I'm delighted to announce that the PPE group at UB have been awarded a $2.5 million grant over 3 years for our project "Diversity, Dynamism and Inclusion: A New Multi-Method Approach for Studying Liberalism" buffalo.edu/news/releases/…

kinda miffed I can’t use “murder is wrong” as an uncontroversial statement in intro ethics anymore

scott horsley Friendly note that there are many good subs for eggs in baking! Depending on the role of the eggs (binding, leavening, structure) there are great replacements including mashed banana, applesauce, commercial egg replacer, and flax “egg”. Vegan recipes to the rescue!

You can now read Jacob Barrett's working paper, In Defence of Moderation, here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/in-defence-of-…

"you're gambling with lives," the kidnapper said, "if you don't pay the ransom"

Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw

WINNER ANNOUNCED: The 2025 Fifth Annual Gaus Memorial Prize goes to Ismail Kurun (Vanderbilt) for his paper, “The Epistemology of Public Reason: Open-Mindedness, Human Psychology, and Liberal Institutions.” ppesociety.org/2025/07/25/202…

It’s not the em-dash—it’s this sentence structure.

The Global Priorities Institute has now shut its doors. For an overview of what it achieved, see: globalprioritiesinstitute.org

Today's the day! Essays on longtermism is now out (open access) with Oxford University Press. academic.oup.com/book/60794

Very pleased that our volume, Essays on Longtermism, is now out! (Currently dealing with a glitch on the website where the six chapters in part IV are missing from the online version, but this should be fixed soon.)

Today, we're launching the 'Essays on Longtermism' competition, over on the EA Forum. Prizes up to $1000, judged by our expert panel: William MacAskill, David Thorstad, Hilary Greaves, Eva Vivalt, and Jacob Barrett. More details in 🧵 :

The full (open access) pdf for Essays on Longtermism is now available here, in case you are champing at the bit to read Part IV! fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/ac…