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Metaethics Posted onFebruary 15, 2009

G. E. Moore and his young godson

There’s a story that I heard from my father many years ago, which I’m tempted to share with PEA Soupers. G. E. Moore was a Cambridge […] Read More

The Profession Posted onFebruary 14, 2009

Parsing the journal decision letter

Since we've had a lot of good discussions in the past at PEA Soup about journals' editorial practices, I thought I'd draw everyone's attention to […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 13, 2009

Supererogation and Imperfect Duties

Suppose that S has the following imperfect duty: an imperfect duty to perform at least one of x, y, and z (where these are three […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 9, 2009

Constraints: Agent-Focused or Victim-Focused – Part II

As I noted in an earlier post, there are at least two competing rationales for constraints: the victim-focused rationale (VFR) and the agent-focused rationale (AFR). […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 8, 2009

What’s Your Intuition – Part III

Please consider the following three cases and then take the following poll: Case A (‘A’ for Abe): Abe poisons his son, Larry. The poison causes […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 5, 2009

Constraints: Agent-Focused or Victim-Focused

Let A1-A6 stand for six distinct agents. Let V1-V6 stand for six distinct potential victims. Let T1-T6 stand for six distinct and successive times. And […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 4, 2009

What’s your intuition? — Part II

Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic, and Jones has zero doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives […] Read More

Normative Ethics Posted onFebruary 3, 2009

What’s your intuition?

Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives Tom a double-dose of anesthetic right before […] Read More

Metaethics, Moral Psychology Posted onJanuary 30, 2009

Expressivism and Moral Certitude

I’ve been reading Krister Bykvist’s and Jonas Olson’s wonderful paper entitled ‘Expressivism and Moral Certitude’ (HERE). Krister and Jonas argue that ecumenical forms of expressivism […] Read More

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