Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Gerard Vong‘s “Weighing up Weighted Lotteries: Scarcity, Overlap Cases, and Fair Inequalities of Chance.” The paper is published in the most recent issue of Ethics, » …Read more
A sneak peak:
“… [W]e start with this assumption: unless a society has completely eradicated the COVID-19 virus in its borders, any decision to re-open that society from the stay-at-home orders that were common, at least across the U.S., in April, will accelerate the spread of the virus. » …Read more
I assume that many philosophy departments will be having their department talks in the fall take place via Zoom. If so, that raises some questions and opportunities. For example, perhaps others not associated with the home department may be permitted to sit in on the talk. » …Read more
Herewith our forum hosting the lost 2020 Pacific APA session of the author-meets-critics session on Al Mele’s book Manipulated Agents: A Window to Moral Responsibility. Al’s precis is here. Click the following links for the criticisms: Carolina Sartorio, » …Read more
We’re excited to announce our next Ethics discussion, which will be about Gerard Vong‘s “Weighing up Weighted Lotteries: Scarcity, Overlap Cases, and Fair Inequalities of Chance.” The paper is available through open access here. Nate Sharadin has kindly agreed to contribute a critical précis. » …Read more
Our own Brad Cokelet has started interviewing philosophers about their latest books in ethics, and you can follow the links over at Ethical Theory Review. » …Read more
PEA Soup will be hosting another of the lost 2020 Pacific APA panels on Wednesday, May 20, this time an author-meets-critics session on Al Mele’s book Manipulated Agents: A Window to Moral Responsibility. Critics will include Carolina Sartorio, Gunnar Bjornsson, and Philip Robbins. » …Read more
Welcome to our discussion forum on Ronald de Sousa’s paper “Emotions and the Ontology of Values,” one of the lost 2020 Pacific APA sessions. Olivia Bailey has comments here. We welcome all who would like to participate in the discussion. » …Read more