Sometimes our intentions and beliefs exhibit a structure that proves us to be irrational. The
Normativity of Rationality is concerned with the question of whether we ought to avoid such …

We must often make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Pursuing a degree in biology
may lead to lucrative employment, or to unemployment and crushing debt. A doctor's …

A striking fact about the history of civilisation is just how early we are in it. There are 5000
years of recorded history behind us, but how many years are still to come? If we merely last …

There must be some connection between our deontic notions, rightness and wrongness,
and our responsibility notions, praise-and blameworthiness. Yet traditional approaches to …

In this crisply written book, Hanno Sauer offers the first book-length treatment of debunking
arguments in ethics, developing an empirically informed and philosophically sophisticated …

In this paper I discuss various hard cases that an account of moral ignorance should be able
to deal with: ancient slave holders, Susan Wolf's JoJo, psychopaths such as Robert Harris …

Many have been attracted to the idea that for something to be good there just have to be
reasons to favour it. This view has come to be known as the buck-passing account of value …

Utilitarianism is the idea that ethics is ultimately about what makes people's lives go better.
While utilitarian ideas remain highly influential in politics and culture, they are subject to …

It is often claimed that all acts of supererogation involve sacrifice. This claim is made
because it is thought that it is the level of sacrifice involved that prevents these acts from …

In this paper, we claim that, if you justifiably believe that you ought to perform some act, it
follows that you ought to perform that act. In the first half, we argue for this claim by reflection …