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Practical Rationality Posted onFebruary 26, 2014

The Self-Torturer and Instrumental Rationality

Warren Quinn’s puzzle of the self-torturer is supposed to show that cyclic preferences can be rational, and that, in cases where they are, rationality can […] Read More

Discussions Posted onFebruary 20, 2014

Ethics Discussions at PEA Soup: Jaworska & Tannenbaum’s “Person-Rearing Relationships as a Key to Higher Moral Status,” with critical précis by Margaret Little and Jake Earl

Welcome to our newest Ethics discussion, on Agnieszka Jaworska & Julie Tannenbaum's "Person-Rearing Relationships as a Key to Higher Moral Status"! The paper has been […] Read More

Metaethics Posted onFebruary 19, 2014

From Ought to Is

Dear Soupers, Do you enjoy puzzles? Yeah? Well then, let me share one with you.  John Basl (Northeastern University) and I have had some fruitful […] Read More

Discussions Posted onFebruary 18, 2014

Reminder: Ethics discussions at PEA soup – Jaworska & Tannenbaum on moral status

This is just a reminder that our next Ethics discussion, on Agnieszka Jaworska & Julie Tannenbaum's "Person-Rearing Relationships as a Key to Higher Moral Status," […] Read More

Applied Ethics Posted onFebruary 12, 2014

A worry regarding the necessity of defensive force

I've got, well, a worry regarding the "necessity" requirement on the legitimacy of self- or other-defensive force. I don't really work on this stuff, so […] Read More

Academia, News and Events, The Profession Posted onJanuary 26, 2014

CFP: A Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy

Call for Submissions A Networking and Mentoring Workshop 
for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy www.princeton.edu/~mentorship Co-Directors: Elisabeth Camp, Elizabeth Harman, and Jill North Female PhD […] Read More

Discussions Posted onJanuary 25, 2014

Upcoming Ethics Discussion at PEA Soup

We are very pleased to announce that our next discussion of an Ethics paper will be on Agnieszka Jaworska & Julie Tannenbaum's "Person-Rearing Relationships as […] Read More

Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Value Theory Posted onJanuary 4, 2014

Why Afterlifism Isn’t a Ponzi Scheme

Samuel Scheffler’s original and provocative Tanner lectures, now published as Death and the Afterlife (OUP 2013), have already stirred discussion about the importance of humanity’s […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics Posted onDecember 16, 2013

Politics Philosophy & Economics Discussions at PEA Soup: AJ Julius’s ‘The Possibility of Exchange’ with précis by Victor Tadros

We are pleased to present our first Politics Philosophy & Economics discussion of AJ Julius's paper 'The Possibility of Exchange'.  Julius's paper is available on […] Read More

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