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PEA Soup

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Category: Ideas

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Applied Ethics, Ideas, Public Philosophy, The Real World Posted onMay 10, 2022

When Roe Falls (Guest Post by Alec Walen)

The discussion in the media in the wake of the leaked draft opinion making it plain that Roe v. Wade will fall has focused on […] Read More

Ideas Posted onMay 5, 2021May 11, 2021

Slacker Shoemaker!

After a mere 17 years at the helm at Soup, Dave “Slacker” Shoemaker is taking a month off—probably because he thinks he is a big […] Read More

Ideas, Normative Ethics Posted onOctober 11, 2020October 11, 2020

On “Wishing Someone Dead”

This is a post on moral philosophy, not politics. In a recent op-ed for the Stone at the New York Times, Sasha Mudd argues that […] Read More

Action Theory (Philosophy of Action), Discussions, Ideas, Practical Rationality Posted onOctober 10, 2020

An argument for holism about practical rationality

What fundamentally exemplifies the property of practical rationality? According to atomism, it is fundamentally each particular intention that an agent might have at a time […] Read More

Applied Ethics, Discussions, Ideas Posted onAugust 28, 2020August 27, 2020

Virtuous Vegetarian or Opportunistic Omnivore? (Guest Post by Eyal Aharoni)

Dear Virtuous Vegetarian, I heard you forgot to pack a lunch today. I just bought a chicken sandwich, but something came up, and I will […] Read More

Discussions, Ideas, The Real World Posted onJune 1, 2020May 29, 2020

A Philosophical Conversation on COVID-19: with Alec Walen, Sophia Moreau, and Christian Barry

  To set the stage for our discussion, we start with this assumption: unless a society has completely eradicated the COVID-19 virus in its borders, […] Read More

Announcements, Discussions, Ideas, The Real World Posted onMay 24, 2020

Coming Up on PEA Soup, June 1-2: A Philosophical Conversation on COVID-19 with Alec Walen, Sophia Moreau, and Christian Barry

A sneak peak: “… [W]e start with this assumption: unless a society has completely eradicated the COVID-19 virus in its borders, any decision to re-open […] Read More

Ideas, The Profession, The Real World, Web/Tech Posted onMay 22, 2020May 22, 2020

A New Model for Dept Talks During a Pandemic?

I assume that many philosophy departments will be having their department talks in the fall take place via Zoom. If so, that raises some questions […] Read More

Discussions, Ideas, Normative Ethics Posted onNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Weighing Aggregative and Non-aggregative Considerations

In a famous passage in What We Owe to Each Other, T.M. Scanlon introduced a case where we have to choose between saving one person […] Read More

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