7, 2016August 7, 2023

Intuitive Expertise — X-Phi Results

Over at the X-Phi Blog.

Experimental Philosophy, Ideas Posted onAugust 21, 2016September 8, 2016

What does the experimental evidence actually say about the stability of moral intuitions?

Suppose you are sitting at your desk, reflecting on a moral question. Now suppose that as you are reflecting on this question, you happen to be […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Character, Ideas, Virtue Posted onJuly 17, 2016September 8, 2016

The Morality of Library Fines

My local library fines its patrons ten cents per overdue book per day. They will let you continue to borrow books as long as your […] Read More

Experimental Philosophy, News and Events Posted onMarch 13, 2016August 7, 2023

Experiment on Moral Decisions

(From Joachim Horvath) Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to an online experiment on moral decisions. In the experiment, you will be asked to […] Read More

Call For Papers, Metaethics, Moral Psychology, News and Events, Practical Rationality Posted onOctober 23, 2015August 7, 2023

Conference/CFP: Practical Reason and Metaethics

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln is hosting a conference on Practical Reason and Metaethics to be held April 22-23, […] Read More

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