What Are You Reading…On Children
At the place where I’m living—the International Teachers Apartments at SIAS University—children hold a prominent place. Many who teach here are raising families, and...
Early Career Research Spotlight: Katie Stockdale
This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight focuses on the work of Katie Stockdale. Katie is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sam...
What Are You Reading…On Music
The experience of music is, at its best, a transcendental one. Music takes you beyond your everyday experience into a world that you may...
Cinematic Nihilism
Cultural critics commonly warn against the dangers of nihilism. Associated with the decline and decay of our highest values, nihilism traditionally has been treated...
What Are You Reading…On Eastern Thought
Since arriving in China, I’ve had the chance to see up close what multiple books I read to prepare for coming told me: that...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Disordered Soul and Presidency of Donald J. Trump
By chance the 2016 presidential season found me teaching a course I regularly offer called "Person and Society." The animating idea behind the course...
What Are You Reading…On Roleplaying
This week in my Business Ethics class the students will learn about Utilitarianism and Deontology. In addition to the lectures I’ve prepared, I’ve designed...
Early Career Research Spotlight: Ashley Dressel
This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight features the work of Ashley Dressel. She is an Assistant Professor at the College of St....
What Are You Reading…On Capitalism
This past week I attended the Henan Provincial Banquet in honor of the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China....
Maximizing Well-Being?
In the final pages of Reason and Persons, Derek Parfit asks, “What would be best for someone, or would be most in this person’s...