I thought I might direct people’s attention to Brian Weatherson’s blog, Thoughts, Arguments and Rants, where the journal Philosophy Compass is trying out a new […] Read More
Category: Discussions
In the comments on Jussi’s thread, a side discussion developed about Mill’s theory of value. Dale Dorsey indicated that he has concluded that Mill is […] Read More
Some thought-experiments just grab you and so you think about them for months. Here’s one that I’ve been pondering about for awhile now. It’s from […] Read More
I’m interested in when it’s legitimate to request that a journal reconsider a manuscript that it has rejected. In particular, I’d be curious when it’s […] Read More
The following argument was inspired by the excellent work of two fellow PEA Brains: David Sobel’s “The Impotence of the Demandingness Objection” and Dale Dorsey’s […] Read More
It’s fairly common to talk about welfare in three categories: hedonism, desire satisfaction, and objectivism (where this includes views like perfectionism and the objective list […] Read More
Many philosophers think that whenever we are motivated to act, our motivation always involves a belief. E.g. according to the version of the Humean Theory […] Read More
Anyone interested in metaethics should take a look at Antti Kauppinen’s brilliant slideshows at the University of St Andrews. They can be accessed from the […] Read More
Some philosophers opposed to consequentialism think that one of the basic mistakes that consequentialists make is to think that all value is located in states […] Read More