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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jul 30

The philosophy of s3x community is so niche I could guess the author by sentence three lol

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To Philosophers of Easy Virtue (guest post) - Daily Nous

"My experiences have led me to believe that one of the best things that men in a professional field can do for feminism is to learn to take sexual and romantic rejection well." That's one of the obser...

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jun 8

Couldn't straighten my arms after a workout, and when I searched for a fix, I found out that more exercise might help. Is this the adult equivalent of hair of the dog?

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jun 3

Officially published! My paper “Caring for Valid Sexual Consent” is out in the new issue of Hypatia!

In this paper, I argue that consent, to be valid, requires trust, and in intimate contexts that trust is warranted through care.

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Caring for Valid Sexual Consent | Hypatia | Cambridge Core

Caring for Valid Sexual Consent - Volume 40 Issue 2

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templephilosophy.bsky.social @templephilosophy.bsky.social · May 27

Many congratulations to PhD candidate Eli Benjamin Israel on his recent publication "Navigating vagueness: Rule-following and the scope of trust" in The Philosophical Quarterly. You can read a preprint of his paper on PhilPapers at the link below:
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Eli Benjamin Israel, Navigating Vagueness: Rule-Following and The Scope of Trust - PhilPapers

In this paper, I address a fundamental challenge in the philosophy of trust: how to account for trustee discretion in scenarios that fall outside explicitly defined expectations. I argue that this ...

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · May 18

What exactly happens when two people disagree about what they can trust one another to do? I discuss this form of interpersonal conflict on the blog of Mark Schroeder's Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project

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Conflicts of trust — CFCP

One is not born trustworthy but becomes trustworthy through practice. When we engage in trusting relationships of all kinds, we develop a better grasp of what those relationships are, what particular ...

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · May 5

Revising a paper really trying to be less of am as*hole toward the opposing views.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Apr 30

Karl was a man of great kindness and intellectual generosity. Though I wasn't his student, he took time to engage with my paper that drew on his work on Kant’s "The End of All Things", offering supportive feedback that meant the world to me.

North American Kant Society @nakantsociety.bsky.social · Apr 30

With deep sadness, the North American Kant Society announces the passing of Karl Ameriks, a leading Kant scholar, beloved colleague, and former member of the NAKS Board of Trustees.

NAKS extends heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and students.

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Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine.bsky.social · Apr 22

The proper way to celebrate Kant’s birthday today is by taking an afternoon walk. Also getting drunk. He liked that too.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Apr 18

Admins will be admins...

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Apr 13

One day I was talking to a girl, and she said she liked folk music. I said, "I did get some Joni Mitchell vibes from you," to which she responded, "Taylor Swift, actually"

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Apr 10

I was watching my son in Jiu Jitsu, and suddenly I hear all the kids shouting, "Korsgaard!"
I asked the parent next to me, "What did they just say?" to which he responded: "close guard"...

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Mar 10

I trained the kid to answer "Led Zeppelin" whenever asked what's the greatest band of all time. My work is done.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Feb 28

My "A Kantian Account of Moral Trust" — Winner of the 2024 North American Kant Society Markus Herz Essay Prize — is finally available (open access) in Kantian Review >>> www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A Kantian Account of Moral Trust | Kantian Review | Cambridge Core

A Kantian Account of Moral Trust

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Feb 25

Oz (5 years old): "Everything I look at gets in my mind."

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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · Feb 21

APA member Eli Benjamin Israel spoke about AI, dating apps, trust, and consent on a recent episode of @whyythepulse.bsky.social (audio + transcript)
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Meeting Your Match: Navigating the World of Modern Dating - WHYY

We explore the complicated world of modern dating, and what science has to say about how to find love.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Feb 10

Had a blast talking to The Pulse about the ethics of online dating, what flirtatious deception can be counted as fair game and what we owe to our fellow online daters.

The Pulse @thepulse.whyy.org · Feb 7

Does the dating pool really suck, or do you just need a little bit of help on finding love?

On this episode of The Pulse, we dive headfirst into the complicated world of modern dating, and what science has to say about how to find love. 🔗 lnk.to/whyy-thepulse

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Feb 10

For all you folks that like me teach in Philadelphia/South Jersey - good luck teaching today!

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Feb 6

"Navigating Vagueness: Rule-Following and The Scope of Trust " is now published online in The Philosophical Quarterly >>> academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...

Navigating vagueness: Rule-following and the scope of trust

Abstract. In this paper, I address a fundamental challenge in the philosophy of trust: how to account for trustee discretion in scenarios that fall outside

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jan 29

Second week of my intro to Ethics, I just love to play with their minds as I present them with 30 variations of the trolley problem

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Jan 29

Shut up, Nietzsche.

It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the
delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this
experience he passes judgments on the work and course of
his life, as if he had only now become clear-sighted; and yet
the inspiration behind this feeling of well-being and these
confident judgements is not wisdom, but weariness.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jan 17

Academic superpower: Get more citations on your old papers by citing them in your new ones

Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jan 16

Kicking off 2025 with some good news - Very proud to share that my paper "Navigating Vagueness: Rule-Following and The Scope of Trust" is now forthcoming in the Philosophical Quarterly!

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Eli Benjamin Israel, Navigating Vagueness: Rule-Following and The Scope of Trust - PhilPapers

In this paper, I address a fundamental challenge in the philosophy of trust: how to account for trustee discretion in scenarios that fall outside explicitly defined expectations. I argue that this ...

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Jan 15

The most important thing to learn is to think for yourself.

The second most important thing is that just because an idea is yours, that doesn't make it not stupid.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jan 13

Based on the Eastern APA almost all philosophy is now Epistemology.

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Eli Benjamin Israel @badkantian.bsky.social · Jan 13

Why not doing both? Non-monogamous research is the real deal

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