The marginal cases argument (MCA) has been used very effectively in defense of the direct moral standing of sentient non-humans. Any being that has direct […] Read More
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There will be a conference on practical reason in Bowling Green April 7-9. Featured speakers are: Michael Bratman, Stephen Darwall, James Dreier, Elijah Millgram, Peter […] Read More
Studies in the History of Ethics, a web-based, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high quality research and reviews in the history of ethics, announces a […] Read More
A useful technique in thinking about a philosophical issue is to try to identify what we "pre-theoretically" believe about the subject at hand and see […] Read More
According to Ethical Response-Dependent Realism (ERDR), moral properties are response-dependent: for something to instantiate a moral property is for it to be disposed to elicit […] Read More
We’ve had past discussions here at PEA Soup about agenda-setting books in ethics and important articles. But like most of you, I’m overwhelmed by the […] Read More
Pea Soup’s own Ben Bradley recently had his paper, "Against Satisficing Consequentialism" win the 2005 Dartmouth ISUS (International Society for Utilitarian Studies) Conference paper prize. […] Read More
Does it make sense to say that someone would have been better off, had he never been born? Jim was born with a disease that […] Read More
We frequently say: “he has a good life” and use this expression (pace: Shelly Kagan) interchangeably with “he is well-off”. When someone is doing poorly, […] Read More