Back in 2015, and it led to a "lively" discussion! The only point I'd make differently is that often administrators want their departments to offer the PhD (regardless of what the faculty want), even when the program would be more competitive as a terminal MA program (a point philosopher Douglas Portmore makes, correctly, in the comments).
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