Here is the second of the two threads, on Jonathan Way's "Transmission and the Wrong Kind of Reason." Critical precis begins below the fold.
Category: Discussions
We are pleased to provide the first of two threads discussing the recent articles in Ethics on various kinds of reasons (right, wrong, state-given, object-given). […] Read More
I am currently working on a manuscript in which sophisticated consequentialism (SC) plays a role, and I want to make sure I characterize the view […] Read More
Moore, of course, thought that intrinsic value is the central evaluative property. Admittedly, specifying what counts as an intrinsic property is an interesting and difficult […] Read More
Three and a half years ago I had the pleasure of doing a guest post here on PEA Soup. I'm still working on the same […] Read More
THIS POST IS BY DOUG PORTMORE, NOT DAVID SOBEL. We haven’t had a post on professional issues lately, but I hope that readers won’t mind […] Read More
Philosophers have long debated the nature of happiness, with some saying that happiness is just a certain kind of psychological state and others claiming that […] Read More
On September 6-8, 2012, Purdue University will host an interdisciplinary conference entitled "Challenges to Religious and Moral Belief: Disagreement and Evolution". The conference will focus […] Read More
Over at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog, we're running a symposium this week on the topic of "Libertarianism and Land," featuring essays by Eric Mack, […] Read More