“Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy”, a new entry into the Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory series, edited by Hugo Viciana, Antonio Gaitán, and Fernando Aguiar, comprises 17 chapters. See below for the table of contents. Part 1 – Methods and Foundations Part 2 – Normative Ethics and Legal and Political Philosophy Part…
This text was first published at xphiblog.com on February 28, 2019. Discussions of moral luck usually start by presenting a pair of agents who engage in the same behavior but bring about very different outcomes. Drunk driving is the usual example. One driver – the lucky driver – arrives home without harming anyone. The second…
Members of the interdisciplinary research group “Need-Based Justice and Distribution Procedures”, funded by the German Research Foundation, have summarized the results of more than six years of research in the volume “Priority of Needs? An Informed Theory of Need-Based Justice”, edited by Bernhard Kittel and Stefan Traub. The research group’s mission statement reads: The objective…
Volume 5 of the “Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy”, edited by Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols, just hit the shelves! It comprises a total of 16 chapters on no less than 480 pages. See below for the table of contents. Literature Knobe, Joshua, and Shaun Nichols (eds.) (2024): Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy. Volume 5….
The Experimental Philosophy Society will host a session at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York, which takes place from January 8 to 11, 2025. Papers or extended abstracts can be submitted until July 5. The call reads: The Experimental Philosophy Society (XPS) will host a 3-hour session on the…