你可能已经注意到，约翰、我和我们的直播嘉宾最近都不怎么写博客。但我们马上就要重新开始了。过去几周我一直在旅行。我在澳大利亚，就在我写作的时候。几周前，我在悉尼大学的澳大利亚哲学协会年会上发表了一篇论文。在悉尼愉快地度过了8天之后，它启程前往堪培拉。8月15日前，我在澳大利亚国立大学担任访问学者。在回国之前，它将前往新西兰做几场演讲，一个在惠灵顿，另一个在奥克兰。

我们已经做了一系列重复的节目，但我们即将再次直播，道德困境，情感，和笛卡尔的顺序。我保证我们会重新开始写博客，嗯，从现在开始。所以，尽管我们最近停止写博客，你还是要回来。我猜想，约翰已经被工作淹没了，但他承诺在道德困境的问题上，他会重新执掌大权。

If you yourself have been confronted with a compelling moral dilemma, do think about calling in during our upcoming episode. We have a great guest booked. He isWalter Sinnott-Armstrong. Walter's not only a fine philosopher, who wroteMoral Dilemmas (Philosophical Theory), but he has also done a fair bit of radio himself. Unfortunately, the book is currently out of print. But you can hear the truth about moral dilemmas from the man himself by tuning in on Tuesday. It should be fun.

By the way, I'll actually be doing the next three episodes from a studio in Canberra. I have to arrive at the studio at 4am. Now THAT is dedication to philosophy.

Speaking of philosophy, let me tell you that the philosophical scene in Australia is really terrific. The AAP meeting at which I gave a talk was one of the best philosophical meetings I have ever attended. And the ANU scene is just incredible. There are many visitors, many talks, conferences, an intensely philosophical but also highly social atmosphere. At the same time, there is time to sit alone in one's office write.

Australians do seem to have more stamina than Americans, though. For example, after talks, a very large group "goes to bar" as Australians say, for drinks and more philosophical conversation. After bar, a slightly smaller group will go to dinner for food, more drink, and more philosophy. And after dinner, the truly hardy, and only the truly hardy, do another bar round for still more philosophy and still more drink. It's hard to keep up.

More to come soon.