A recently influential idea in the philosophy of normativity is reasons primitivism. Reasons primitivists hold that we can give no account of what it is for some consideration to be a (normative) reason. At most we can say that reasons are considerations that count in […] Read More
The first annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy will take place in Tucson, Arizona, October 17-19, 2013. The web page for the conference (with travel and hotel information and so much more) can be found here: http://oxfordstudies.arizona.edu/ Keynote Speakers: Charles Larmore (Brown) Philip […] Read More
The Character Project (www.thecharacterproject.com) is happy to formally announce the winners of our Essay and Book Prize Competition. In philosophy the winners included Tom Hurka and Iskra Fileva. Please be sure to congratulate them! A ‘Good Character’ summer reading list
2013 Workshop Program below the fold.
It’s an unexpected honor to be included in this series along with greats like Tom Hurka, Tim Scanlon, Sally Haslanger, Elizabeth Anderson, Nomy Arpaly, and David Enoch, so let me start by thanking Dale and the Daves for including me. This summer, between moving house […] Read More
Hi Soupers, I'm thrilled to introduce our next featured philosopher, Mark Schroeder! You all know Mark for his groundbreaking books Being For and Slaves of the Passions, as well as a a number of significant articles in metaethics and thereabouts. Since Mark already has his PEA Soup bona […] Read More
We are pleased to announce our next Ethics discussion on Chike Jeffers’s new article, “The Cultural Theory of Race: Yet Another Look at Du Bois’s ‘The Conservation of Races.” Jeffers is an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. The article is available open access here. Tommie Shelby, professor of […] Read More
If you are a contributor whose first name starts with "K" or "L," it's your special month, and we encourage you to post something. Check the calendar of events to make sure you won't be posting on top of some other planned event. Remember, we […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that our next Ethics discussion will be on Chike Jeffers's new article, "The Cultural Theory of Race: Yet Another Look at Du Bois's 'The Conservation of Races." The article has already been made open access here. Tommie Shelby, professor of African and […] Read More