A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
Welcome to our NDPR Review Forum on Philip Pettit’s book “The Birth of Ethics: Reconstructing the Role and Nature of Morality” (OUP 2018), recently reviewed in NDPR by David Phillips. Below is a brief description of the book, an excerpt from the review, and an […] Read More
Both parts of this series are authored by Jan Dowell and David Sobel with great help from several other philosophers. Below is the second installment in our two-part series on sexual harassment in academia. In this installment, we discuss proposals for what individual philosophers and […] Read More
Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Andreas T. Schmidt’s “Getting Real on Rationality—Behavioral Science, Nudging, and Public Policy.” The paper is published in the most recent issue of Ethics, and is available here. Luc Bovens has kindly […] Read More
Both parts of this series are authored by Jan Dowell and David Sobel with great help from several other philosophers. Part 2 will be posted here Sept. 5th. Part 1: Sexual Harassment in Philosophy Our aim in this short post is to provide a brief […] Read More
Many thanks to the Daves for inviting me to contribute to the PEA Soup community! One major focus of my past and current research is pragmatism: the view that there are practical reasons for and against belief and other doxastic attitudes like disbelieving, suspending judgment, […] Read More
The Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts for our conference on ethics and technology. Featured Speakers: Alexis Elder University of Minnesota – Duluth Ryan […] Read More
I want to introduce what I think is a new puzzle and get your feedback. I might have an answer, but I’m curious to hear what others think first, about whether this is a (new) puzzle and about what might resolve/dissolve it. If I blame […] Read More
Welcome to what should be a fun and insightful discussion of Alison Toop’s “Is Marriage Incompatible with Political Liberalism?” Lori Watson (University of San Diego) has kindly contributed a critical précis, which appears immediately below. Please join the discussion! Toop and I agree that political […] Read More
“Trolley Follies” by Kerah Gordon-Solmon is the winner of the July Normative Ethics Prize! Congratuations! Second prize is split between Travis Timmerman’s “A Dilemmas for Effective Altruism” and Grant Rozeboom’s “You’re so Smug, I’ll Bet you Don’t Care This Post is About You.” First prize […] Read More