While we’re having a mini-Mill-fest, I thought I’d try out the following wee argument, which I’ve been thinking about lately. John Stuart Mill [thanks, Dale M.] famously held that ‘higher pleasure’ (roughly, pleasure of the intellect) was superior to ‘lower pleasure’ (pleasure of the senses). […] Read More
While we’re on the topic of CFP’s for August 2008, let me announce the fact that we are starting a new summer ethics conference here at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (I say ‘we’, but I can take no credit for it — all […] Read More
In the comments on Jussi’s thread, a side discussion developed about Mill’s theory of value. Dale Dorsey indicated that he has concluded that Mill is not a hedonist. I’m inclined to defend the claim that he is. I’m not prepared to defend hedonism, and so […] Read More
The 2008 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference has posted its call for papers. As far as I know, this is the only philosophy conference where you can win a prize for sustaining a physical injury. (Visit to ER may be required to claim prize; only one […] Read More
Some thought-experiments just grab you and so you think about them for months. Here’s one that I’ve been pondering about for awhile now. It’s from Roger Crisp’s Mill on Utilitarianism (p. 60-62) but adapted from Griffin (Well-Being, p. 9): The Committee When […] Read More
We are pleased to announce that Dale Miller has accepted our invitation to be a contributor here at PEA Soup. Dale is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at Old Dominion University, and specializes in history of […] Read More
I’m interested in when it’s legitimate to request that a journal reconsider a manuscript that it has rejected. In particular, I’d be curious when it’s appropriate to resubmit a manuscript indicating that you feel the manuscript was not read with sufficient care. Since this is […] Read More
Well, TypePad has finally come to the realization that their new way of handling spam wasn’t working. So they’ve gone back to the old settings. For more info, see here. Consequently, we’re going back to normal operations. I’ve turned moderation off. I apologize for the […] Read More
Unfortunately, due to our spam filter woes and TypePad’s inability to resolve them, we are switching (at least, temporarily) to moderated comments. This means that comments will not appear on this blog until the author has approved them. Authors will be alerted by email whenever […] Read More