Category: Featured Papers
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This is just a quick note that I have a new paper out, "Metaethical Lessons of a Failed Ontological Proof of Robust Moral Realism." Here's the abstract: Michael Huemer claims to give an ontological proof of robust moral realism, the influential view that we have non-selfish, categorical, observer-independent reasons for action. This paper argues that…
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Ever wonder why large language model AI (LLMs) keep threatening people or otherwise violating their 'guardrails' despite vast resources being spent on AI safety research? My new paper, "‘Interpretability’ and ‘Alignment’ are Fool’s Errands: A Proof that Controlling Misaligned Large Language Models is the Best Anyone Can Hope For" shows that it is because AI…
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These three papers have been on PhilPapers for a while, but have recently been published in print, if anyone's interested. Hope some of you find them of interest! Allies Against Oppression: Intersectional Feminism, Critical Race Theory, and Rawlsian Liberalism. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 26 (2): 221-266. 2023. Abstract: Liberalism is often claimed to be at…
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This is just a quick note that I have a new paper out in the Journal of Moral Philosophy entitled, "(When) Are Authors Culpable for Causing Harm?". The abstract: To what extent are authors morally culpable for harms caused by their published work? Can authors be culpable even if their ideas are misused, perhaps because they failed…