I just read a chapter about slave reparations by my colleague David Boonin. David presents an interesting and surprisingly strong argument in favor of reparations. (This argument apparently has been advanced before, but this is the first time I heard it.) Here’s an abstract of […] Read More
Georgetown University is seeking applications for the full-time position of Managing Editor of Ethics beginning December 1, 2008. Now, we don’t usually post job announcements here at PEA Soup, but I wanted to make an exception in this case, because Ethics is one of the […] Read More
Ever since I first read Kant’s Groundwork, I have been struck by a puzzle that I have never seen adequately explained. In a footnote in Section 2 (G 430n), Kant makes some rather dismissive remarks about the Golden Rule (he calls it “the trivial quod […] Read More
Given that Leiter has put up a kind link to Pea Soup, I thought it would be appropriate to thank him by posting something about Nietzsche. The question I have in mind is simple really; what is the first essay of On the Genealogy of […] Read More
As many of you may know, OPP hasn’t been running for awhile now. It looks like there’s now hope of reviving it or, perhaps, even starting something better. For details, see here. For now, there’s an RSS Feed that’s does essentially what OPP did, except […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that Thom Brooks has accepted our invitation to become a contributor here at PEA Soup. Thom is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at the University of Newcastle. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy and […] Read More
Conference: Human Rights in Theory and Practice Date: Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Location: Rutgers University School of Law-Camden Description: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, and in recognition of the UDHR’s 60th anniversary, the Rutgers Institute for […] Read More
First things first. I want to thank Doug, Dave, Dan, and Josh for inviting me to come on as a contributor. I’m interested in connections between reasons for action and belief. For a while, I’ve been content to argue that at a certain high level […] Read More
THIS looks very interesting. The postgraduate students at St Andrews are organising an online reading group on John Broome’s brilliant Weighing Lives book. There’s even a symposium with Broome in October.