A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
We are very pleased to have Jonathan Quong commenting on Simon May’s “Why Strict Compliance?” A reminder you can find Simon’s paper open access here. Here now is Jonathan: I learned a lot from Simon’s excellent paper, and I hope it will become a focal […] Read More
How can Rawlsian ideal theory’s strict compliance assumption be warranted when so many problems of injustice arise precisely because many people fail to comply with their moral obligations? A standard answer is that the assumption is necessary to define the ideal society that should serve […] Read More
The North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP) is seeking proposals for a panel on: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Democracy in the Disinformation Age for its group session at the Eastern Division APA to be held from Jan. 5th-8th, 2022, in Baltimore, MD. (The […] Read More
Welcome to our highly anticipated discussion of Sukaina Hirji‘s “Oppressive Double Binds,” published in the most recent issue of Ethics. You can find the paper here. Elizabeth Barnes‘s critical précis is immediately below. Please join the discussion! Elizabeth Barnes writes: In Sukaina Hirji’s remarkable paper […] Read More
You are invited to participate in an on-line workshop on Scanlon, Moral Motivation, and the Value of Persons (Oct. 29-30) Papers will be shared with registered attendees in early October and they will be invited to add comments via the on-line annotation program Perusall. The […] Read More
Shoemaker and I have had a ton of fun running PEA Soup over the past 9 years. It was founded in 2004 and Shoe has been at the helm that whole time. (Wow, how old is he? Never mind, that isn’t important now.) At its […] Read More
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Welcome to our Ethics review forum on L. Nandi Theunissen’s The Value of Humanity (OUP), reviewed by Kenneth Walden. Below, you’ll find a description of the book, as well as a condensed version of Kenneth’s review. Nandi’s response will appear in the comments. Please join […] Read More
The third “season” of the Virtual Metaethics Colloquium has just wrapped up. We’ve seen some very interesting talks, and the presenters have found the feedback very useful. Looking forward to a Summer and Fall series of presentations, we have a doodle poll to set a […] Read More