A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
Herewith our top 10 posts of 2018. Thanks to all who read and participated this year! (Most read): Brad Cokelet, New Research Avenues in Anthropology NDPR Forum on Kit Wellman’s Rights Forfeiture and Punishment JESP discussion of Ben Mitchell-Yellin’s “A View of Racism” JMP discussion of Kate Norlock’s […] Read More
January 28: Jonathan Quong Feb 11: Heidi Maibom Feb 18: Ellie Mason Feb 25: Japa Pallikkathayil March 7: Valerie Tiberius March 20: Julia Driver April 8: Hille Paakkunainen April 22: Stephanie Leary May 1: Luvell Anderson May 13: Nate Sharadin
Very pleased today to be able to introduce our next fantastic featured philosopher: Alex Guerrero. Take it away Alex: Much of my work has focused on the way in which ignorance,uncertainty,expertise,intellectual difficulty, and other epistemic considerations raise problems in moral,legal, and political philosophy. A common […] Read More
We’re coming up on a semester break, at which point I always try to read a good recent moral philosophy book, just to keep up with the kids, and perhaps to spur a new research project. Toward that end, and also to help keep others […] Read More
Most contemporary work in population ethics operates within the framework of welfarism – the assumption that individual welfare is the fundamental value. But this framework is a straitjacket, leading population ethics into a labyrinth of sterile paradoxes. Once welfarism is rejected, a vastly more plausible approach […] Read More
This is a call for abstracts for the fifth biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR 5), to be held in New Orleans, LA at the Aloft Hotel on November 14-16, 2019. Abstracts are welcome on any topic having to do with agency […] Read More
Second Call for Submissions: TVA 2019 (Knoxville, TN, March 8-10, 2019) The Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA) conference has been running annually since 2012. It has attracted some of the most active philosophers on topics revolving around value and agency and has featured as keynotes […] Read More
Welcome to our NDPR review forum on Thomas Mulligan’s Justice and the Meritocratic State (Routledge 2018), recently reviewed in NDPR by Peter Dietsch. Please feel free to comment on any aspect of the book, the review, or the discussion below!
Very pleased to be able to introduce our next Featured Philosopher, my Upstate friend, Julia Markovits. Take it away Julia: Thanks so much for inviting me to contribute! I’m currently working on a book about praise- and blameworthiness. One thing I’ll have something to say about […] Read More