I'm helping to put together a Royal Institute of Philosophy workshop on Free Will and Moral Responsibility here at the Philosophy department of the University of […] Read More
Tag: Moral Responsibility
[My apologies if this is well-trodden ground. I am pretty ignorant of the ought-implies-can literature, and quick check over articles didn't reveal anybody discussing what […] Read More
I've had moral dilemmas on my mind lately, and I'm troubled by a common argument given against the possibility of genuine moral dilemmas. I'm hoping […] Read More
According to Bernard Williams, what is true about relativism is that the more distant cultures are historically and culturally, the less willing we are to […] Read More
Fellow PEA Brains: I have a quick question for those in the know. The terms "criminal responsibility" and "legal responsibility" are often used interchangeably in […] Read More
Suppose you are an ordinary virtuous agent. Up until now, you haven’t lived the kind of life that involves making any huge life or death […] Read More
Thanks to the generous support of Tulane University's Murphy Institute, I'm very pleased to announce that the first New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility […] Read More
Sometimes we believe we ought to do things. Sometimes we then do them. I'd love to know how the normative status of normative judgments (which […] Read More
I’ve just read T.M. Scanlon’s chapter on blame in his latest book Moral Dimensions. The discussion is subtle, provocative, and quite insightful. It has already […] Read More