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The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace (SCEWP) has just launched a new blog. The Ethical War Blog will publish short and timely opinion articles on war-related topics in the news, written by specialists in the field, in an accessible and digestible […] Read More
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Experience Machines: The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds Abstracts are being solicited for an anthology of essays on the significance of Robert Nozick’s “experience machine” argument for ethics, political theory, cultural criticism, and broader philosophical questions of value.
I am pleased to introduce the next PEA Soup Featured Philosopher, Miranda Fricker. Profesor Fricker is currently the Director of the Mind Association, the author of the insightful and very influential book, Epistemic Injustice, and she is posting today about her next book project. Please […] Read More
Many of you are probably familiar with the story of Phineas Gage. He was widely regarded as a kind and generous man, but he suffered from a freak accident during his work on a railroad, and the result was that a railroad spike ended up […] Read More
Link here. Third Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Syracuse University September 18th-20th, 2015 500 Hall of Languages
Imagine a world where, instead of journals there are assessment houses. You send your paper to an assessment house of your choosing, just as you now send your paper to a journal of your choosing. That assessment house, possibly after a round or two of […] Read More
Keith Hyams has won the inaugural Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy. Hyams is Associate Professor of Political Theory and Interdisciplinary Ethics in the department of Politics and International Studies at The University of Warwick, where he teaches political theory and works with the Interdisciplinary Ethics Research […] Read More
The program for the third biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility, taking place November 5-7, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel, is below the fold. Keynote speakers are Julia Driver and Derk Pereboom. For information about NOWAR, go here.
We’re very pleased to kick off our discussion of Cécile Fabre’s Ethics paper, “War Exit.” Helen Frowe has written a critical précis, which you can find below the fold. We’re looking forward to a great discussion.