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
PIKSI 2011 GRADUATE ASSISTANT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The sixth annual meeting of Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) will take place from July 31 – August 6, 2011, at the Rock Ethics Institute on the campus of Penn State University in State College, […] Read More
The Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy, based at the Rutgers School of Law-Camden, will host a two-day symposium on Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice (Harvard 2009) on Friday April, 15th and Saturday, April 16th 2011. The conference will feature six presentations […] Read More
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee (with generous support from the Humanities Initiative within the UTK Office of Research) is pleased to announce the upcoming Epistemic Norms & Values Symposium, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 25th-26th, 2011. The […] Read More