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September 25, 2026

Exile from the Moral Community

September 25, 2026

I consider the idea of Strawson's objective attitude as a mental perspective we can take up towards others. Within an existing relationship, adopting an objective stance requires breaking one pattern of relating and establishing another. But once established, a pattern of objectivity can become one’s new default. We may save ourselves from the immediate strains of involvement only to discover that we have exiled someone from our moral community, and no longer know how to bring her back into the fold.

September 25, 2026

September 9, 2026

How could we be blameworthy for drunk driving?

September 9, 2026

Everyone recognizes that driving drunk is blameworthy. However, it is also very commonly thought that we need to appeal to some special “tracing” conditions on blame in order to explain why it is fitting to blame drunk drivers. If we don’t have direct control over ourselves when we’re drunk, though, how could we ever be blameworthy for drunk driving?

September 9, 2026

August 29, 2026

Fall Workshop Visitors!

August 29, 2026

This fall we have an exciting slate of CFCP Workshop visitors.

August 29, 2026

August 20, 2026

Philosophy of Breakups was a success!

August 20, 2026

Our Philosophy of Breakups conference was a success! Thanks to everyone who brought energy and enthusiasm to constructively discuss new issues about the end of relationships and what they teach us about other issues in philosophy.

August 20, 2026

July 27, 2026

“Please Be Patient With Me…” - On Patience and Relationships

July 27, 2026

July 2, 2026

Failures, Underdogs, and Comic Losers

July 2, 2026

February 15, 2026

Discord in Solidarity & Solidarity on Discord

February 15, 2026

The question then becomes: can digital spaces produce solidarity’s shared moral understanding in the same way in-person cooperation can?

February 15, 2026

January 16, 2026

Legitimate Interpersonal Injustice?

January 16, 2026

Even if we both feel like a plan is unfair to us individually, we owe it to the relationship to stay the course if there’s room for us to reasonably disagree over whether our joint interests are being served.

January 16, 2026

January 2, 2026

Responding to Wrongdoing

January 2, 2026

When we relinquish blame for our own practical reasons, we don’t have to do so by pretending as if the wrongdoer isn’t a fit recipient of our blame.

January 2, 2026

November 5, 2025

Is Paternalism Compatible with Love?

November 5, 2025

In light of these observations, I want to suggest that when non-interference with the aims of our beloved would result in significant harm to them, paternalism can be morally permissible in the context of a loving relationship.

November 5, 2025