Many philosophers today are pursuing a program according to which the notion of a “normative reason” is the most fundamental normative notion. Thus, these philosophers aim to analyse such notions as ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, the notions of the various sorts of “value”, and so on, […] Read More
I’m unsuccesfully trying to have a break from blogging to get some work done. I cannot resist the temptation to advertise a book review of Smith’s Ethics and the A Priori collection available HERE . It’s by Constantine Sandis. By far the funniest review I’ve […] Read More
I have a bleg. Can anyone recommend papers in ethics — preferably on value-theory or meta-ethics — that (i) are good pieces of philosophy, (ii) are very clearly written, (iii) are not exceptionally long, and (iv) could be profitably read by an intelligent but young […] Read More
Check out this interview on MSNBC with Psychiatrist Dr. Donald E. Rosen, conducted by MSNBC health editor Jane Weaver. I’m breaking it down FJM-style.
In her very good article in the latest Ethics (117, Oct. ’06), “Kantian Rigorism and Mitigating Circumstances,” Tamar Schapiro brings to light a problem with the standard Kantian line for dealing with the flexibility of moral rules, in particular the rule against deception. On the […] Read More
Over at Leiter Reports, there’s an interesting discussion of the lack of venues for publishing discussion notes — see here. The problem is that few journals these days publish discussion notes (which I take to be distinct from full-length articles that discuss some article or […] Read More
The following is an announcement from Russ Shafer-Landau: Dear Colleague, I’m pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the Fourth Annual Metaethics Workshop, to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on September 7-9, 2007. Gilbert Harman (Princeton) and Nicholas Sturgeon (Cornell) will […] Read More
Think of the person who loves you more than anyone else in this world does. And now think about how that person would feel if you suddenly died. Would he or she be utterly heartbroken? Filled with despair? Or would the person perhaps be deeply […] Read More
The Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy will be hosting a one day conference on global justice this coming May 5th at the Rutgers School of Law-Camden. Participants include Charles Beitz, A. J. Julius, Ethan Kapstein, George Letsas, Stephen Macedo, Jamie Mayerfeld, Mathias Risse, and […] Read More