Since we're discussing some important issues in the profession and how to help graduate students succeed, I'll continue in that vein to ask more generally about what our obligations are to our graduate students while focusing on a specific sort of case that might arise. […] Read More
Since we're talking about issues in the profession, I thought I'd toss this out there. At the Eastern APA meetings, the registration fee for students is $10. What if the APA waived registration entirely for students? Not just fees — students would not be required to register. […] Read More
I often wonder how big a role pedigree plays in hiring decisions. I honestly don’t know, and I would like to hear what others think. To better understand the question, it might be helpful to consider a hiring procedure that would, I think, totally eliminate […] Read More
The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to present the second annual RoME Congress, an an international conference geared to offer the highest quality, highest altitude discussion of ethics, broadly conceived. The conference […] Read More
Many senior American philosophers strongly advise their graduate students that publishing while in graduate school is a bad idea, and hurts the students' chances on the academic job market. The argument, so far as I understand it, is this. If the sample of written work […] Read More
I just wanted to wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone at Pea Soup. I want thank everyone for their brilliant posts and comments this year. It's been a pleasure and I've learned a lot again. We should also thank the editors of […] Read More
This petition, available at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/genderequity/, asks President-Elect Obama to: 1. Revive and enforce the Labor Department regulations that require government contractors to institute affirmative action plans that provide a share of the jobs for women and minorities. Closely monitor the contractors for compliance. 2. In […] Read More
I don’t think about issues in applied ethics as much as many other people. But when I do, it sometimes turns out that I have a problem: I often have definite intuitions about clearly imaginable but improbable cases that don’t in any straightforward way support […] Read More
The Catholic Church has just published THIS document which will be of interest for everyone working in the applied ethics and bioethics. The Catholic Church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has put together a paper called 'Instruction Dignitas Personae ('The Dignity of the […] Read More