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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

Political Philosophy, PPE Discussions Posted onFebruary 20, 2020June 26, 2023

Maxime Lepoutre: “Rage Inside the Machine: Defending the Place of Anger in Democratic Speech”. Précis by Krisanna Scheiter

and I welcome you to the discussion of Maxime Lepoutre’s “Rage inside the machine: Defending the place of anger in democratic speech.” To kick off […] Read More

Political Philosophy, Political Philosophy January Posted onJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Politicizing moral responsibility (by Michelle Ciurria for Political Philosophy Month)

Politicizing moral responsibility Michelle Ciurria University of Missouri-St. Louis Introduction Questions about moral responsibility are generally thought to belong to the domain of metaphysics or […] 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, Moral Psychology, Moral Responsibility Posted onJanuary 24, 2020June 26, 2023

Krista K. Thomason: ‘Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life’. Review by Jordan MacKenzie

Welcome to our Ethics review forum on Krista K. Thomason’s Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life (OUP), reviewed by Jordan MacKenzie. From the book abstract: […] Read More

Ethics Discussions, Philosophy of Law Posted onJanuary 22, 2020June 19, 2023

Marcello Di Bello and Collin O’Neill: “Profile Evidence, Fairness, and the Risks of Mistaken Convictions”. Précis by David Wasserman

Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Marcello Di Bello and Collin O’Neill’s “Profile Evidence, Fairness, and the […] Read More

Applied Ethics Posted onJanuary 21, 2020

Conversations from Beyond the Grave? The Ethics of Chat-bots of the Dead

If your loved one dies, would it be prudentially or ethically good or bad to have a chat-bot replica of them created for you to […] Read More

Political Philosophy, Political Philosophy January Posted onJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020

What Should Egalitarians Care About? (by Anca Gheaus for Political Philosophy Month)

Should egalitarians care about fair equality of opportunity in unjust societies? Almost everybody believes in equal opportunities (EO), that is, in a meritocratic allocation of […] Read More

Announcements, The Profession Posted onJanuary 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Deadline extended for Athena in Action

The deadline to apply to the Athena in Action event at Cornell, June 16-19, 2020 has been extended until January 27th. “Athena in Action:  A Networking […] Read More

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