This marks the 3rd of eleven “meetings” of our virtual reading group on Derek Parfit’s Climbing the Mountain—see here for further details. Next week, we will discuss Chapter 5 of the latest version of the manuscript–the June 7th version–which can be found here. Recall that, […] Read More
This marks the 2nd of eleven “meetings” of our virtual reading group on Derek Parfit’s Climbing the Mountain—see here for further details. Next week, we will discuss Chapter 4 of the latest version of the manuscript–the June 7th version–which can be found here. (Chapter 4 […] Read More
Since we started our virtual reading group on Parfit’s Climbing the Mountain, Parfit has sent us a new revised version of his manuscript. Since this new version contains some important revisions and additions, we feel compelled to switch to the new version midstream. I’ve now […] Read More
(This marks the first of eleven “meetings” of our virtual reading group on Derek Parfit’s Climbing the Mountain—see here for further details.) This rich and interesting chapter contains a profusion of useful definitions and distinctions, but the main point is to argue that we should […] Read More
I wanted to alert everyone to the 2006 conference of the AAPNZ (this is of course for philosophy in general, rather than specifically ethics, so invite all your friends). The conference will be Dec. 3-7, and it is hosted by Vic. U. and held in […] Read More
When the four of us got together and started PEA Soup a couple of years ago, we all lived in Southern California and met regularly as part of a reading group. It seems fitting, then, to celebrate PEA Soup’s second birthday (coming up this June […] Read More
I’ve been doing work on a paper on the boundaries and nature of the moral community recently, and I’ve got a section in there on adults with high-functioning autism. In trying to work out the relation between guilt, moral motivation, and moral responsibility, I’ve found […] Read More
There’s an interesting interview with Peter Singer in todays Salon.com. The webpage is posted beneath the fold.
Re: Putnam’s Introduction to Ethics Without Ontology In this post, I’ll briefly discuss the main moves made by Putnam in the introductory chapter. I’ll focus on some of the things that struck me as interesting or provocative.