A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
The second annual conference of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham welcomes submissions on any topic related to global ethics, but will prioritize work focusing on the 2016 theme of agency, power, and […] Read More
The Speculative Ethics Forum is a one day workshop-style event in which we’ll consider the most challenging matters of ethics. Ethical approaches of all sorts are welcomed–analytic, continental, ancient, medieval, Asian, and so on. Most papers are invited. However, there are two slots open for […] Read More
Due to a website renovation, the Brown Electronic Article Review Service was offline for many months. But it's back now. It's really just an archive now, but it has some good stuff and I know people want to cite it and even assign articles in […] Read More
Welcome to our first Oxford Studies discussion, on John Brunero‘s “Cognitivism about Practical Rationality” (in OSME 9). The essay is available through this link for a few months, courtesy of OUP. Kieran Setiya has kindly contributed a commentary, below the fold. Please join us!
I’m excited to announce that we’re starting a new series of discussions on PEA Soup, on various Oxford Studies volumes. The discussions will be modeled after our existing Ethics and JESP discussions. For our first discussion, we’ll be talking about John Brunero‘s essay “Cognitivism about […] Read More
The Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics (GISME), located in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, invites applications for the 2015 Junior Faculty Manuscript Workshop. The aim of the workshop is to provide critical feedback to junior scholars (i.e., junior faculty members, […] Read More
A conference on the theme “Cultural Diversity & Liberal Democracy: Models, Policies and Practice” will be held at the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, in Toronto, on April 19-20, 2016. Confirmed keynote speakers include David Miller (Oxford) and Alan Patten (Princeton). A call for […] Read More
Policing and Prisons: Ethical and Political Questions about Law Enforcement and Incarceration The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy will take place in Bowling Green, Ohio, March 11th-12th, 2015. Our keynote speaker is Douglas Husak (Rutgers). Those interested in presenting a paper are […] Read More
Actualism, as I understand it, is the view according to which in determining what it is permissible to do at a time, t, one should consider only what would happen were one to do it and compare that with what would happen were one to do […] Read More