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This is a post on moral philosophy, not politics. In a recent op-ed for the Stone at the New York Times, Sasha Mudd argues that moral philosophy doesn’t deliver a straightforward verdict about how to feel about Trump’s recent COVID diagnosis. There are “valid moral […] Read More
What fundamentally exemplifies the property of practical rationality? According to atomism, it is fundamentally each particular intention that an agent might have at a time that counts as either rational or irrational for the agent to have at that time. According to holism, it is […] Read More
Love and (the Lack of) Alienation for the Agent-Neutralist by Preston Werner (Hebrew University) ‘Agent-Neutralism’ in ethics is the view that we have no moral reason to favor our family, friends, co-workers, or fellow nationals over strangers. Relationships, for the agent-neutralist, are not the kinds […] Read More
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Dear Virtuous Vegetarian, I heard you forgot to pack a lunch today. I just bought a chicken sandwich, but something came up, and I will have to skip lunch. If you don’t eat the chicken sandwich, it’ll just go to waste. What is the more […] Read More
Yesterday the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team decided to not play its playoff game in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the continuing pattern of racialized police violence. This protest quickly grew. First all of the NBA was cancelled yesterday. Then all WNBA […] Read More
Most, if not all, of our readers have by now heard of the tragic and sudden death of political philosopher Gerald (Jerry) Gaus last week. Jerry was an award-winning teacher and a prolific scholar, whose many publications most recently include his forthcoming The Open Society […] Read More
We are happy to host a guest post by Wes Siscoe, the Mellon Course Design Coordinator with the Philosophy as a Way of Life Project at Notre Dame. Their aim this summer has been to help philosophy instructors make the transition to online teaching. Herewith, […] Read More
Call for Abstracts Workshop: Working as Equals Deadline: November 1, 2020 Event Dates: June 4-5, 2021 Event Venue: Saint Mary’s College of California (Moraga, CA), with contingency plans for a virtual event if the COVID-19 pandemic conditions have not sufficiently improved Keynote Speakers: Nien-hê Hsieh […] Read More