Author: Huenemann

Well, a little too hopeful for my tastes (I concur with Dr. House: hope is for sissies), but pretty gosh-darned clever, for all that.

… in cartoon form. While you’re at it, check out the latest Philosophers’ Carnival.

USU Philosophy Club lecture

“VIRTUE, RITUAL, AND EARLY CONFUCIAN
PHILOSOPHY”

Eric Hutton
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
University of Utah

This talk will explore the ways that ideas from Confucianism can be used to supplement contemporary virtue ethics. The central idea is that Confucian ideas about ritual point toward a way that virtue ethicists can and should incorporate rules for action into their views.

Friday, February 20
4:30
Main 301

All are welcome!

If you want to read up on Confucius, read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article.

And if you want to read up on virtue ethics, read this article.

Find out here. It’s scientific. It’s based on biorhythms.

Kleiner recently asked me if I knew of any interesting philosophical discussions of issues raised in sports. Lo and behold, here’s a blog. It’s new to me, and I am sports-apathetic (unless it involves clip-in shoes), so I can’t vouch for its quality.