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[Welcome to the first of our official “Agency & Responsibility October” Posts, written by Neal Tognazzini. Take it away, Neal!] In a recent NYT column, Paul Krugman draws on recent work by two political scientists to argue that our democracy is dying. The major symptom […] Read More
More information can be found here. The conference will take place in Oxford, England, May 21-3, 2020. Papers (and abstracts) can be submitted here. The deadline for submissions is January 15th. We anticipate letting people know if their paper was accepted by March 1.
Critical Precis of “Is Sympathy Naïve? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being” by Justin Tiwald By Tobias A. Fuchs I am very grateful for the opportunity to comment on Justin Tiwald’s incredibly rich paper. It’s been a pleasure to engage with […] Read More
Connie Rosati writes: As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, I am hosting a contest to raise money for women’s cancer research—breast, ovarian, cervical—the whole kit and kaboodle, so to speak. So what is the contest, you might ask? Each of […] Read More
The Cross-Cultural Normative Philosophy series will return next Wednesday with a discussion of Welfare, Sympathy, and Confucianism. “Is Sympathy Naive? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being”, by Justin Tiwald (San Francisco State) is the focus article and Tobias Fuchs (Brown/IIT), who […] Read More
This looks to be the most fun conference ever. For philosophers interested in both normativity and skiing in Lillehammer, home of the 1994 winter olympics, check this out.
The editors of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy are pleased to announce that the 2019 Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Helen Frowe, of Stockholm University, for her paper “The Duty to Save and the Duty to Minimise Harm”. For more information, […] Read More
Critical Précis of “Human Nature and Moral Sprouts: Mencius on the Pollyanna Problem” by Richard T. Kim by John Hacker-Wright It is a pleasure to comment on this rich and interesting paper. As will be apparent in what follows, I am deeply sympathetic with the […] Read More
We are pleased to announce the next PEA Soup Quarterly Topic (with Awards)!! Every third month, recall, we will invite submissions from any of our readers for posts on the Soup about a particular topic in moral and political philosophy. Next up: “Agency & Responsibility […] Read More