The “XPHI UK Work in Progress Workshop Series”, organized by James Andow and Eugen Fischer, continues. They write: We are looking forward to the next series of our monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy. The workshop is held via Teams, the second Wednesday of each month, 16:00-18:00 UK…
Category: Moral Psychology
Hot Off The Press: “Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy”
“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…
Hot Off The Press: “Priority of Needs?”
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…
Hot Off The Press: “Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy – Volume 5”
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….
Hot Off The Press: “Empirische Studien zu Fragen der Bedarfsgerechtigkeit”
Needs are something that fundamentally defines us as human beings. In “Empirische Studien zu Fragen der Bedarfsgerechtigkeit” (Empirical Studies on Questions of Need-Based Distributive Justice) I recap a series of vignette studies that examine the role that needs play in dealing with problems of distributive justice. While needs are often underrepresented in discussions of distributive…
Who Complies With Pandemic Health Recommendations?
This text was first published at xphiblog.com on August 8, 2021. It has been slightly updated. Compliance with health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic is a divisive topic. Some readily accept measures such as social distancing and mask-wearing, while others frontally reject them. What separates those who comply from those who don’t? Is it trust…