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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
I’m happy to announce a new PEA soup series on cross-cultural normative philosophy. This monthly feature will highlight articles showing how cross-cultural philosophy can advance and enrich debates in normative philosophy. It will kick off on Wednesday with a discussion of “Human Nature and Moral […] Read More
We’ve got a few openings here at the Soup for interested and energetic folks. The first is to be a liaison with Ethics. Chike Jeffers, who has been partnered with Daniel Star on this enterprise for several years now, just stepped down, so we’re looking […] Read More
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