The Cross-Cultural Normative Philosophy series will return next Wednesday with a discussion of Welfare, Sympathy, and Confucianism.
“Is Sympathy Naive? Dai Zhen on the Use of Shu to Track Well-Being”, by Justin Tiwald (San Francisco State) is the focus article and Tobias Fuchs (Brown/IIT), » …Read more
The editors of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy are pleased to announce that the 2019 Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Helen Frowe, of Stockholm University, for her paper “The Duty to Save and the Duty to Minimise Harm”. » …Read more
Critical Précis of “Human Nature and Moral Sprouts: Mencius on the Pollyanna Problem” by Richard T. Kim
It is a pleasure to comment on this rich and interesting paper. As will be apparent in what follows, » …Read more
We are pleased to announce the next PEA Soup Quarterly Topic (with Awards)!! Every third month, recall, we will invite submissions from any of our readers for posts on the Soup about a particular topic in moral and political philosophy. Next up: “Agency & Responsibility October”! » …Read more
I’m happy to announce a new PEA soup series on cross-cultural normative philosophy. This monthly feature will highlight articles showing how cross-cultural philosophy can advance and enrich debates in normative philosophy. It will kick off on Wednesday with a discussion of “Human Nature and Moral Sprouts: Mencius on the Pollyanna Problem” by Richard Kim (Loyola). » …Read more
We’ve got a few openings here at the Soup for interested and energetic folks. The first is to be a liaison with Ethics. Chike Jeffers, who has been partnered with Daniel Star on this enterprise for several years now, just stepped down, » …Read more
Welcome to our NDPR Review Forum on Philip Pettit’s book “The Birth of Ethics: Reconstructing the Role and Nature of Morality” (OUP 2018), recently reviewed in NDPR by David Phillips. Below is a brief description of the book, an excerpt from the review, » …Read more