One of the great works of recent moral philosophy is Don Regan’s Utilitarianism and Co-operation (New York: OUP, 1980). Although the theory that Regan argues […] Read More
Category: Discussions
This is merely a request for information. I know that there are lots and lots of applied ethics journals covering bioethics, health care ethics, global ethics, environmental […] Read More
Brian Weatherson has posted a new paper in which he argues against "moral hedging" — roughly, refraining from A-ing on the grounds that there's a […] Read More
MOVED TO THE FRONT 8/1 UPDATE: Gauthier has responded to the second round of questions. Thanks, everyone, for a great discussion! We are pleased […] Read More
I am pleased to announce the official launch of Philosophical Trajectories, a data-collection project dedicated to helping philosophers learn from each other's publishing experiences. Many […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that our next Ethics discussion will be on David Gauthier's new article, "Twenty-Five On." The article has been made open […] Read More
I communcate with lots of academics regularly, as I'm sure most readers of this blog do. This is not surprising. But what I do find […] Read More
I am starting a new project to help philosophers share and learn from each other's publishing experiences. The project combines some of the goals of […] Read More
A recently influential idea in the philosophy of normativity is reasons primitivism. Reasons primitivists hold that we can give no account of what it is […] Read More