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Normative Ethics July July 29, 2019July 29, 2019

“You’re So Smug, I’ll Bet You Don’t Care This Post is About You,” Guest Post by Grant Rozeboom for Normative Ethics July

For PEA Soup: “You’re So Smug, I’ll Bet You Don’t Care This Post is About You” There is something distinctively infuriating about a kind of […] Read More

Normative Ethics July July 24, 2019July 24, 2019

“Trolley Follies,” Guest Post by Kerah Gordon-Solmon for Normative Ethics July

Here’s a variation on the classic trolley problem that I haven’t seen before: Five innocent people are trapped in the path of an oncoming trolley. […] Read More

Normative Ethics July July 20, 2019July 15, 2019

“Philosophical Examples: The Stark and the Dense,” guest post by Vida Yao for Normative Ethics July.

Philosophical Examples: The Stark and the Dense by Vida Yao In “The Women of Trachis: Fictions, Pessimism, and Ethics,” Bernard Williams draws a distinction between […] Read More

Normative Ethics July July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

“Options without Constraints,” guest post by Richard Yetter Chappell for Normative Ethics July

Options Without Constraints Richard Yetter Chappell The paradox of deontology counsels against including constraints in our fundamental moral theory. Consequentialists are generally suspicious of the associated asymmetries, […] Read More

Announcements, Normative Ethics July 13, 2019

Program for Workshop in Normative Ethics (WiNE) is Now Out

Here. Looks tasty. Notes of wildflower, woods, and cheshire, with a full-bodied Australian finish (alongside two actual Finnishers).

Happiness, Value Theory July 12, 2019

The quality of pains

Chap. 2 of J. S. Mill’s Utilitarianism is widely interpreted as defending qualitative hedonism, as a view about the nature of personal well-being. On views of […] Read More

Normative Ethics, Normative Ethics July July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

“Doing the Wrong Thing for the Right Reasons,” (Guest Post by Mitchell-Yellin for Normative Ethics July)

It is Normative Ethics Month at PEA Soup. Today’s post is by Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin (Sam Houston State University). Take it away Benjamin: Doing the Wrong […] Read More

Normative Ethics July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

“A Dilemma for Effective Altruism,” Guest Post by Travis Timmerman for Normative Ethics July

A Dilemma for Effective Altruism This post focuses on an underappreciated debate in normative ethics, viz. the actualism/possibilism (A/P) debate and a problem that I […] Read More

Normative Ethics, Normative Ethics July June 21, 2019June 21, 2019

Last call for submissions to “Normative Ethics July” at Soup

July’s Quarterly Topic at PEA Soup is Normative Ethics. We invite you to submit posts of no more than 1000 words on any topic in […] Read More