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
I'm attracted to a view of well-being with (roughly) the following structure: x is intrinsically good for y if and only if y believes that x is intrinsically good for y (under the right conditions, such as a coherent belief set). In other words, there […] Read More
The Ethics Institute at Felician College invites papers for its third annual conference, to be held from 9 am to 6 pm on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Rutherford Campus of Felician College (223 Montross Ave., Rutherford NJ, 07070). PLENARY SPEAKER: Holly Smith, Rutgers […] Read More
Princeton UniversityApril 17-18, 2009 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. Each session, led […] Read More
CALL FOR PAPERSFrom faculty and graduate students SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYNorthwestern UniversityThird Annual ConferenceApril 23–25, 2009 Keynote Addresses:Samuel SCHEFFLER: “The Normativity of Tradition”Seana SHIFFRIN: “Inducing Deliberation” SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline for submission is February 15, 2009. We welcome submissions from both faculty […] Read More
In my first post, I pressed Mark’s defense of the bold Humean thought that, crudely, if someone has a desire, then there is reason for him to act in ways that will help satisfy it. Let’s grant him that claim and move on. There is […] Read More