In James Rachels’ famous article, “Active and Passive Euthanasia,” he argues that, if the only relevant difference between active and passive euthanasia is that the former involves killing and the latter involves letting die, then that difference is not a morally relevant difference if there’s […] Read More
One of the best parts of Crisp’s book so far is the section on enjoyment. He is a hedonist about well-being – something increases your well-being only in so far as it creates experiences of enjoyment for you. Having this view about well-being then supposedly […] Read More
The international conference "Utilitarianism: anethics of experience?" will be held at the Universityof Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, June 14-16, 2007.
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I’m happy to announce the addition of John Oberdiek to our list of contributors. John is a co-director of the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy, and he’s also on the graduate faculty in the Rutgers department of philosophy. He specializes in — wait for […] Read More
I’m currently reading Roger Crisp’s new book Reasons and the Good. For the most part it is admirably clear and bound to create critical reactions against many of the controversial views and arguments it introduces. Occasionally I wonder though whether I’m just disagreeing too much […] Read More
Below the fold are most of the ethics-related sessions at the upcoming Eastern Division APA. If I’ve missed any session that you think should be added to the list, please feel free to add it in the comment section. Click here for the list in […] Read More
Sometimes philosophy can be even fun. One way to make it fun is to come up with absurd consequences of otherwise plausible views. This time I don’t mean blatantly false consequences but more just funny ones. The other day I was talking with Antti about […] Read More
Does moral theory drive philosophy of action? Here’s what I mean. A main question of philosophy of action is what an action is. It seems to me that the answer to this question is strongly influenced by what type of moral theory one accepts.