I’m interested in defending consequentialism against allegations that it represents an inherently perverse perspective, or that the consequentialist agent would have a morally bad character. For example, critics allege that the consequentialist agent would have ‘one thought too many’, that they would treat others as […] Read More
[My apologies if this is well-trodden ground. I am pretty ignorant of the ought-implies-can literature, and quick check over articles didn't reveal anybody discussing what I'm about to write.] In general, philosophers take it for granted that a person morally ought to X if and […] Read More
CALL FOR PAPERS FROM FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL THEORY FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MAY 19-21, 2011 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: PHILIP PETTIT AND R. JAY WALLACE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2011.
We are pleased to present the latest 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 1 is Gunnar Björnsson and Stephen Finlay, "Metaethical Contextualism […] Read More
Theoretical & Applied Ethics is planning to publish three special issues, one on Bioethics, the second on Ethics and Religion, and the third on the Moral Philosophy of Bernard Williams, very soon. This is a call for papers for those special issues. The deadline for […] Read More
April 8-9, 2011 The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any period, methodological approach or topic in political theory, political philosophy, or the history of political thought. Approximately eight papers will be accepted.
The fifth annual meeting of the Felician Ethics Conference will be held at the Rutherford Campus of Felician College:
We are pleased to announce that Gunnar Björnsson has joined the roster of contributors here at PEA Soup. Among other areas of interest, Gunnar works on a variety of topics in meta-ethics. He is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Culture and […] Read More
This is a call for abstracts for the first biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NO WAR), to be held in New Orleans, LA at the Intercontinental Hotel on November 3-5, 2011. Abstracts are welcome on any topic having to do with agency […] Read More