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Using Rights To Counter “Gender-Specific” Wrongs, Theresa W. Tobin Nov 2009

Using Rights To Counter “Gender-Specific” Wrongs, Theresa W. Tobin

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

One popular strategy of opposition to practices of female genital cutting (FCG) is rooted in the global feminist movement. Arguing that women’s rights are human rights, global feminists contend that practices of FGC are a culturally specific manifestation of gender-based oppression that violates a number of rights. Many African feminists resist a women’s rights approach. They argue that by focusing on gender as the primary axis of oppression affecting the African communities where FGC occurs, a women’s rights approach has misrepresented African women as passive victims who need to be rescued from African men and has obscured the role of …


Religious Commitment: The Natural-Law Criteria, Howard P. Kainz Nov 2009

Religious Commitment: The Natural-Law Criteria, Howard P. Kainz

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Contraception & Logical Consistency, Howard P. Kainz Sep 2009

Contraception & Logical Consistency, Howard P. Kainz

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Qin Chong - A Quest For Ars Veritas, Curtis Carter Jul 2009

Qin Chong - A Quest For Ars Veritas, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Jizi: A Bridge Between Chinese Traditional Art And The Present, Curtis Carter Jun 2009

Jizi: A Bridge Between Chinese Traditional Art And The Present, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Putting Unity In Its Place: Organic Unity In Plato’S Phaedrus, Franco Trivigno Jun 2009

Putting Unity In Its Place: Organic Unity In Plato’S Phaedrus, Franco Trivigno

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Nelson Goodman's Hockey Seen: A Philosopher's Approach To Performance, Curtis Carter May 2009

Nelson Goodman's Hockey Seen: A Philosopher's Approach To Performance, Curtis Carter

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Paratragedy In Plato's Gorgias, Franco Trivigno Jan 2009

Paratragedy In Plato's Gorgias, Franco Trivigno

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Gender And Violence In Focus: A Background For Gender Justice In Reparations, Margaret Urban Walker Jan 2009

Gender And Violence In Focus: A Background For Gender Justice In Reparations, Margaret Urban Walker

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Review Of Sticks And Stones: The Philosophy Of Insults, By Jerome Neu, Margaret Urban Walker Jan 2009

Review Of Sticks And Stones: The Philosophy Of Insults, By Jerome Neu, Margaret Urban Walker

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The Rhetoric Of Parody In Plato’S Menexenus, Franco Trivigno Jan 2009

The Rhetoric Of Parody In Plato’S Menexenus, Franco Trivigno

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Preface Of "The History Of Analytic Aesthetics", Curtis Carter Jan 2009

Preface Of "The History Of Analytic Aesthetics", Curtis Carter

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The Impression Of Peter Lamarque And Others' Visits, Curtis Carter Jan 2009

The Impression Of Peter Lamarque And Others' Visits, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Phänomenologische Und Mundane Reduktion, Sebastian Luft Jan 2009

Phänomenologische Und Mundane Reduktion, Sebastian Luft

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Cultural Identity Of Art Works, Curtis Carter, Disikate Ke, Min Yu, Chengji Liu Jan 2009

Cultural Identity Of Art Works, Curtis Carter, Disikate Ke, Min Yu, Chengji Liu

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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A History Of Contemporary Aesthetics 1996-2006, Curtis Carter Jan 2009

A History Of Contemporary Aesthetics 1996-2006, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Friedrich Schelling, Michael Vater Jan 2009

Friedrich Schelling, Michael Vater

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Contemporary Ink Paintings, Curtis L. Carter Jan 2009

Contemporary Ink Paintings, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Artists And Social Change, Curtis Carter Jan 2009

Artists And Social Change, Curtis Carter

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Taming Augustine’S Monstrosity: Aquinas’S Notion Of Use In The Struggle For Moral Growth, Theresa W. Tobin Jan 2009

Taming Augustine’S Monstrosity: Aquinas’S Notion Of Use In The Struggle For Moral Growth, Theresa W. Tobin

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

In Book VI of his Confessions, Saint Augustine offers a detailed description of one of the most famous cases of weakness of will in the history of philosophy. Augustine characterizes his experience as a monstrous situation in which he both wills and does not will moral growth, but he is at odds to explain this phenomenon. In this paper, I argue that Aquinas’s action theory offers important resources for explaining Augustine’s monstrosity. On Aquinas’s schema, human acts are composed of various operations of intellect and will, and thus are subject to disintegration. In order to capture the gap in …


Review Of From Empedocles To Wittgenstein: Historical Essays In Philosophy By Anthony Kenny, Owen Goldin Jan 2009

Review Of From Empedocles To Wittgenstein: Historical Essays In Philosophy By Anthony Kenny, Owen Goldin

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of Cesar Chavez And The Common Sense Of Nonviolence, Grant J. Silva Oct 2008

Review Of Cesar Chavez And The Common Sense Of Nonviolence, Grant J. Silva

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Review Of Frontiers Of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership By Martha Nussbaum, Margaret Urban Walker Jul 2008

Review Of Frontiers Of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership By Martha Nussbaum, Margaret Urban Walker

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Which Party Most Supports Life? The Angst Of A Pro-Life Democrat, Howard P. Kainz Jun 2008

Which Party Most Supports Life? The Angst Of A Pro-Life Democrat, Howard P. Kainz

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Sexual Mores, Ethical Theories, And The Overpopulation Myth, Howard P. Kainz May 2008

Sexual Mores, Ethical Theories, And The Overpopulation Myth, Howard P. Kainz

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

Some of the causes of the 'sexual revolution' during the past few decades are widely known: The development of relatively safe and reliable contraceptives, especially the birth-control pill; the 'morning after' pill; antibiotics to relieve or cure sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis; the increased social acceptance of pre-marital sex, homosexuality, and other behaviors that formerly were considered deviant; and the legalization of abortion as the ultimate 'contraceptive'. But little attention has been paid to two rather cerebral factors relevant to these developments – namely, ethical theories, and theories of overpopulation. In this paper I will argue …


Carlos Luna: Cuban Artist At The Crossroads, Curtis L. Carter Jan 2008

Carlos Luna: Cuban Artist At The Crossroads, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

Carlos Luna: Cuban Artist at the Crossroads is an essay appearing in the exhibition catalogue Pablo Picasso Ceramics, Carlos Luna Paintings for the exhibit of the same title installed at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale from October 2, 2008 through February 23, 2009.


Art Without Cultural Borders: Reflections On Qin Feng's Art, Curtis Carter Jan 2008

Art Without Cultural Borders: Reflections On Qin Feng's Art, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Zur Phänomenologischen Methode In Karl Jaspers' Allgemeiner Psychopathologie, Sebastian Luft Jan 2008

Zur Phänomenologischen Methode In Karl Jaspers' Allgemeiner Psychopathologie, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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The Transcendental Dimension Of Phenomenology, Sebastian Luft Jan 2008

The Transcendental Dimension Of Phenomenology, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

This short text to follow is an attempt at philosophizing "free-style"; an attempt, that is, which does not concern itself with much recourse to primary or secondary literature. Hence, references to texts by the philosophers mentioned here are kept to a minimum. The purpose of this text, instead, is to initiate a "fundamental reflection", as one could call it, on the nature of phenomenology. May the reader indulge me in this free-styling activity, and I would welcome equally unburdened responses.


Kiss Kiss, Stake Stake: Storytelling And The Philosophical Pleasures Of Season Seven, James B. South Jan 2008

Kiss Kiss, Stake Stake: Storytelling And The Philosophical Pleasures Of Season Seven, James B. South

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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