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Moore, of course, thought that intrinsic value is the central evaluative property. Admittedly, specifying what counts as an intrinsic property is an interesting and difficult question in itself. Let me offer just a quick sketch. On this proposal, whether an object has an intrinsic property […] Read More
Three and a half years ago I had the pleasure of doing a guest post here on PEA Soup. I'm still working on the same stuff, so I thought I'd start my non-guest posting with an update. There's quite a few things going on in […] Read More
THIS POST IS BY DOUG PORTMORE, NOT DAVID SOBEL. We haven’t had a post on professional issues lately, but I hope that readers won’t mind a bit of light reading. In any case, here it goes: Suppose that I’ve become a better teacher. Suppose, for […] Read More
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Philosophers have long debated the nature of happiness, with some saying that happiness is just a certain kind of psychological state and others claiming that true happiness is not just a matter of having certain feelings but also requires genuine virtue. The new field of […] Read More
It is fairly common to give a conditional analysis of an option, e.g.: (CAO) Performing an act X at a future time t1 is an option for a subject S at the present time t0 if and only if S would perform X at t1 […] Read More
It's my pleasure to welcome Christian Coons and David Faraci (individually, not as a tag team) to PEA Soup. Christian is an assistant professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, doing really interesting work in moral philosophy (metaethics, value theory, normative ethics and more). […] Read More