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Author: Heath White

The Morality of Library Fines

Heath White / On Posted onJuly 17, 2016September 8, 2016 / (6) Comments

My local library fines its patrons ten cents per overdue book per day. They will let you continue to borrow books as long as your fine balance is less than $10.  » …Read more

Sex Work is Different

Heath White / On Posted onDecember 14, 2015August 3, 2016 / (8) Comments

This post was inspired by a story in the WaPo, the relevant detail of which is that, due to the economic hardship in Greece,  » …Read more

Questions about Supererogation

Heath White / On Posted onSeptember 12, 2014August 5, 2016 / (3) Comments

Supererogatory actions are those which are (1) morally meritorious or praiseworthy, but (2) not the fulfillment of a moral obligation or duty.  I was having a conversation about this with a colleague today and upon reflection,  » …Read more

Moral Responsibility and PAP

Heath White / On Posted onDecember 19, 2013 / (9) Comments

Does moral responsibility require the ability to do otherwise?  For example, must one have been able to refrain from an evil deed if one is to be appropriately blamed for it?   » …Read more

Three Rivers Philosophy Conference 2011: Science, Knowledge and Democracy April 1-3, 2011

Heath White / On Posted onOctober 5, 2010 / (0) Comments

A conference announcment / call for papers that PeaSoupers might want to know about:  see here for the official flyer.

The goal of this conference is to bring together scholars working in moral and political philosophy,  » …Read more

Templeton Foundation’s Big Question Series: “Does Moral Action Depend on Reasoning?”

Heath White / On Posted onApril 16, 2010 / (0) Comments

    PeaSoupers may be interested to read a series of essays sponsored by the Templeton Foundation on the question, "Does Moral Action Depend on Reasoning?"  » …Read more

The Ethics of Santa

Heath White / On Posted onDecember 20, 2009 / (30) Comments

Many people
teach their small children the myth of Santa Claus:  that a magical being who lives at the North
Pole brings presents on Christmas Eve.   » …Read more

Nietzschean Expressivist Semantics

Heath White / On Posted onJune 24, 2009 / (4) Comments

One of the more serious attempts to provide an expressivist
semantics for moral terms (broadly construed) is Gibbard’s.  The basic idea is that they express
plans.   » …Read more

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