Listen to Justin interviewed on the New Books in Philosophy Podcast. When we are thinking about what we ought to do, we are nearly always deciding among options. And we often talk in ways that reflect this; statements about what one ought to do are frequently explicitly statements that identify some act as the one to be performed from a broader set of alternatives. Continue Reading …
New Books in Philosophy: Bongrae Seok on the Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame
Listen to Bonegrae interviewed on the New Books in Philosophy Podcast. Shame is a complex social emotion that has a particularly negative valence; in the West it is associated with failure, inappropriateness, dishonor, disgrace. But within the Confucian tradition, there is in addition a distinct, positive variety of moral shame, a virtue that, as Bongrae Seok writes, "is not Continue Reading …
New Books in Philosophy: Peter Balint on Respecting Toleration
Listen to Peter interviewed on the New Books in Philosophy Podcast. The freedoms prized and secured in modern liberal democratic societies give rise to significant forms of moral and social diversity. In many cases, these forms of diversity must be dealt with by the state and its citizens. A standard way of trying to address social diversity is to call for toleration. But Continue Reading …