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
On behalf of the Character Project at Wake Forest University, I am pleased to announce the launch of a new website devoted to the academic study of character and related notions of virtue and vice. The website can be found here: http://www.studyofcharacter.com/ This site presents […] Read More
Starting next year, Fordham will be hosting a series of epistemology and ethics workshops at its Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan. For the 2011-2012 academic year, speakers will include…:
We're pleased that Victor Tadros, a legal theorist/philosopher of law at the University of Warwick's School of Law, has accepted our invitation to join the cast of characters at PEA Soup. Victor has written a ton of excellent articles and books on criminal responsibility, the moral […] Read More
We are pleased to present the next installment of PEA Soup's collaboration with Ethics, in which we host a discussion of one article from an issue of the journal. The article selected from Volume 121, Issue 3 is Tom Dougherty's "On Whether to Prefer Pain […] Read More
St Anne's College, University of Oxford, 11 – 13 July Keynote Speakers: Mike Otsuka (UCL) and Susan Wolf (UNC Chapel Hill) Registration is now open. Registration form and a list of papers are available here: http://www.bset.org.uk/2011.html ***Book before 17th June to avoid the late booking […] Read More