A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
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
New 3 year Templeton project at Wake Forest on Moral Beacons. Submissions due by Nov. 30, 2015. More details here and here.
Useful data about recent placement statistics in philosophy. One wants to know more, but big thanks to those who did us a service by producing this. Daily Nous link. Complete report here.
Welcome everyone to PEA Soup‘s second JESP discussion. The target article this time is Matt King‘s (University of Alabama, Birmingham) recent “Manipulation Arguments and the Moral Standing to Blame“, which is a very interesting exploration of when we (and God) are in a position to […] Read More
The Prindle Institute for Ethics has launched a new podcast called Examining Ethics. It’s a long form podcast (typically with three segments). For the foreseeable future there is an arrangement with Oxford University Press to interview an author of a recent book in ethics for […] Read More
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 2016-2017 academic year.
As one of the final outputs of the Character Project at Wake Forest University (www.thecharacterproject.com), we have produced a number of new videos featuring researchers in philosophy, theology, and psychology. One set of videos is from our final conference in May, 2015. Speakers include Neil […] Read More