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Category: Value Theory

The quality of pains

Ralph Wedgwood / On Posted onJuly 12, 2019 / (9) Comments

Chap. 2 of J. S. Mill’s Utilitarianism is widely interpreted as defending qualitative hedonism, as a view about the nature of personal well-being.  » …Read more

Non-Welfarist Population Ethics (by Ralph Wedgwood)

Ralph Wedgwood / On Posted onNovember 27, 2018November 27, 2018 / (14) Comments

Most contemporary work in population ethics operates within the framework of welfarism – the assumption that individual welfare is the fundamental value. But this framework is a straitjacket,  » …Read more

There is No Moral Vagueness

Ralph Wedgwood / On Posted onOctober 24, 2018October 24, 2018 / (28) Comments

In this post, I shall argue for the conclusion that there is no such thing as moral vagueness. The argument rests on a certain assumption,  » …Read more

Ethics Discussion at PEA Soup: Louise Hanson’s “Moral Realism, Aesthetic Realism, and the Asymmetry Claim,” with a critical précis by Alex King

Daniel Star / On Posted onOctober 18, 2018October 20, 2018 / (25) Comments

 

Welcome to what we expect will be a very interesting and productive discussion of Louise Hanson‘s “Moral Realism,  » …Read more

Upcoming Ethics review forum: Eklund’s Choosing Normative Concepts, reviewed by Raskoff

Daniel Wodak / On Posted onOctober 5, 2018January 2, 2019 / (0) Comments

We’re pleased to announce our next Ethics review forum on Matti Eklund’s Choosing Normative Concepts (OUP 2017), reviewed by Sarah Zoe Raskoff.  » …Read more

NDPR Forum: Cheshire Calhoun’s Doing Valuable Time

Sukaina Hirji / On Posted onSeptember 7, 2018September 6, 2018 / (11) Comments

Welcome to our NDPR review forum on Cheshire Calhoun’s Doing Valuable Time: The Present, the Future, and Meaningful Living (OUP 2018), reviewed by Valerie Tiberius.  » …Read more

Gwen Bradford: Pain’s Badness

Nicole Hassoun / On Posted onMay 10, 2018 / (7) Comments

There is surprisingly little discussion about pain’s badness in the philosophical literature. One might think that it falls naturally out of any of the various theories of well-being,  » …Read more

Lorraine L. Besser: The Fundamental Value of the Interesting

Nicole Hassoun / On Posted onMay 7, 2018 / (7) Comments

Think of the most recent remarkable experience you’ve had. Perhaps it was reading an engrossing novel that opened your eyes to a new depth of poverty,  » …Read more

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