David G. Blanchflower, Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? Age and subjective well-being in 145 countries. Journal of Population Economics 34, 575–624 (2021) These are the things we want more of when we become richer. And since rich countries are predominantly democratic…
One of John Stuart Mill’s most well-known claims concerns the distinction between higher and lower pleasures. Higher pleasures—which are, roughly, ‘mental’ pleasures—are, says Mill, always preferable to lower pleasures—the pleasures of the body. Interpretation [1] is a common one; on…
We consider and reject two views (by Neil Manson and Faye Tucker) that argue for the sharing of the power to validly consent to treatment for a period between adolescents and their parents and courts under an arrangement of transitional…
The next Neural Mechanisms Online webinar “The notorious neurophilosophy of pain: A family resemblance approach to idiosyncrasy and generalizability” will be delivered by Sabrina Coninx on Friday the 22nd. See below for details about the free talk and how to…
Consider, first, that Clarkson might mean that you have the right to choose what kind of food is served at public events; or that you have the right to be presented with more than one food option at such events,…
The economic critique of corporate boycotts borrows from Milton Friedman’s seminal New York Times article in September, 1970, in which Friedman criticized corporate philanthropy as a failure of its agency responsibility to shareholders. Friedman argued that corporate philanthropy was a…
* * * * * * * * * * * * Fortunately, it is possible and feasible to carry out community science projects that do measure educational outcomes. In our case, we administered a pre- and post-test composed of…
View the CFA here! We hope you’ll join the DSPNW for these great events! The DSPNW is hosting an exciting event this week at the Pacific APA in Vancouver, “Philosophy and Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase I”! Hi All, Also, the…
That is, we can always debate whether certain words justifiably caused someone hurt, regardless of the offender’s intentions. This is because we think people have more control over what words they find hurtful in contrast to how their bodies react…
I am grateful to Professor Audi for comments on an earlier draft. On Tuesday 8 March, Professor Robert Audi, John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, gave a Public Lecture for the Oxford Uehiro Centre…
These conditions are clarified and justified with an example. Let us consider the specific duty to call an ambulance in three scenarios: [2] Very wealthy people might potentially feel that paying actors would be worth it. While this is an…
7 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/the-case-against-democracy (Accessed:22/01/2022); https:// www.ipsos.com/en-uk/perceptions-are-not-reality (Accessed: 22/01/2022) First, ‘The Value of Wisdom’. Generally, it is reasonable to expect that wisdom is positively correlated with a tendency to produce better outcomes. For example, the legally wise lawyer will tend to produce…
written by Neil Levy The unavailability of free range eggs should make you rethink your egg buying, if you’re one of the people who prefer them to barn laid. You’re eating eggs from chickens that can be expected to have…
References [7] Many influential definitions of a state, following Max Weber, are explicitly territorial. An open question Secondly, states may have a duty to contribute to efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, and maintain the habitability of already…
