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Heavy Thoughts: Women’s Issues Are Human Issues
“We are governed not by armies and police but by ideas.” Mona Caird, 1892. Catherine Mackinnon, professor of law, wrote a provocative essay “Rape, Genocide, and Women’s Human Rights” examining the nature of what is legally deemed a human rights violation. In time of war it is well documented that rape becomes a method of terror.…
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Curious about Philosophy?
Hello, friends. Care to dabble in the study of Philosophy? I’ve listed four suggestions to add to your summer reading. If you have read any of these please feel free to leave comments and reflections. Enjoy! What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel. Recommended to accompany any Introduction to Philosophy course. It is also a…
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BitterSweet
As mid-June approaches my thoughts inevitably waver between memories charged with happiness, mourning, and a sense of gratefulness. This is the time of year to celebrate fathers, and I had the wonderful gift of knowing my father for fourteen years. You see, I can’t help but smile at the image of him conjured up in…
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Don’t Bother With These Four Words
I never thought of myself as a picky sort of person. After all, I’ll eat anything, travel anywhere, and I once survived an outrageous perm in the 80s. However, over the years of grading papers I’ve zeroed in on four words in particular that, scientifically speaking, are causing my hair to turn gray. That…
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On Love
Over coffee a few weeks ago, my dear friend Courtney asked me do a reading at her wedding ceremony. “Of course!” I responded. Giddy and flattered, I asked, “What would you like me to read?” “Anything. Something from Philosophy. I trust you,” she said. I picked a piece from Plato’s Symposium: Plato’s Symposium gives an account of…
