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