We’re very pleased to announce that our next discussion of a paper published in Ethics will be on Erich Hatala Matthes’ piece, “History, Value, and Irreplaceability.” Carolyn Korsmeyer has kindly agreed to write a critical précis to open the discussion on Monday November 11. We’re looking […] Read More
Taking place at the Conference Center, University of Notre Dame, May 19-22, 2014. Speakers at this interdisciplinary symposium discuss the nature of virtue and its development, from ancient notions to contemporary science, evolutionary and religious views, individual and community approaches in a variety of family, […] Read More
Here is an issue I would love to hear your thoughts about. My interest in this question was prompted by this post today by Kevin Vallier over at BHL. Some people say that it is inappropriate to hold moral principles in a way that is immune […] Read More
Climate change raises common issues for political theorists, philosophers and economists. But as the debate over the 2006 Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change showed, the disciplines take distinct perspectives. This workshop will bring together political theorists and philosophers with an interest in […] Read More
A reminder that if you plan to attent the first annual Oxford Studies Workshop in Political Philosophy in Tucson Oct 17-19 (speakers and registration page here), please register as soon as possible. Hope to see you there!
I'm pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the next St. Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality, sponsored by UMSL and Washington University. Many PEA Soupers have participated the past four years. May 18 – 20, 2014Moonrise Hotel in St Louis, MO Keynote Speaker:John […] Read More
Hi all – I'm very pleased to welcome Connie Rosati to the Soup in our series of featured philosophers. Connie is Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, and has done a lot of very interesting and original work, much of which she very helpfully […] Read More
I've been doing a lot of refereeing for conferences, journals, prizes and such and a recent discussion with some of my co-referees leads me to want to post here about anonymous refereeing. My main aim here will be to list some of the ways authors […] Read More
I figure PEA soup readers will be interested in our new workshop topic! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy Political Utopia: Promise or Peril? April 25th-26th, 2014 The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy will […] Read More