April 28, 2015
Folk ideal theory in action
“People aren’t supposed to burn buildings, destroy property, trash cars, break windows, or vandalize buildings, so when I see those things happen I immediately know that I can criticize them…
April 28, 2015
Either/Or (Vel aut Aut?)
Thesis: If the Adjunct Warriors I’ve been criticizing could get over their bad faith, they’d recognize that on my account, their choosing to stay and fight has a *higher* moral status…
April 27, 2015
Is the Adjuncts’ Rights Movement Anti-Adjunct?
Consider the following: 1. Tenure-track (or other long-term, full benefits) faculty jobs are expensive, while contingent and adjunct faculty are cheap. Georgetown pays adjuncts a much better rate than most…
April 26, 2015
This Exists
From PrecariCorps. This made my day. As one of my Facebook friends remarked, “If PhD grads aren’t qualified to the point of being responsible for their labor mistakes,…
April 25, 2015
Culpability Judgments Are Unreliable, Especially over the Internet
Whenever I post about religion and politics on BHL, I’m typically impressed by how quickly commenters leap to culpability judgments. Perhaps I’ve missed what to someone is an “obvious” objection, and…
April 24, 2015
Philosophy Departments, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the Seen and Unseen
In the past few days, philosophy bloggers have been writing with concern about how more philosophy departments around the country are closing, and how various Republican state legislators are trying…