Bernard Williams, In the Beginning Was the Deed. Ed. Geoffrey Hawthorn. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. After one glass of bourbon, we agreed that our work consisted largely of reminding moral philosophers of truths about human life which are very well known to virtually all adult human beings except moral philosophers. After further glasses…
Cognitive neuroscience is in the midst of what has been called an “affective revolution,” which places empathy at the center of a core set of moral competencies. While empathy has not been without its critics (Bloom, 2013; Prinz, 2011), both the radicals and the reactionaries routinely cite Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS)…
Somehow I missed this recent book but not this announcement. Any conference with the participation of David Runia is a big deal. (Still working on a joint review of Maren Niehoff’s book who is also participating). david runiaethicshellenismJudaismMaren NiehoffNélida Naveros Córdovaphilo of alexandria
Born on this day — a true gentleman in every sense. If ever Wiggins was miffed that I preferred to talk to him about his metaphysics rather than his ethics, he never let on. Sameness and Substance Renewed (2001) and its two precursors, 1967’s Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity and 1980’s Sameness and Substance, jointly remain one of my favourite reads. See discussion of…
Thomas Metzinger in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. AIArtificial intelligenceCognitive scienceEpistemologyethicsmetaphysicspersonal identityphenomenologyPhilosophy of mindphilosophy of religionPolitical philosophyvirtual reality
Here is a top-notch open access site devoted to all things Kantian operated under the auspices of Chris Onof (one of the principals), a lifelong Kantian scholar (is there any other kind?), my chum and occasional collaborator. christian onofethicsIdealismKantKantianismmetaphysics
Marc’s latest podcast collective behaviorethicsindividualityJordan PetersonMarc Champagnesocial ontology
