[Another entry in our Agency and Responsibility October series, by Jake Wojtowicz. Take it away, Jake!]
“The mature agent… will recognize his relation to his acts in their undeliberated, and also in their unforeseen and unintended aspects. He recognizes that his identity as an agent is constituted by more than his deliberative self.” (Williams 1995, » …Read more
Much of the ever-growing conversation concerning empathy’s moral significance has centered around cases where the target of our empathy is another person’s suffering. Today, I want to consider a puzzle that comes into sharper focus when we start to consider empathy with other sorts of attitudes. » …Read more
Welcome to our book forum on Serene Khader’s Decolonizing Universalism! Below is a brief introduction to the book from Khader herself. Just a reminder: you do not need to have read the book to participate in the discussion. Feel free to ask questions about any aspect of the book or the discussion below. » …Read more
[Another contribution on October’s theme of Agency & Responsibility, by Danny Weltman. Take it away, Danny!]
Can one justifiably believe that, on the one hand, agent-regret is a warranted response to certain situations, but, on the other hand, survivor’s guilt isn’t? I do not think so. » …Read more
[Welcome to the first of our official “Agency & Responsibility October” Posts, written by Neal Tognazzini. Take it away, Neal!]
In a recent NYT column, Paul Krugman draws on recent work by two political scientists to argue that our democracy is dying. » …Read more
Critical Precis of “Is Sympathy Naïve? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being” by Justin Tiwald
By Tobias A. Fuchs
I am very grateful for the opportunity to comment on Justin Tiwald’s incredibly rich paper. » …Read more
Connie Rosati writes:
As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, I am hosting a contest to raise money for women’s cancer research—breast, ovarian, cervical—the whole kit and kaboodle, so to speak.
So what is the contest, you might ask? » …Read more