This post was written by Nomy Arpaly: I’ll never forget the old guy who asked me, at an APA interview: “suppose I wanted to slap […] Read More
Category: Ideas
Explorations in ethics.
John Taurek (1977) argued that in conflict situations–situations in which we can save some people only by failing to save some others–the numbers don’t count–i.e., […] Read More
This post was sent to me by Olufemi O. Taiwo and is signed by #TheUndercommons (UCLA). Stop me if you’ve heard this one. An […] Read More
This post was inspired by a story in the WaPo, the relevant detail of which is that, due to the economic hardship in Greece, some […] Read More
Some philosophers – let’s call them “teleologists” – believe that there is an intimate connection between deontic terms like ‘required’, ‘ought’, and ‘permissible’, on the one hand, […] Read More
Actualism, as I understand it, is the view according to which in determining what it is permissible to do at a time, t, one should […] Read More
It is my pleasure to introduce our next Featured Philosopher, John Deigh. John is a Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Texas, […] Read More
I am pleased to introduce the next PEA Soup Featured Philosopher, Miranda Fricker. Profesor Fricker is currently the Director of the Mind Association, the author […] Read More
Imagine a world where, instead of journals there are assessment houses. You send your paper to an assessment house of your choosing, just as you […] Read More