This is the final call for abstracts for the next St. Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality, sponsored by UMSL and Washington University. Many PEA Soupers have participated the past three years. May 19 – 21, 2013Moonrise Hotel in St Louis, MO Keynote Speaker:Michael Smith […] Read More
I've recently reviewed manuscripts for two interdisciplinary journals, journals in which philosophers can and do publish but in which articles by philosophers would be in the minority. I later surmised that the manuscripts I reviewed were not written by philosophers. Both had features that struck […] Read More
The Character Project at Wake Forest University is very excited to announce the winners of our philosophy and theology of character competitions. 8 winning projects have been selected in each competition, and nearly $1 million in funding will be awarded to support this research. Details […] Read More
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This is a call for abstracts for the second biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR), to be held in New Orleans, LA at the Intercontinental Hotel on November 7-9, 2013. Abstracts are welcome on any topic having to do with agency and/or […] Read More
We are pleased to present the latest installment of Ethics at PEA Soup, in which we host a discussion of one article from each issue of Ethics. The article selected from Volume 123, issue 1, is Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer's "The Objectivity of […] Read More
We are pleased to announce the next installment of Ethics discussions at PEA Soup, which will feature an article by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer, "The Objectivity of Ethics and the Unity of Practical Reason" (Ethics, volume 123, issue 1). We are also very […] Read More
In his latest book, The Ends of Harm (OUP 2011), our own Victor Tadros advances a fascinating theory of punishment, which is articulated in Chapter 12, made available by OUP here. Discussion of the chapter kicks off today with a critical precis by another of […] Read More
A friend sent me a link to a New Yorker piece–link below–that pointed out that the self-driving cars that Google is developing will sometimes have to make "moral" decisions. The author, Gary Marcus, provides this example: "Your car is speeding along a bridge at fifty […] Read More