Imagine a person who is addicted to heroin but who desperately wants to kick the habit. He has a craving for another hit, but when he reflects, he rejects this craving and wishes he could get rid of it. Now ask yourself: Which part of […] Read More
I'm posting a brief reminder that the deadline for submitting an abstract to Bowling Green State University's workshop in ideal and nonideal theory in political philosophy is November 1st. For those of you who didn't see the initial CFP, I'm reposting it below the fold.
Hi all, Julia returns this week with another post on a very important topic. I hope you'll all join me in welcoming Julia back for a second round! -dd
The second biennial New Orleans Workshop in Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR 2) will be taking place starting in less than two weeks, at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans (Nov. 7-9). This is just a reminder for those planning on attending: please register with me […] Read More
Beginning in 2014, the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, will be convening a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE).
Hi all, I'm very pleased to introduce Julia Driver, this month's Featured Philosopher. Julia's work should be no stranger to anyone reading PEASoup. She's written pathbreaking work on consequentialism, including its relationship to the virtues, and on a number of other important topics in ethics […] Read More
Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that we’ll be welcoming Julia Driver for a stint in our Featured Philosophers series starting Monday. One point of note: Julia will be doing not one but two posts, the second to follow on the 28th. I […] Read More
Always the non-conformist, I let my "special month" slip by without a post. I'd had been planning to contribute something about what Strawson's account of the reactive attitudes can do for consequentialists (a lot, I think, despite his being read by Darwall et. al. as […] Read More
Oops, almost missed this, but if your FIRST name begins with "S", it's your "special month" for posting on the Soup. We encourage you to check the calendar of events and post around any specially scheduled ones.