There is an intuitionistic view in Metaethics that is often ridiculed (Mackie is a good laugh at this point, so is Blackburn). Already for that reason I have recently become fascinated by the view. Roger Crisp names the view the ‘Radar View’ in his ‘Sidgwick […] Read More
The following are some thoughts I’ve been mulling over in anticipation of a lecture I will be giving at CSU Long Beach’s Applied Ethics Center next Thursday. I’ve been thinking about these issues with regard to business ethics, but I think the concerns extend to […] Read More
I’m very pleased to announce that Matt Zwolinski has agreed to be a contributor to PEA Soup. Matt is an an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, and an Affiliated Scholar at USD’s Institute for Law and Philosophy. He works mainly […] Read More
WOW. I’m so thankful and taken about being asked to become a contributor. I promise to try not to clutter the blog with my postings as has occasionally happened with the comments. I also apologise for my less than perfect English in advance. I’ve often […] Read More
I’m very pleased to announce that Eric Wiland has agreed to become a PEA Soup contributor. Eric, who has regularly commented on posts here before, is Associate Professor at University of Missouri–St. Louis. Welcome aboard, Eric! We look forward to your posts.
I’m very happy to announce that our long-time commenter, Jussi Suikkanen, has agreed to join us as a regular contributor. Jussi’s in the U.S. at Chapel Hill for the year, but he’s finishing up theses in both Helsinki and Reading. Welcome aboard!
This got to be too long to be a comment on Michael C’s post. People sometimes criticize utilitarianism for being "inapplicable," or for entailing that you shouldn’t try to use it as a decision procedure. I don’t think there is any way to interpret this […] Read More
The latest Ethics Alert appears below the fold.
Normative theories are occasionally criticized for being esoteric. A theory T is esoteric iff (T is true (or correct, or superior to its rivals, etc.), but it is better that T not be generally believed or accepted.) Examples of allegedly esoteric philosophical theories include:• "Sophisticated" […] Read More