I know that many deontic logicians would consider the following argument to be valid: If you’re going to behead Jones, then you ought to behead him using the sharp sword. You ought to behead Jones. Therefore, you ought to behead Jones using the sharp sword.
Before I get to the results, let me say what issue I’m interested in and what I think about the cases in the survey. The question that interests me is: (Q) Does the fact that some future agent, F, will actually perform a certain future […] Read More
I'm interested in people's intuitions concerning whether and when the fact that an agent will actually perform some future action bears on what she is, as of the present, obligated to do. To test what people's intuitions are, I've created a survey. The survey should […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that Antti Kauppinen has joined the roster of contributors here at PEA Soup. Among other areas of interest, Antti works on moral psychology, metaethics, and well-being. He is a Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at […] Read More
I want to try to develop an argument against deontological libertarian moral principles that treat a wide range of our basic rights as flowing from morally powerful rights of self-ownership. I am curious how widely this problem afflicts a broader range of deontological views but […] Read More
We've started livestreaming some Rotman Institute of Philosophy talks and I thought PEA soup readers might be interested. Here's the next one: Join us this March for our next speaker, Dr. Kyle Stanford, of the University of California Irvine. His lecture, titled The Difference Between […] Read More
The Character Project at Wake Forest University is very excited to launch its funding competition entitled "New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Character." This $300,000 RFP is aimed at work in philosophy on the topic of character, and proposals can request between $40,000 and $100,000 […] Read More
The program for the April 1-2 workshop has been posted here. Keynoters include Douglas Husak and Richard Arneson.
The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto invites inquiries from scholars interested in spending time in residence at the Centre as Visiting Researchers. While such positions carry no financial support in the coming year, Visiting Researchers will be provided with office space, library privileges, and […] Read More