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A Philosophy Primer, Anthony Cunningham
A Philosophy Primer, Anthony Cunningham
Philosophy Faculty Publications
This philosophy primer serves as an introduction to the general pursuit of philosophy and the practice of sound reasoning. The primer identifies and explains seven important guiding ideals for conducting any intellectual inquiry, along with highlighting eight “good moves” to cultivate and eighteen “bad moves” to avoid.
Harmony & Cancellation Culture, Erica Stonestreet
Harmony & Cancellation Culture, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
“Cancelling” people cuts off relationships in the name of taking back power from those who abuse it. But using the ancient—but still current—concept of harmony, I ask whether this is the best way to go about fixing our problems.
Social Esteem As Moral Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Social Esteem As Moral Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Some strands of feminist and social philosophy suggest that the basis for personhood is having an identity—where identity is not defined entirely in individualistic terms of reason and autonomy and is in fact quite relational. When personhood is conceived in these terms, morality becomes a matter of recognizing persons for who they are, which includes recognizing them as members of social groups. In this paper I explore the notion of esteem as a species of recognition for these layers of identity, claiming that esteem deserves to stand on equal footing with respect as a moral attitude.
Love And Respect As Moral Attitudes And Practices Of Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Love And Respect As Moral Attitudes And Practices Of Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Beginning from the premise that moral deliberation and action have their roots in the recognition of persons, this paper argues that love deserves to stand on equal footing with respect as a mode of moral recognition. I argue first that as attitudes, respect and love are modes of moral recognition responding to specific others. They thus have similar epistemologies, but are distinguished by their positions along a concrete-abstract axis. In particular, I claim, respect is an attitude that recognizes another as a person, whereas love is an attitude that recognizes another as the person they are. Both attitudes check the …
Beyond Respect: Complexities Of Identity, Personhood, And Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Beyond Respect: Complexities Of Identity, Personhood, And Recognition, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Mainstream analytic philosophy has long focused on a rationalistic conception of persons as the beings that matter morally. This has led to a heavy concentration on respect as a, if not the, core moral attitude. This paper aims to complicate the picture by arguing that personhood is more complex than this, because the identities in virtue of which persons matter are more complex. Persons matter not only as (abstract) persons, but as specific individuals and members of groups. As a result, they should be recognized in corresponding ways that go beyond respect, including love and esteem. Doing so expands …
Reviewed Work: Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide To Political Disagreement, By Scott Aikin And Robert Talisse, Emily Esch
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Love As A Regulative Ideal In Surrogate Decision Making, Erica Stonestreet
Love As A Regulative Ideal In Surrogate Decision Making, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
This discussion aims to give a normative theoretical basis for a “best judgment” model of surrogate decision making rooted in a regulative ideal of love. Currently, there are two basic models of surrogate decision making for incompetent patients: the “substituted judgment” model and the “best interests” model. The former draws on the value of autonomy and responds with respect; the latter draws on the value of welfare and responds with beneficence. It can be difficult to determine which of these two models is more appropriate for a given patient, and both approaches may seem inadequate for a surrogate who loves …
Preserving Moral Recognition In The Face Of Aggression: Aikido As A Practice Of Physical Intersubjectivity, Charles W. Wright
Preserving Moral Recognition In The Face Of Aggression: Aikido As A Practice Of Physical Intersubjectivity, Charles W. Wright
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Practitioners of Aikido advance the claim, peculiar to many, that martial training can support moral action. This essay examines the claim by exploring communicative structures implicit in the response to attack made possible by this art's techniques. This exploration reveals three dimensions of intersubjectivity embedded in the practice of Aikido, dimensions that explicate the ethical imperative of the art.
A Cognitive Approach To Teaching Strategies, Emily Esch
A Cognitive Approach To Teaching Strategies, Emily Esch
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Our knowledge of how the mind works is growing rapidly. One area of particular interest to philosophy teachers is research on reasoning and decision making processes. I explore one model of human cognition that offers new ways of thinking about how to teach philosophical skills. The bulk of the paper is dedicated to exposition of the model and the evidence that supports it; at the end of the paper, I suggest ways these findings might be incorporated into the classroom.
The Purpose Of Personal Value, Erica Stonestreet
The Purpose Of Personal Value, Erica Stonestreet
Philosophy Faculty Publications
It seems as if there are things that have what we might call personal value—special objects, artwork by our children, etc. This term is meant to mark a difference between things whose value seems tied to a particular person, as opposed to things (like the Mona Lisa) that are valuable, period. The concept of personal value hasn’t received much focused attention, but I believe that it is of not only theoretical, but practical importance. In this paper, I explore the practical angle, arguing that personal value is important to our ability to make sense of ourselves. I give …
Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Spinoza's Commentary On Genesis 29, Eugene Garver
Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Spinoza's Commentary On Genesis 29, Eugene Garver
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rethinking Ruddick And The Ethnocentrism Critique Of Maternal Thinking, Jean Keller
Rethinking Ruddick And The Ethnocentrism Critique Of Maternal Thinking, Jean Keller
Philosophy Faculty Publications
In the early 1990s, Sara Ruddick's Maternal Thinking was criticized for harboring a latent ethnocentrism. Ruddick responded to these critiques in the 1995 edition of her book, but her response has not yet been addressed in the feminist philosophical literature. This essay addresses this lacuna in the scholarship on Ruddick. In the last installment of this critique, Alison Bailey and Patrice DiQuinzio suggested that the only way for Ruddick to avoid the ethnocentrism charge would require her near-universalistic claims about mothering to be rejected in favor of 'particularized, localized accounts of mothering.' In this essay I'll show that this claim …
The Empirical Basis Of Ethics, Timothy A. Robinson
The Empirical Basis Of Ethics, Timothy A. Robinson
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Compresence Of Opposites In Nehamas, Irwin, And Fine, Timothy A. Robinson
Compresence Of Opposites In Nehamas, Irwin, And Fine, Timothy A. Robinson
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Great Anger, Anthony Cunningham
Great Anger, Anthony Cunningham
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Anger has had a major hand in a history of inhumanity. In this light, some schools of thought have suggested that we do best to jettison anger entirely. However, anger, like grief, is tied to caring deeply, and as such, both emotions can speak to what is best and most beautiful about human life and character.
A New Formalization Of Anselm's Ontological Argument, Timothy A. Robinson
A New Formalization Of Anselm's Ontological Argument, Timothy A. Robinson
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Why We Should All Be Platonists, Timothy A. Robinson
Why We Should All Be Platonists, Timothy A. Robinson
Philosophy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Moral Addicts, Anthony Cunningham
Moral Addicts, Anthony Cunningham
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Moral exemplars are often depicted as those who go to extraordinary lengths in preventing suffering and eradicating injustice. Thus, figure like Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and Martin Luther King are apt to be identified as moral saints in the sense of being the morally best people. However, any adequate conception of moral excellence must be broader and more complex.