Talking of perhaps irrational features of the philosophical world, sometimes I’m worried that there are certain kinds of double standards in our community. What goes for you, does not go for me, what goes for those people, does not go for certain other group, and […] Read More
Expressivism, or more generally moral anti-realism, is an area of tremendous philosophical endeavor these days, despite being counterintuitive to plain persons and a research program which has a history of making progress only at the cost of eliminating distinctions between itself and its rivals. (OK, […] Read More
After having contributed one whole substantive post to this blog, I’m now going to take selfish advantage of the power of this public forum to request our readers’ help with an issue I’ve been working on. I have an idea that seems original to me, […] Read More
Advocates of moral dilemmas claim that there are possible cases in which no action open to an agent is morally permissible. If we translated this into Gibbard-speak, it would come out roughly, “Sometimes there’s nothing it is okay to do.” But such a claim cannot […] Read More
As we all know saving the differences is difficult. Distinguishing between realists and anti-realists is coming increasingly difficult. For me, this is a fascinating topic. I’m reading our fellow pea souper’s, Michael Huemer’s, book Ethical Intuitionism. He doesn’t explicitly investigate the topic but still seems […] Read More
Suppose that Sue’s considered opinion was that Joe had all things considered most reason to do one thing. In what sense could Sue, in consistency with that thought, earnestly criticize Joe for failing to do something else? Of course, it could be that Sue thinks […] Read More
Sometimes you wonder whether your own philosophical convictions block your ability to fairly evaluate the arguments of others. In my case, my anti-relativism is one such conviction. I find it hard to be sympathetic to arguments for relativism. I try to do my best do […] Read More
The latest ethics alert appears below the fold.
I’m very grateful for the invitation to join PEA Soup. For my first post, I want to focus on an issue in the area of teaching philosophy. And it is mainly a question, not a positive idea. By choice, I have never taught an ethics […] Read More