A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
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.
We’re very pleased to announce that, tomorrow, Thursday May 7, we’ll be kicking off our next discussion of a paper published in Ethics — Cécile Fabre’s piece, “War Exit.” Helen Frowe has written a critical précis to open the discussion. So stay tuned!
Some time ago I argued that a problem with a certain sort of virtue ethics might not be fixable (in “Virtue and Right”). The banner ‘virtue ethics’ covers a variety of views united by not much more than the thought that ethics is in some […] Read More
I am happy to announce that our next Featured Philosopher is Robert Johnson, from the University of Missouri. His post titled "Virtue and Right Revisited" will be up for discussion on Tuesday. Please stop by then to join the discussion!
This year's British Society for Ethical Theory Conference will be held at the University of Southampton on 13th and 14th July. The list of papers is below the fold. For further details, including registration, see: http://www.bset.org.uk/2015.html
I hope to gather information about undergraduate degree programs that somehow combine philosophy and law. A few examples include Indiana University PA, Georgia State, Lewis, and USC. I am looking only at degree programs administered by philosophy departments, and that have the word "law" somewhere […] Read More