Brian Leiter's Blog, page 15

In Memoriam: Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025)

Professor MacIntyre, who was emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, wrote widely and influentialy in ethics and the history of ethics over his long career, which also included tenured teaching posts at Boston University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and...

My summer blogging quasi-hiatus has already begun...

...as readers may have inferred. There will continue to be posts, but not as frequently as in prior months. With lots of grading on the immediate horizon for me, I will also be even less responsive to email than before,...

A federal judge in Boston finds that his order was defied by the Trumpistas

It sure sounds like it was. Now he needs to put some people in jail or levy fines on the defiant actors personally, or this will continue.

Richard Marshall interviews Jeremy Bentham...

...at 3:16 AM.

Blast from the past: Which journal's book reviews have the most influence?

A poll, back in 2018. Although NDPR has been publishing fewer reviews in the last few years (although more this year), I still suspect they have the most impact for the reasons noted in the original post.

An apt take-down of Anthony Appiah's "Ethicist" column at the NYT...

...although the critique applies to lots of moral philosophy as well (which is also a moral etiquette manual for the bourgeosie). As the abstract at the start puts it: The New York Times advice column, where snitching liberal busybodies come...

Chinese Huayan metaphysics of reality

Interesting.

University of Utah goes crazy

Philosopher Cynthia Stark (Chair of the Department) describes the mayhem created by dumb legislation; an excerpt: The state has...banned Pride flags in public spaces (and in faculty offices if they can be seen through a window), and now requires faculty...

Richard Marshall interviews Henry Sidgwick...

...at 3:16 am.

Peter Carruthers discusses his new book, "Explaining our Actions"...

...at the Brains Blog.