Salaries, desert, and moral luck
The highlight for me of this year's Pacific APA (which starts tomorrow here in Pasadena, California) will undoubtedly be the Invited Symposium “Four Views on Free Will” on Thursday morning. Speaking will be Michael McKenna (Florida State University) on “Compatibilism”; Derk Pereboom (Cornell University) on “Hard Incompatibilism”; Robert Kane (University of Texas–Austin) on “Libertarianism”; and Manuel Vargas (University of San Francisco) on “Revisionism”. Meanwhile, an article by Chris Colin in the San Francisco Chronicle asks whether we deserve what we earn (whether we earn a lot, or – I suppose – a little, as in my case!). Colin asks John Perry, who spoke at UBC last weekend; the short version of Perry’s answer is “No!” – but there is further discussion on this topic (i.e., desert, moral luck, and free will) here. I’ve also only just learned that the 2009 Pacific APA will be held in Vancouver! (At least I won’t have to travel far!)