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PEA Soup

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Category: Normative Ethics

Ideas, Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Practical reasons, Reasons and rationality Posted onMay 23, 2017

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Much is made these days of ideological bubbles and commitment cocoons (OK, I made up that one), in which people stick to their beliefs regardless of any […] Read More

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Discussions, Normative Ethics, P&PA Discussions, Value Theory Posted onApril 7, 2017June 23, 2023

Theron Pummer: “Whether and Where to Give”. Précis by Johann Frick

Welcome to what we expect to be an engaging and productive discussion of Theron Pummer‘s “Whether and Where to Give.” The paper appears in the Winter 2016 […] Read More

Discussions, JMP Discussions, Normative Ethics Posted onMarch 13, 2017June 21, 2023

Molly Gardner: “On the Strength of the Reason Against Harming”. Précis by Fiona Woollard

Welcome to what will surely be an incredibly interesting and productive discussion of Molly Gardner‘s excellent paper “On the Strength of the Reason Against Harming.” This paper […] Read More

Action Theory (Philosophy of Action), Ideas, Metaethics, Practical Rationality, Practical reasons, Reasons and rationality, Value Theory Posted onMarch 8, 2017March 8, 2017

Decisive Reasons and Rational Supererogation

I have a roughly formulated and half-baked inquiry: Suppose that rationality endorses maximizing utility, but there is room for rational supererogation, and so it is […] Read More

Ideas, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Reasons and rationality Posted onMarch 7, 2017March 7, 2017

Can psychopaths make judgments of worth?

There’s a longstanding dispute about whether psychopaths are morally responsible. For our purposes, just stipulate that psychopaths are blind to moral reasons, that is, they […] Read More

Normative Ethics, Uncategorized Posted onMarch 2, 2017March 2, 2017

Favorite papers on: Perfectionism or Neo-Aristotealian Ethics

Hoping folks will share with the group their favorite papers on the topic of Perfectionism or Neo-Aristotelian Ethics. Perhaps people might add what level they […] Read More

Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Uncategorized Posted onFebruary 25, 2017

Favorite readings on: Subjectivism

Hoping folks will share with the group their favorite papers on the topic of subjectivism. Perhaps people might add what level they think the paper […] Read More

Favorite Papers, Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 21, 2017February 23, 2017

Favorite papers on: Kantian Ethics

Hoping folks will share with the group their favorite papers on the topic of Kantian ethics. Perhaps people might add what level they think the […] Read More

Ethics Discussions, Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 12, 2017June 19, 2023

Cheshire Calhoun: “On Being Content with Imperfection”. Précis by Glen Pettigrove

Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Cheshire Calhoun’s “On Being Content with Imperfection.” The article was published in the […] Read More

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