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Theology, Phenomenology, And The Divine In King Lear, Kent R. Lehnhof Jan 2018

Theology, Phenomenology, And The Divine In King Lear, Kent R. Lehnhof

English Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"In what follows, then, I would like to think through Levinas's ideas on transcendence and ethics in such a way as to map out a new pathway for approaching Shakespeare's great tragedy. As unorthodox as it may sound, I propose to shed light on the darkling religiosity of King Lear by turning-not to the theological doctrines of early modem Christians-but to the postmodern ethics of a twentieth-century Jew."


Truth And Healing A Veteran's Depression, Mike W. Martin Jan 2009

Truth And Healing A Veteran's Depression, Mike W. Martin

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

Comments on an article by Christopher Bailey (see record 2009-24345-002). Dr. Christopher Bailey portrays an American veteran, Colin, who slips into a "serious but not severe" depression upon returning from the Iraq War, After ruling out post-traumatic stress disorder, the psychiatrist comes to believe that Colin's depression is tied to his feelings of being a wimp, of not having "done his part or proven his manhood," and of losing his chance to become a hero because he had been assigned non-combat duty—feelings that the psychiatrist glosses (misleadingly?) as a "painful lack of wounds." (I speak of the "the psychiatrist," rather …


A Review Of Erich H. Loewy, "Moral Strangers, Moral Acquaintance, And Moral Friends, Ethics, Mike W. Martin Jan 1998

A Review Of Erich H. Loewy, "Moral Strangers, Moral Acquaintance, And Moral Friends, Ethics, Mike W. Martin

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

This book elaborates an ethic in which beneficence on a personal and communal level has moral force; proposes the idea of an interplay between compassion and reason to help address moral problems; and sketches the conditions necessary for a democratic approach to such problems.


Professional And Ordinary Morality: A Reply To Freedman, Mike W. Martin Jan 1981

Professional And Ordinary Morality: A Reply To Freedman, Mike W. Martin

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

Mike Martin responds to the article "Professional and Ordinary Morality."


Rights And The Meta-Ethics Of Professional Morality, Mike W. Martin Jan 1981

Rights And The Meta-Ethics Of Professional Morality, Mike W. Martin

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

This article looks into the Meta-Ethics of medical professionals.