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“Ho hum, I’m being attacked by a bear’: How judgment is tied to concern and motivation” By Jeremy Koons (Georgetown University in Qatar, Philosophy)
Date: Thursday 7th December, 2017 Time: 1540-1715 Place: H-232 Abstract: A persistent problem in metaethics is the question of how to reconcile the cognitive and motivational elements of moral judgment. The lynchpin to the ‘moral problem’ is the Humean philosophy of mind, which holds that belief and desire are ‘distinct existences,’ and that both must be present to explain motivation. […]