One objection to Humean views about motivation, and to the 'Standard Model' of intention on which intentions are complexes of desire and belief, is that […] Read More
Category: Discussions
Brian Leiter has posted a short essay developing a Nietzschean argument for moral scepticism on the web site of the National Humanities Center On the […] Read More
I'm reading Wedgwood's discussion of Normative Judgement Internalism (NJI), which has prompted me to think the following: Philosophers often refer to all-things-considered judgments about what […] Read More
Inspired a bit by Ralph's post critiquing Kant's view of unconditioned or fundamental goods, I've been investigating why Kant arrives at his (in my opinion) […] Read More
At the end of this month, I am due to respond to Brian Leiter's essay "Moral Skepticism and Moral Disagreement in Nietzsche", on the National […] Read More
As most of you know, Daniel Star and Stephen Kearns have recently made an interesting, original proposal of what reasons are generally speaking (see, for […] Read More
Nathan Nobis writes: I have created a survey to try to identify which topics are most commonly addressed in introductory ethics courses that have a […] Read More
Moral epistemology is an area of metaethics that I feel most uneasy about. I’ve done the least research in this area, and I’m never quite […] Read More
In a couple of conversations that I’ve had recently, I’ve been surprised to find that several moral philosophers believe that when we are morally obliged […] Read More