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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.
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!