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Very pleased to be able to introduce today’s Featured Philosopher, Errol Lord. Take it away Errol: The following is based on joint work with Kurt Sylvan (see our paper ‘Reasons: Wrong, Right, Normative, Fundamental’, which is forthcoming in Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy. I wrote […] Read More
Don’t change that dial. We will have a discussion with Errol Lord on Thurs, Nov. 8th. The remaining Featured Philosophers Schedule looks like this: November 14: Julia Markovits Dec 12: Alex Guerrero January 28: Jonathan Quong Feb 11: Heidi Maibom Feb 18: Ellie Mason Feb […] Read More
The Arizona Workshop in Normative Ethics (WiNE) is holding its 10th meeting in Tucson, January 3-5, 2019. The program is here. Registration to attend is free and open to all. You may register to attend here. Mark Timmons, conference organizer, will send periodic updates to those […] Read More
The fourth Southampton-Humboldt Normativity Conference will be held in Southampton from 19-21 June 2019. The conference aims to bring together philosophers working on normativity, including foundational problems of moral philosophy and practical normativity more generally, questions about reasons, rationality, and value, and issues about epistemic […] Read More
This is the first in our new series of featured philosophers. Many more to come. For the schedule look here. Ambitious Moral Perceptualism and Moral Knowledge from the Armchair by Preston Werner For a few years, I’ve been defending the view that all moral justification […] Read More
Preston Werner will discuss “Ambitious Moral Perceptualism and Moral Knowledge from the Armchair” on Halloween. A reminder of the awesome lineup we have for our Featured Philosopher Series. Buckle up people and cancel all your other plans, because you need the time to get ready […] Read More
[MOVING TO FRONT, DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING!] The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University invites applications for three Visiting Research Professorships/Faculty Fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year. These fellowships are available to support outstanding faculty whose teaching and research focus […] Read More
In this post, I shall argue for the conclusion that there is no such thing as moral vagueness. The argument rests on a certain assumption, which I myself believe to be true. The crucial assumption is that the fundamental ethical or normative concepts are all […] Read More
Welcome to the second Ethical Theory and Moral Practice discussion here at PEA Soup! This time, we’re discussing Ian Carter‘s new article, “Equal Opportunity, Responsibility, and Personal Identity”, which can be downloaded here. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen kicks things off with a critical précis, which appears immediately […] Read More