I want to focus not on the wisdom of the Supreme Court decision concerning paying student-athletes, but instead how higher ed should respond. The inevitable result of this ruling is that the revenue-generating sports will cost more money, perhaps eventually a lot more money. That money will come from somewhere. » …Read more
The 16th Annual Madison Metaethics Workshop program is now available here. The conference runs from Sept. 17th-19th. More information here. » …Read more
Hello Team! After a hectic end of a hectic semester, we are back to bringing you short pieces of public philosophy here at PEA Soup’s The Pebble. Today’s entry is brought to us by Anca Gheaus, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Central European University in Vienna. » …Read more
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We apologize but the transition to Princeton’s server for some reason unsubscribed people who previously were regularly receiving e-mails when a new post went up at PEA Soup. But the good news is that there is a very easy fix. Please just “Subscribe” » …Read more
A Tangled Loop by Kerah Gordon-Solmon
That is my sketch of the trolley track in Judith Thomson’s loop variant of the trolley problem. The thing that looks like a lollipop is a trolley track. The thing that looks like a wonky musical clef is a trolley. » …Read more
What are the appropriate limits on how outside contributors to a university may shape what gets taught and who gets hired into a dept? This is an interesting and complicated question. I’ll offer some thoughts but mostly I’d like us to hear each other’s thoughts on the topic. » …Read more
Ryan Muldoon and I welcome you to the discussion of Itai Sher‘s recent “How perspective-based aggregation undermines the Pareto principle” (free access through July 3rd here). To kick off the discussion, » …Read more
Here now is Matt King:
Moral conviction is often lauded in ordinary discourse. To be a person of principle is considered a virtue (and it is certainly a pejorative to be thought of as ‘unprincipled’). Of course, too much conviction, given that we can be mistaken in our moral judgments, » …Read more