November 14, 2009

Continuum Ethics book series
By Thom Brooks

Continuum Ethics
A series of books exploring key topics in contemporary ethics and moral philosophy.

Continuum Ethics presents a series of books that will bridge the gap between new research work and undergraduate textbooks. They will provide close examination of key concepts in contemporary moral philosophy. Aimed largely at upper-level undergraduates and research students, they will also appeal to researchers in the field. Authors will be expected to combine philosophical sophistication with an accessible style that can engage the educated reader.

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Posted on November 14, 2009 at 2:06 pm in Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Experimental Ethics, Free Will, General Announcement, Legal Philosophy, Metaethics, Moral Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Action, Political Philosophy, Practical Ethics, Simon Kirchin's Posts, Thom Brooks's Posts | Leave a Comment

September 16, 2008

Smilansky on Bloggingheads.tv
By S. Matthew Liao

Our very own Saul Smilansky is on bloggingheads.tv, talking about his work on free will, moral paradoxes, and so on. Here is a link to the diavlog: http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14400

A description of the content is as follows:

Saul’s latest book, “Ten Moral Paradoxes” (04:52)
Is there such a thing as fortunate misfortune? (09:33)
Does abundance deprive us of the heights of moral worth? (12:23)
Why you might be morally required to quit your job (16:37)
Choice egalitarianism and the problem of the billionaire (12:16)
When a terrorist is tortured, does he have grounds for complaint? (09:14)

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Posted on September 16, 2008 at 4:17 am in Free Will, General Announcement, S. Matthew Liao's Posts | 1 Comment

August 4, 2008

Journal of Moral Philosophy 5(2) (2008)
By Thom Brooks

JMP coverJOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY:

An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy http://www.brill.nl/jmp

(ISSN 1740-4681)

Volume 5, Number 2 (2008)

EDITORIAL

Thom Brooks, ‘Editorial’, p. 177

ARTICLES

Burke A. Hendrix, ‘Authenticity and Cultural Rights’, pp. 181-203

Igor Primoratz, ‘Patriotism and Morality: Mapping the Terrain’, pp. 204-226

Rex Martin, ‘Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism’, pp. 227-255

Jessica Spector, ‘The Grounds of Moral Agency: Locke’s Account of Personal Identity’, pp. 256-281

Paul Weirich, ‘Utility Maximization Generalized’, pp. 282-299

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Posted on August 4, 2008 at 2:35 pm in Applied Ethics, Free Will, General Announcement, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Practical Ethics, Thom Brooks's Posts | Leave a Comment

February 6, 2008

Holton on Determinism, Self-Efficacy, and the Phenomenology of Free Will.
By S. Matthew Liao

Professor Richard Holton (MIT) will be giving a talk on “Determinism, self-efficacy, and the phenomenology of free will,” this coming Monday, 11th February 2008, at the Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar, and he has kindly offered to circulate his paper before the seminar.

Abstract:

Some recent studies have suggested that belief in determinism tends to undermine moral motivation: subjects who are given determinist texts to read become more likely to cheat or to go in for vindictive behaviour. One possible explanation is that people are natural incompatibilists, so that convincing them of determinism undermines their belief that they are morally responsible.

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Posted on February 6, 2008 at 4:11 pm in Free Will, Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar, S. Matthew Liao's Posts | 1 Comment