A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
Here is the just-released program for the Arizona Workshop in Normative Ethics (WiNE), scheduled for this coming January 14-16. It’s three full days of action this time around, given that the whole thing will be on Zoom. This is sad for those who enjoy getting […] Read More
Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Patrick Tomlin‘s “Proportionality in War: Revising Revisionism.” The paper is published in the most recent issue of Ethics, and is available here. Gerald Lang kindly agreed to contribute a critical précis, and […] Read More
The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University invites applications for three Faculty Fellowships/Visiting Research Professorships for the 2021-2022 academic year. These fellowships are available to support outstanding faculty whose teaching and research focus on ethics; political and social […] Read More
Welcome to our Ethics Review Forum on Mark Alfano’s book Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology (CUP), reviewed by Neil Sinhababu. Below, you’ll find a condensed version of Neil’s review, as well as Mark’s response. Please join Mark and Neil in continuing the discussion in the comments […] Read More
A year ago, Jan Dowell and I posted a statement on sexual harassment in philosophy. The statement includes several recommended preventative or ameliorative actions people and departments might take. The post concludes with a request that philosophers sign the statement. We were gratified by the […] Read More
On Monday we will be re-posting here a statement Jan Dowell and I, with help from others, wrote a year ago on sexual harassment in philosophy. That statement includes several recommended actions people and departments might take to address this problem. It concludes with a […] Read More
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