The conference web page has migrated to here. The full schedule is now available. It is also now possible to register for the conference, which is required for attendance. Those who plan to attend the conference are very strongly advised to make use of the hotel block for the conference (which can be found on the web page) and to do so quickly. » …Read more
The following post is by Eyal Aharoni, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience at Georgia St. University:
Troubled by the state of criminal punishment today, I never expected deep insights on the subject from a 10-year-old child. » …Read more
Gideon Yaffe (Yale) writes with the following very important information:
I’m writing to ask for your signature on this amicus brief which concerns Kahler v. Kansas, a case that the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear. The state of Kansas abolished the insanity defense. » …Read more
In a stunning turn of events bound to force the re-writing of countless textbooks and syllabi, the Holy Grail of Ethics was discovered at 7:46 pm Saturday, May 25th in Harrisburg, PA. Interviews with those at the scene report that Silvia Leonard attempted to, without contradiction, » …Read more
I’m very pleased to announce that the winner of the $250 “Applied Ethics April” prize is Kian Mintz-Woo, for the post “How Would We Know if We Made a Climate Difference?” Congratulations, and thanks for the great post and discussion! » …Read more
We are pleased to announce the next PEA Soup Quarterly Topic (with Awards)!! Every third month, from here on out, 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: “Normative Ethics July”! » …Read more
Welcome to our discussion of Thomas Rowe and Alex Voorhoeve’s “Egalitarianism under Severe Uncertainty”!
Brian Jabarian has graciously provided a critical précis, which includes an overview of Rowe & Voorhoeve’s view and arguments, » …Read more