Supererogatory actions are those which are (1) morally meritorious or praiseworthy, but (2) not the fulfillment of a moral obligation or duty. I was having […] Read More
Category: Discussions
It is not rare to see groups of enraged people engaged in destructive behavior when you turn on the news these days. Such behavior is […] Read More
This post will be difficult to write as I’ll have to reign in my frustrations (I was thinking of calling this ‘Must Do Better’ or […] Read More
Hi everyone, and a special wave to our new member Mark Timmons! When graduate students ask me about publishing, I often suggest they start by […] Read More
Join us to discuss Peter Railton's new Ethics article, "The Affective Dog and Its Rational Tale: Intuition and Attunement"! The article is available open access […] Read More
I'm really enjoying Scanlon's new book "Being Realistic About Reasons" (all citations below to this book), but I'm stumbling on the part about pure normative […] Read More
Just a quick reminder that our next Ethics discussion, on Peter Railton's "The Affective Dog and Its Rational Tale: Intuition and Attunement," takes place on August […] Read More
Happy Bastille Day! One more post for N and M month. Some Kantians make a lot of the fact that often, when we are being […] Read More
I was asked to post the following call for papers for a climate change ethics conference that looks very interesting. This is a workshop in […] Read More