A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
It’s been a couple of days since the Senate released the torture report. The discussion in the press seems to concern (a) whether it really might be effective, (b) whether that doesn’t miss the point, that it’s wrong and that we should take the stance […] Read More
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy. The Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy is a biennial essay competition open to scholars who, at the time of submission deadline, are within fifteen (15) years of receiving a […] Read More
The organizers of the first annual Theistic Ethics Workshop encourage abstract submissions for our inaugural meeting at the Graylyn Conference Center (www.graylyn.com) on the campus of Wake Forest University. The workshop will be held on October 8-10, 2015, and details can be found here: http://users.wfu.edu/millerc/Theistic%20Ethics%20Workshop
From Russ Shafer-Landau: I'm very pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the 3rd annual Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics. All of the relevant details can be found here. The winner of the prize will receive $10,000, present his or her paper at the […] Read More
This is a call for abstracts for the third biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR), to be held in New Orleans, LA at the Intercontinental Hotel on November 5-7, 2015. Abstracts are welcome on any topic having to do with agency and/or […] Read More
See the link here. Conference: Sept 18-20th, 2015 in Syracuse, NY. Call for papers deadline: March 15th, 2015. Invited speakers: Elizabeth Anderson (Keynote) Seana Shiffrin (Keynote) Michael Otsuka George Sher Zogia Stemplowska Kit Wellman
Collected here.
See the web page here. Publication and 3K prize money in the offing.
We’ll now be commencing our discussion of Elizabeth Barnes’ recent Ethics article, “Valuing Disability, Causing Disability,” with a critical précis by Tom Dougherty. Tom’s précis is below the fold. Thanks to all of the participants, and we’re very much looking forward to a fun and […] Read More