From Andrew Forcehimes: Date: July 12-14, 2017. Location: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Confirmed Keynote Speakers: David Brink (University of California, San Diego) Julia Driver (Washington […] Read More
Author: Douglas Portmore
Disclaimer: This is way outside of my wheelhouse. So the chances that this is just misguided are great. But it’s my month to post and […] Read More
Many philosophers (such as J. H. Sobel, R. J. Wallace, G. Harman, M. Bratman, and J. D. Velleman) endorse something along the lines of the […] Read More
Consider Newcomb’s Problem: “A psychology professor at your school has a reputation for being brilliant as well as possessed of an enormous fortune she has […] Read More
Arizona State University's newly redesigned PhD in Philosophy features a focus on Practical and Applied Philosophy. Practical Philosophy includes the fields of ethics, aesthetics, philosophy […] Read More
In an earlier post, I claimed that Regan’s Utilitarianism and Co-operation is important because it shows that in order for a moral theory to be […] Read More
[This post is related to my previous one, but this won’t be apparent until the very end.] Some options are more specific than others. One […] Read More
One of the great works of recent moral philosophy is Don Regan’s Utilitarianism and Co-operation (New York: OUP, 1980). Although the theory that Regan argues […] Read More