<Cross-posted at In Socrates’ Wake> I wanted to put in a plug for what is certainly one of the best pedagogical developments in philosophy over the past decade: Ethics Bowl. I’m sure many of our readers are familiar with this competition and its value as […] Read More
Hi all. Thanks to Doug for letting me invite myself to the party. I think I’ll post a substantive comment in the next few days, but maybe I’ll start with a poll. It seems to me that the following set of claims is inconsistent:
We’re very pleased to announce the addition of Dale Dorsey to PEA Soup’s roster of contributors. Dale is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta. He received his Ph.D. in May of 2007 from the University of California, San Diego. He works […] Read More
We’re very pleased to announce the addition of H. E. Baber to PEA Soup’s roster of contributors. She is a Professor of philosophy at the University of San Diego. She specializes in metaphysics but has written extensively in the area of applied ethics. Welcome!
Since my last post to PEA Soup was on the goods of childhood (on the question of whether some goods of childhood are intrinsically good or whether they are all valued on the basis of their effects on the life of the adult the child […] Read More
The Fourth Steven Humphrey Excellence in Philosophy Conference (Reason and Value) will be held on February 16th-18th, 2008, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. More information here: http://www.philosophy.ucsb.edu/conferences/index.html.
Many philosophers think that whenever we are motivated to act, our motivation always involves a belief. E.g. according to the version of the Humean Theory of Motivation that is defended by Michael Smith, your motivation for action always consists of a desire and a "means-end […] Read More
The Tenth Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will be held on 11-14 September 2008, at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California, U.S.A.). More information and call for papers here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/info/isusX_call.htm. Submission deadline: February 18th, 2008. The 2nd Annual Conference of the […] Read More
Anyone interested in metaethics should take a look at Antti Kauppinen’s brilliant slideshows at the University of St Andrews. They can be accessed from the webpage of his course HERE.