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The Next Chapter: Ethics Discussions at PEA Soup

We are very pleased to announce a new partnership between PEA Soup and the distinguished journal, Ethics.  In addition to our regular postings, PEA Soup's editors will select one article from each issue of Ethics to be the focus of a featured discussion on our blog.  Ethics, in turn, will make an on-line copy of the featured article available to our readers for free (for three months).  At the time of the article's publication, we will post a link to the open-access copy, and then a week later an open discussion of it will be introduced with a critical précis by an invited discussant.

We expect that this partnership will give rise to a series of lively and productive conversations.  Stay tuned for details on the first featured article, which will be selected from the next issue of Ethics (Volume 120, Number 1).

Special thanks to everyone at Ethics, especially its Editor, Henry S. Richardson, and Managing Editor, Catherine Galko Campbell, for their help and participation.

Stanford Post-Docs

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society and the Program on Global Justice seek up to three post-doctoral fellows for 2010-11.

Postdoc opportunity

Liz Harman asked me to post the following announcement:

To those on the job market, and those with students on the job market:

Anyone who does ethics should seriously consider applying for the Harold T. Schapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics at Princeton. The ad says (and we really mean it) "an applicant may have a background in any area of ethical studies, not necessarily in bioethics." The application requires a 1,500-word research proposal, so you do have to have in mind a serious research project in bioethics. But you do not have to already be doing bioethics! Princeton is a wonderful place to spend one to three years! Please feel free to email me if you have specific questions about the postdoc.
Best,
Liz

Elizabeth Harman

eharman@princeton.edu

Faculty Fellowships

“The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at Tulane University is pleased to announce residential Faculty Fellowships for the 2010-2011 academic year. These fellowships, made possible by funds from the Tulane Murphy Foundation, are available to support outstanding faculty whose teaching and research focus on ethics, political philosophy, or questions of moral choice in areas such as, but not restricted to, architecture, business, government, law, medicine and environmental policy.” Get the application (due 11/17/09) and read the full announcement here, and see my post from last year for some further details of which I have first-hand knowledge.

Kudos!

In case the cash is not enough, congratulations to Dave Shoemaker for his 3 Quarks Daily Prize in Philosophy for  this posting on Scanlon on Moral Responsibility and Blame!

Surely a few drops of glory have rained into the general PEA Soup pot (note Dennett's blurb on the award page). Good comments, and I'm sure it didn't hurt that Tim dropped by.

Welcome Anita Superson!

We are happy to announce that Anita Superson has accepted our invitation to be a contributor here at PEA Soup.  Anita is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, and specializes in ethical theory, feminism, and issues at their intersections.  It's great to have you aboard, Anita!

CFP: Political Realism in Comparative Perspective

CALL FOR PAPERS
POLITICAL REALISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
PACIFIC DIVISION MEETING OF THE APA
MARCH 31 – APRIL 4, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

The International Society for the Comparative Study of Chinese and Western
Philosophy (ISCWP) is seeking presentations on Hobbes, Machiavelli, or any
major Western political thinker committed to developing political principles
within constraints set by realistic accounts of human behavior and
motivation. Topics might include (but are not limited to) Hobbesian views of
human nature, moral or psychological egoism, or realist accounts of state
legitimacy.

Fellowship Opportunity

The Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a residential fellow for the academic year 2010-11. For more info, see here: http://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/call-for-applications.php.

Conference on Dworkin's Justice for Hedgehogs at Boston U.

Those in New England and the Northeast may want to drop in on the conference that Boston University is holding September 25-26. The topic is Ronald Dworkin's forthcoming book Justice for Hedgehogs. The lineup is power packed: Michael Smith, Shafer-Landau, Scanlon, Sen, David Lyons, Appiah, Kamm, Waldron, and lots more. Details below the fold.

Visiting Faculty Fellowships 2010-11

The University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics invites applications for its Visiting Faculty Fellowships. For the academic year 2010-11, two fellowships will be awarded to outstanding scholars and teachers interested in writing and conducting research about ethics during a year in residence at the University of Toronto.