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The next event of the Ethics and Explanation Project – a one-day workshop – is now scheduled for 12th October 2015 at the University of Nottingham. We are delighted to announce the list of speakers for the workshop: Ben Sachs (St. Andrews), Frans Svensson (Umeå […] Read More
The Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy series, published by Oxford University Press and edited by Tania Lombrozo, Joshua Knobe, and Shaun Nichols, is now calling for papers for its second volume.
We’re excited to announce our next Ethics discussion on Preston Greene & Meghan Sullivan‘s “Against Time Bias,” available open access here. Caspar Hare has kindly agreed to contribute a critical précis. Join us on July 15-17!
I’m pleased to announce the second discussion of a Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy (JESP) article here at PEA Soup. The article in question will be Matt King‘s (University of Alabama at Birmingham) “Manipulation Arguments and the Moral Standing to Blame“. It is, of course, […] Read More
In The Possibility of Altruism Thomas Nagel introduces a distinction between motivated and unmotivated desires that has since become standard in discussions of action theory and moral psychology. But what, exactly, are these categories? Many uses of the term, arguably including Nagel’s own, treat a […] Read More
Hi everyone. I’ve started a blog to workshop some ideas connected to my manuscript-in-progress, which I’m currently calling Normlessness and Nihilism. I’m at the very early stages of writing, and would very much welcome your comments and suggestions. My plan is to write 1-2 posts per […] Read More
I am happy to announce that our next featured philosopher is the insightful and creative Kyla Ebels-Duggan (Northwestern). Her post, titled "More than Words Can Say: On Inarticulacy and Normative Commitment," will be up this Wednesday. Please stop by then to read the post and […] Read More
Can be found here. Inside Higher Ed’s coverage of the story can be found here.
Philosophy at Southampton will host a major international conference, as part of the AHRC-funded ‘Normativity: Epistemic and Practical’ project, from Tuesday the 8th to Thursday the 10th of September 2015. This closing conference aims to bring together the three main themes of the project: substantive […] Read More