Recent additions to the Heap of Links…
Discussion welcome.
- “The most fulfilled people I know tend to have two traits. They’re insatiably curious… And they seem to exist in a state of perpetual, self-inflicted unhappiness” — Celine Nguyen on what she calls “divine discontent”. Some philosophers will relate. (via The Browser)
- A taxonomy of different theories of consciousness — by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, based in part on his many interviews of philosophers, cognitive scientists, and others for “Closer to Truth”
- “I’ve always been interested in those capacities that are understood to be uniquely human, such as morality or rationality” — the NYT interviews philosopher Susana Monsó (UNED) on how animals understand death
- “Five rules for phone banking as a philosopher” — Colin Marshall (Washington) shares his experiences and suggestions
- “Anything daring or original is filtered out, either through preemptive self-censorship or in the process itself. What is left is a bland broth of featureless, technocratic, box-ticking” — that’s a quote about architecture, but Alexander Douglas (St. Andrews) thinks it may apply to philosophy, too
- Can a version of the trolley problem motivate some voters? — Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State) thinks so
- “The chance that your vote will make a difference is large enough that, in many cases, it is really important to vote” — Avram Hiller (Portland State) explains why
Professional philosophers and would-be philosophers curious about or fairly new to the philosophy of criminal law (perhaps too even specialists in the field!), and especially international criminal law, who happen also to be familiar with psychology, in this case encompassing more than the experimental model; thus, for example, including moral psychology along the lines, say, of the French moralists or, more recently, psychoanalytic psychology and the social sciences (over the years I’ve found it best not to take acquaintance with such knowledge for granted), may find this post to be of interest. It speaks to the relevance of the social sciences and philosophy (e.g., of language, agency, causation) to modes of liability in international criminal law (ICL), and in particular to the actual and possible part played by groups, including (thus not only) States and Corporations. It is a cursory introduction to the topic with a comparatively short bibliography of books, in English: International Criminal Law & Groups of one kind or another: States, Corporations, Political Parties, Organizations, Social Movements…. (This has also been posted on my Academia page should you want to download it.)