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SLACRR 5: Final Call for Abstracts, January 4, 2014

Tick tock...

Abstracts for the next St. Louis Conference on Reasons and Rationality are due January 4.

Eighth Annual Felician Ethics Conference

Plenary Speaker: Macalester Bell

Felician College (New Jersey), Saturday, April 26, 2014.

Call for papers here: http://felicianethics.wordpress.com/

Moral Responsibility and PAP

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?  The answer turns on the truth of a familiar principle:

(PAP) If S is blameworthy for doing X, S must have been able to do otherwise than X.

The traditional view is that (PAP) is true; Frankfurt argued that it was false, with a form of example which is still widely discussed.  I’m going to argue for Frankfurt’s conclusion in a way that has nothing to do with Frankfurt-style examples.  I’d be interested in feedback.

Blaming (or punishing) someone for failing to live up to a moral standard is a special case of a more general phenomenon.  There are many cases where there is some kind of requirement, someone fails to live up to it, and negative consequences are imposed as a result.  It is instructive to look at how we view “couldn’t have done otherwise” in these other cases.

Politics Philosophy & Economics Discussions at PEA Soup: AJ Julius's 'The Possibility of Exchange' with précis by Victor Tadros

We are pleased to present our first Politics Philosophy & Economics discussion of AJ Julius's paper 'The Possibility of Exchange'.  Julius's paper is available on open access here.

Victor Tadros, professor at the School of Law, the University of Warwick, is kicking off the discussion with a critical précis. Here now is Victor Tadros:  

CFP: Seventh Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress

RoME 
Seventh Annual
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ETHICS CONGRESS
University of Colorado, Boulder
August 7-10, 2014
Boulder, Colorado 

an international conference geared to offer the highest quality, highest altitude discussion of ethics, broadly conceived 

Call For Papers

New PhD in Applied and Practical Philosophy

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 of law, social and political philosophy, and feminist ethics and political philosophy. Applied Philosophy includes both the application of theories developed within any of the sub-disciplines of philosophy to everyday problems or phenomena, as well as the application of research and tools used in other disciplines to understanding and addressing philosophical questions (e.g., experimental philosophy).

Featured Philosopher: Nomy Arpaly

Hi all -

 

As promised, Nomy Arpaly joins us with a post below the fold.  Welcome Nomy!

-dd

Tomorrow: Nomy Arpaly

Hi all,

 

Just a quick reminder that we'll be having Nomy Arpaly over for a Featured Philosophers discussion, starting tomorrow!  Hope you'll stop by.

Georgetown's Emotions and Emotionality Conference

Justin D'Arms and Daniel Jacobson will be giving the keynote address. The conference takes place April 12th, 2014.

The call for papers and other info can be found here.

Tulane Fellowship Deadline Extension

The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University  has extended  the application deadline for residential Faculty Fellowships for the 2014-2015 academic year.  The  new application deadline  is February 15, 2014.