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Welcome to our PeaSoup Ethics Forum on Stewart Braun’s review of Daniel Halliday ’s The Inheritance of Wealth (OUP, 2018). From the blurb: Daniel Halliday examines the moral grounding of the right to bequeath or transfer wealth. He engages with contemporary concerns about wealth inequality, […] Read More
Setiya argues that moral side-constraints (e.g. against killing as a means) are best understood as agent-neutral: “In general, when you should not cause harm to one in a way that will benefit others, you should not want others to do so either.” (97) So, if […] Read More
We seek nominations for the most excellent titles ever given to philosophy papers. I nominate “From Supervenience to Superdupervenience” by Horgan.
and I welcome you to the discussion of Maxime Lepoutre’s “Rage inside the machine: Defending the place of anger in democratic speech.” To kick off the discussion, we have a précis from Krisanna Scheiter and reply from Lepoutre. Please join us in the discussion!
Call for papers for Special Issue on Morality in Addiction, with Guest Editors: Roy Baumeister, Gideon Yaffe and Amber Nadal Abstract: For this special issue of Addictive Behaviors, we are seeking papers addressing theoretical, basic, or applied research on topics at the intersection of morality and addiction. […] Read More
Politicizing moral responsibility Michelle Ciurria University of Missouri-St. Louis Introduction Questions about moral responsibility are generally thought to belong to the domain of metaphysics or moral psychology. These approaches tend to present themselves as apolitical. In sharp contrast, feminist philosophy is inherently political. How can […] Read More
We’re delighted to kick off the discussion of Alexis Elder’s article, “Conversations from Beyond the Grave? A Neo-Confucian Ethics of Chatbots of the Dead.” We learned a lot from the paper, and it prompted us to think through some fascinating issues. 1. Overview Elder begins […] Read More
Welcome to our Ethics review forum on Krista K. Thomason’s Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life (OUP), reviewed by Jordan MacKenzie. From the book abstract: Moral philosophers have long argued that shame can be a morally valuable emotion that helps people realize when they fail […] Read More
Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Marcello Di Bello and Collin O’Neill’s “Profile Evidence, Fairness, and the Risks of Mistaken Convictions.” The paper is published in the most recent issue of Ethics, and is available here. David […] Read More