A conference announcment / call for papers that PeaSoupers might want to know about: see here for the official flyer. The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars working in moral and political philosophy, social epistemology, philosophy of science, and related areas to […] Read More
Dale Jamieson and Robert Elliot (hereafter J&E) have recently formulated a new version of consequentialism. It’s called ‘progressive consequentialism’ (this is in Philosophical Perspectives 2009). They believe that this view is motivated by the same considerations as the so-called satisficing views whilst not suffering of […] Read More
Recent PhDs and ABD graduate students in philosophy, theology, psychology, or cognitive science are invited to apply for the 2011 Purdue Summer Seminar on Perceptual, Moral, and Religious Skepticism to be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN from June 8th to June 24th, […] Read More
HERE IS A LINK to a video dialogue between two PEA Soupers, Jamie Dreier and Mark Schroeder. This is on the recently launched online 'Philosophy TV ' channel. The topic of the discussion is metaethical contextualism, expressivism, and relativism. It's all very helpful, clear, and interesting. […] Read More
Or so I believe, having been fortunate enough to do it in 2007-2008. The Murphy Institute's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs has posted the announcement for its 2011-2012 Faculty Fellowships here. Applications due by November 15, 2010. Keep in mind that next year's fellows […] Read More
Cora Diamond's work in ethics will be the focus of an upcoming conference, "Ethics, Imagination, Forms of Life," to be held September 13-15, 2010 at the Université de Picardie, Aiens, in the North of Paris. Professor Diamond will be commenting on the papers and participating […] Read More
Nominations are open for the second philosophy blog writing prize at 3 Quarks Daily. Follow this link for details.
Congratulations to two of our PEA Soupers who have made the list of the top ten philosophy articles from 2009. Jamie Dreier's "Relativism (and Expressivism) and the Problem of Disagreement," from Philosophical Perspectives v. 23, and Mark Schroeder's "Hybrid Expressivism: Virtues and Vices," from Ethics […] Read More
I am intellectually persuaded by the arguments for Consequentialism. However, like most people in that situation, by my own lights I fail to live up the demands of that moral theory by a wide margin. And again, like most in my situation I suspect, this […] Read More