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Becoming-Imperceptible As A Mode Of Self-Presentation: A Feminist Model Drawn From A Deleuzian Line Of Flight, Tamsin E. Lorraine Jan 2000

Becoming-Imperceptible As A Mode Of Self-Presentation: A Feminist Model Drawn From A Deleuzian Line Of Flight, Tamsin E. Lorraine

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


As Sementes E O Conhecimento Que Elas Incorporam, Hugh Lacey Jan 2000

As Sementes E O Conhecimento Que Elas Incorporam, Hugh Lacey

Philosophy Faculty Works

Freqüentemente recorre-se à ciência para legitimar a prioridade atribuída ao desenvolvimento de sementes transgênicas na pesquisa agronômica, e a proteção privilegiada concedida aos direitos de propriedade intelectual sobre tais sementes. Alega-se que as sementes transgênicas incorporam conhecimento científico, mas não as sementes selecionadas na agricultura tradicional; e que o conhecimento científico sustenta não haver, além da agricultura que faz uso substancial de sementes transgênicas, maneira alternativa nenhuma de alimentar a humanidade. Ambas as alegações são questionadas por meio de um argumento que reconhece na agroecologia uma séria alternativa (pelo menos parcialmente) à predominância da biotecnologia na agricultura, uma alternativa que …


Listening To The Evidence: Service Activity And Understanding Social Phenomena, Hugh Lacey Jan 2000

Listening To The Evidence: Service Activity And Understanding Social Phenomena, Hugh Lacey

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


On The Genealogy Of Morals, David B. Allison Jan 2000

On The Genealogy Of Morals, David B. Allison

Research Resources

No abstract provided.


The Status Of Animals In Biblical And Christian Thought: A Study In Colliding Values, Rod Preece, David Fraser Jan 2000

The Status Of Animals In Biblical And Christian Thought: A Study In Colliding Values, Rod Preece, David Fraser

Morality and Religious Philosophy Collection

A common contemporary view is that the Bible and subsequent Christian thought authorize humans to exploit animals purely as means to human ends. This paper argues that Biblical and Christian thought have given rise to a more complex ethic of animal use informed by its pastoralist origins, Biblical pronouncements that permit different interpretations, and competing ideas and doctrines that arose during its development, and influenced by the rich and often contradictory features of ancient Hebrew and Greco-Roman traditions. The result is not a uniform ethic but a tradition of unresolved debate. Differing interpretations of the Great Chain of Being and …


The Cosmological Argument: A Current Bibliographical Appraisal, W. David Beck Jan 2000

The Cosmological Argument: A Current Bibliographical Appraisal, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Review: Personalism: A Critical Introduction, W. David Beck Jan 2000

Review: Personalism: A Critical Introduction, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Perceiving Imperceptible Harms (With Other Thoughts On Transitivity, Cumulative Effects, And Consequentialism), Donald H. Regan Jan 2000

Perceiving Imperceptible Harms (With Other Thoughts On Transitivity, Cumulative Effects, And Consequentialism), Donald H. Regan

Book Chapters

Many writers believe there can be cases which satisfy the following description: starting from an initial state of affairs, it is possible to make a series of changes, none of which alters the value of the state of affairs in any way, but such that the final state of affairs that results from the series of changes is worse than the initial state of affairs. I shall call the claim that there can be such cases the "ex nihilo" claim, since in a sense it asserts that the bad effects of the complete series of changes arise ex nihilo. Proponents …


Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr Jan 2000

Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Art Museum As A Purveyor Of Culture, Curtis Carter Jan 2000

Art Museum As A Purveyor Of Culture, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Consolatio Philologiae: Horaz, C. 1113, 1-8 Bei Edmund Husserl, Sebastian Luft Jan 2000

Consolatio Philologiae: Horaz, C. 1113, 1-8 Bei Edmund Husserl, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Naturalizing, Normativity, And Using What “We” Know In Ethics, Margaret Urban Walker Jan 2000

Naturalizing, Normativity, And Using What “We” Know In Ethics, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Equality And Affiliation As Bases Of Ethical Responsibility, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 2000

Equality And Affiliation As Bases Of Ethical Responsibility, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Species, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2000

Species, Timothy Shanahan

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The Man Who Tried To Save The World: The Dangerous Life And Mysterious Disappearance Of Fred Cuny By Scott Anderson, Rory J. Conces Jan 2000

Book Review: The Man Who Tried To Save The World: The Dangerous Life And Mysterious Disappearance Of Fred Cuny By Scott Anderson, Rory J. Conces

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Occasionally a biography is written about an individual who is "cut" from a different piece of cloth than the of the rest of us. The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny is such a biography. Scott Anderson. a war correspondent who has covered numerous connects around the world, tells the story of this most extraordinary humanitarian relief expert. Fred Cuny considered the interests of strangers to be more important than those of his own and eventually gave his life in the pursuit of rendering assistance to those who most needed …


Book Review: Ethics For The New Millennium, Rory J. Conces Jan 2000

Book Review: Ethics For The New Millennium, Rory J. Conces

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Ethics for the New Millennium is a book written by the Dalai Lama that came to my attention at the request of a few of my students who wanted to start a reading group. Although the book remained in my office, I took the Dalai Lama's ideas about ethics with me when I visited China, a country that bears Buddhism's mark. Whether you agree with bis views or not, you cannot help but admire him; nor do you have to be a Buddhist to enjoy this readable and interesting book, a quick and easy read intended for the general reader.


