The Reliable Revisionist,
2019
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
The Reliable Revisionist, Caitlyn Schaffer
Philosophy: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
The present text explores how the topic of head and heart is much more complicated than one would expect, according to Paul Henne and Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, contributors of Neuroexistentialism. “Does Neuroscience Undermine Morality” aims at figuring out the problem of which moral judgments we can trust, judgments from one’s head (revisionism) or judgments from one’s heart (conservatism). My hypothesis suggests the opposite of the authors, I believe that if you are a revisionist, your first order intuitions are reliable. After setting the framework, I make three main arguments. (A.) If you are able to self-correct then you can identify errors …
Intention And Interpretation In Law,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Intention And Interpretation In Law, Cosim J. Sayid
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
I provide a Gricean theory of communication to constitutively explain the basis of duties, immunities, powers, privileges, and rights – the legal profile– possessed by actors within a legal system in virtue of their legally authoritative communicative intentions. This allows me to clearly speak to what is communicated between legal agents and how to interpret – how to figure out – that content, using available evidence. That account is then applied to statutory interpretation and contract law. Using a notion I call creative interpretation, which I develop by analogy to some species of literary and musical interpretation, I …
August 31, 2019: Is Hallowed Secularism Any Longer The Question?,
2019
Duquesne University
August 31, 2019: Is Hallowed Secularism Any Longer The Question?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Is Hallowed Secularism Any Longer the Question?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 24, 2019: Would I Help Donald Trump?,
2019
Duquesne University
August 24, 2019: Would I Help Donald Trump?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Would I Help Donald Trump?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 20, 2019: Change Point In The Culture,
2019
Duquesne University
August 20, 2019: Change Point In The Culture, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Change Point in the Culture“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 18, 2019: How Unfriendly Is The Internet?,
2019
Duquesne University
August 18, 2019: How Unfriendly Is The Internet?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How Unfriendly Is the Internet?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 15, 2019: What Would “Bends Toward Justice” Mean To Doris Lessing?,
2019
Duquesne University
August 15, 2019: What Would “Bends Toward Justice” Mean To Doris Lessing?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Would “Bends Toward Justice” Mean to Doris Lessing?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 11, 2019: Here Is The Column On Mass Shootings And Our Spiritual Crisis,
2019
Duquesne University
August 11, 2019: Here Is The Column On Mass Shootings And Our Spiritual Crisis, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Here is the column on mass shootings and our spiritual crisis“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 8, 2019: America Needs A Substitute For God,
2019
Duquesne University
August 8, 2019: America Needs A Substitute For God, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “America Needs a Substitute for God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 26, 2019: Strong Reactions To Column On The No-Prosecution Pledge,
2019
Duquesne University
July 26, 2019: Strong Reactions To Column On The No-Prosecution Pledge, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Strong Reactions to Column on the No-Prosecution Pledge“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Don’T Lock Trump Up, Just Because Mueller Said You Can,
2019
Duquesne University
Don’T Lock Trump Up, Just Because Mueller Said You Can, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
July 19, 2019: Justice Stevens R.I.P.,
2019
Duquesne University
July 19, 2019: Justice Stevens R.I.P., Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Justice Stevens R.I.P.“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 14, 2019: Adam Gopnik Vs David Frum,
2019
Duquesne University
July 14, 2019: Adam Gopnik Vs David Frum, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Adam Gopnik vs David Frum“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 4, 2019: Happy Fourth,
2019
Duquesne University
July 4, 2019: Happy Fourth, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Happy Fourth“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Scotus Gerrymandering Case: Roberts Didn’T Defend Constitutional Democracy,
2019
Duquesne University
Scotus Gerrymandering Case: Roberts Didn’T Defend Constitutional Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
Legal Education In The United States: Moving Toward More Practical Experience,
2019
Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
Legal Education In The United States: Moving Toward More Practical Experience, Hon. Sandra R. Klein
Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
The United Nations Compensation Commission: Mass Reparations Apotheosis,
2019
Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
The United Nations Compensation Commission: Mass Reparations Apotheosis, Gregory Townsend
Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
June 29, 2019: All Our Problems Are Related,
2019
Duquesne University
June 29, 2019: All Our Problems Are Related, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “All Our Problems are Related“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 27, 2019: Sohrab Ahmari Doesn’T Believe In God,
2019
Duquesne University
June 27, 2019: Sohrab Ahmari Doesn’T Believe In God, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Sohrab Ahmari Doesn’t Believe in God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Could A Robot Be District Attorney?,
2019
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Could A Robot Be District Attorney?, Stephen Henderson
Other Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
