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Category: Normative Ethics

Ethics Discussions, Journal Discussions, Normative Ethics Posted onAugust 6, 2020June 26, 2023

Joe Horton: “Aggregation, Risk, and Reductio”. Précis by Johann Frick

Welcome to our highly anticipated discussion of Joe Horton‘s “Aggregation, Risk, and Reductio.” The paper is published in the most recent issue of Ethics; you can […] Read More

Announcements, Normative Ethics Posted onJuly 13, 2020

Full-Bodied WiNE Program Now Out

Here. Talks by McGrath, Hurley, Schroeder, Portmore, Dillon, Dreier, Wedgwood, and more!

Ethics Discussions, Journal Discussions, Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy January Posted onMay 25, 2020June 26, 2023

Gerard Vong: “Weighing up Weighted Lotteries”. Précis by Nate Sharadin

Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Gerard Vong‘s “Weighing up Weighted Lotteries: Scarcity, Overlap Cases, and Fair […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 27, 2020

Preferring Side Constraints and the Paradox of Deontology

Setiya argues that moral side-constraints (e.g. against killing as a means) are best understood as agent-neutral: “In general, when you should not cause harm to […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Cross-Cultural Normative Philosophy, Normative Ethics Posted onJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Conversations from Beyond the Grave? The Ethics of Chatbots of the Dead

We’re delighted to kick off the discussion of Alexis Elder’s article, “Conversations from Beyond the Grave? A Neo-Confucian Ethics of Chatbots of the Dead.” We […] Read More

Book Review Forums, Ethics Book Reviews, Metaethics, Normative Ethics Posted onNovember 21, 2019June 26, 2023

Ethics Review Forum: Smith’s ‘Making Morality Work’, reviewed by Sepielli

Welcome to our Ethics review forum on Holly Smith‘s Making Morality Work (OUP 2018), reviewed by Andrew Sepielli. The book abstract: Moral theories can play both […] Read More

Discussions, Ideas, Normative Ethics Posted onNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Weighing Aggregative and Non-aggregative Considerations

In a famous passage in What We Owe to Each Other, T.M. Scanlon introduced a case where we have to choose between saving one person […] Read More

Academia, Book Review Forums, Normative Ethics Posted onNovember 15, 2019November 14, 2019

Morton: Moving Up without Losing Your Way

Welcome to our book forum on Jennifer Morton‘s new book Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility. Below is a brief introduction to […] Read More

Cross-Cultural Normative Philosophy, Normative Ethics Posted onSeptember 18, 2019

Kim on Mencius and the Pollyanna Problem

Critical Précis of “Human Nature and Moral Sprouts: Mencius on the Pollyanna Problem” by Richard T. Kim by John Hacker-Wright It is a pleasure to […] Read More

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