We're pleased to announce that Simon May, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech University has accepted our invitation to be a regular contributor here at PEA Soup. Simon's work focuses on ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of law. Welcome, Simon!
We're pleased to announce that Ann Cudd, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas, has accepted our invitation to be a contributor here at PEA Soup. Professor Cudd has authored, co-authored, or edited four books and over thirty articles at the intersections of political […] Read More
This is a final call for proposals for the "New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Character" funding competition sponsored by the Character Project at Wake Forest University and funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Initial letters of intent are due by September 1. More details […] Read More
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy Manipulation March 16-17, 2012 The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy will take place in Bowling Green, Ohio on March 16-17, 2012. The keynote speaker will be Marcia Baron […] Read More
Program for the Arizona Ethics Workshop below the fold, and also at the Workshop web site.
For the benefit of our readers (but really motivated by potential benefits to me), I'd like to hear from folks about the best papers they've read in moral philosophy (broadly construed) over the past year or so, say anything published in 2010 or 2011 (I […] Read More
A lot of interesting work has been done recently on what makes lives meaningful. One brilliant example of this is Susan Wolf’s recent wonderful book Meaning in Life and Why It Matters. It consists of two short lectures, critical commentaries by John Koethe, Robert M. […] Read More
I’ve pasted the survey questions and results below. Note that not everyone saw the whole survey. Since the point of the survey was to test the intuitions of only those who accept that there are objective time-indexed obligations, only those who answered 'yes' to questions […] Read More
I have a new survey that will test your moral intuitions. It should take no more than five minutes (probably less). Please consider taking it. You can take the survey by clicking here: http://www.kwiksurveys.com?s=NIKEJN_70c5ab88 Later on, I'll write a post on what my intuitions are […] Read More