Welfare Egalitarianism (hereafter, Egalitarianism) is the view that it is intrinsically good for people to be equally well off. Or more generally: it is intrinsically […] Read More
Category: Discussions
Many philosophers want to use desires to account for rationality, reasons, well-being, and so on. Few of them use actual desires in this project. This […] Read More
I have a question regarding Buck-Passing about good — two questions, really — and Doug kindly gave me guest poster status so I could ask […] Read More
As reported by Leiter HERE , our fellow Pea-Souper David Sobel has accepted an offer from University from Nebraska, Lincoln to become a ‘Chambers Professor […] Read More
Many philosophers today are pursuing a program according to which the notion of a “normative reason” is the most fundamental normative notion. Thus, these philosophers […] Read More
I’m unsuccesfully trying to have a break from blogging to get some work done. I cannot resist the temptation to advertise a book review of […] Read More
Check out this interview on MSNBC with Psychiatrist Dr. Donald E. Rosen, conducted by MSNBC health editor Jane Weaver. I’m breaking it down FJM-style.
In her very good article in the latest Ethics (117, Oct. ’06), “Kantian Rigorism and Mitigating Circumstances,” Tamar Schapiro brings to light a problem with […] Read More
Over at Leiter Reports, there’s an interesting discussion of the lack of venues for publishing discussion notes — see here. The problem is that few […] Read More