The Legacy Of John Dewey, David Halliburton Jan 2000

The Legacy Of John Dewey, David Halliburton

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

John Dewey’s educational legacy embraces wide-ranging views on the relation of teaching to learning and to other key issues in education.


Fostering Students' Moral Development, Lion F. Gardiner Jan 2000

Fostering Students' Moral Development, Lion F. Gardiner

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

The development of students’ ethical behavior has been an aim of college faculty for centuries. This essay reviews research and ways of fostering principled ethical reasoning.


Rationality And Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse Jan 2000

Rationality And Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Conceptual Clarification And Policy-Related Science: The Case Of Chemical Hormesis, Kevin C. Elliott Jan 2000

Conceptual Clarification And Policy-Related Science: The Case Of Chemical Hormesis, Kevin C. Elliott

Faculty Publications

This paper examines the epistemological warrant for a toxicological phenomenon known as chemical hormesis. First, it argues that conceptual confusion contributes significantly to current disagreements about the status of chemical hormesis as a biological hypothesis. Second, it analyzes seven distinct concepts of chemical hormesis, arguing that none are completely satisfactory. Finally, it suggests three ramifications of this analysis for ongoing debates about the epistemological status of chemical hormesis. This serves as a case study supporting the value of philosophical methodologies such as conceptual clarification for addressing contemporary scientific disputes, including policy-related scientific disputes that may be heavily influencedby social and …


A Liberal Theory Of Social Welfare: Fairness, Utility, And The Pareto Principle, Howard F. Chang Jan 2000

A Liberal Theory Of Social Welfare: Fairness, Utility, And The Pareto Principle, Howard F. Chang

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Positivism And The Notion Of An Offense, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 2000

Positivism And The Notion Of An Offense, Claire Oakes Finkelstein

All Faculty Scholarship

While the United States Supreme Court has developed an elaborate constitutional jurisprudence of criminal procedure, it has articulated few constitutional doctrines of the substantive criminal law. The asymmetry between substance and procedure seems natural given the demise of Lochner and the minimalist stance towards due process outside the area of fundamental rights. This Article, however, argues that the "positivistic" approach to defining criminal offenses stands in some tension with other basic principles, both constitutional and moral. In particular, two important constitutional guarantees depend on the notion of an offense: the presumption of innocence and the ban on double jeopardy. Under …


When The Rule Swallows The Exception, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 2000

When The Rule Swallows The Exception, Claire Oakes Finkelstein

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Privacy-As-Data Control: Conceptual, Practical, And Moral Limits Of The Paradigm, Anita L. Allen Jan 2000

Privacy-As-Data Control: Conceptual, Practical, And Moral Limits Of The Paradigm, Anita L. Allen

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Changing Structure In The Practice Of Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 2000

Changing Structure In The Practice Of Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Why The Successful Assassin Is More Wicked Than The Unseccessful One, Leo Katz Jan 2000

Why The Successful Assassin Is More Wicked Than The Unseccessful One, Leo Katz

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Moral Exclusivity Of The New Civil Society, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 2000

The Moral Exclusivity Of The New Civil Society, Dorothy E. Roberts

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Complicated Ingredients Of Wisdom And Leadership, Michael A. Fitts Jan 2000

The Complicated Ingredients Of Wisdom And Leadership, Michael A. Fitts

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Toward A Cohesive Account Of Reid’S Scientific And Moral Self-Evident Principles, Kevin Twain Lowery Jan 2000

Toward A Cohesive Account Of Reid’S Scientific And Moral Self-Evident Principles, Kevin Twain Lowery

Faculty Scholarship - Philosophy

This paper examines the nature of Reid’s self-evident principles by determining the properties that he claims for them in general, alluding to specific references to science and mathematics in the process. Next, it explores the uniqueness of moral self-evident principles, identifying any obstacles that might preclude a cohesive account. Finally, an attempt is made to remove these obstacles by providing a more comprehensive interpretation of moral principles, one that will relate them more closely to scientific principles. This will rely on notions that are implicit, rather than explicit, in Reid’s writings.


Sex And Gender Through An Analytic Eye: Butler On Freud And Gender Identity, Anna Gullickson '00 Jan 2000

Sex And Gender Through An Analytic Eye: Butler On Freud And Gender Identity, Anna Gullickson '00

Honors Projects

In her book. Gender Trouble, Judith Butler reinforces the conception held by many feminist philosophers that gender identity is not natural but rather culturally-constructed. Butler supports this conception of gender mainly by reading (and misreading) Freud. I will undertake a critical reconstruction of Butler's claims about gender identity which are based on Freud. In order to complete this project, I will outline (J) currents of feminism leading us to this question of the constructedness of gender, (2) Freud's theories, especially his account of sexual development and (3) two of Butler's main criticisms of Freud. Through this exploration, I will explain …