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90After postmodernism: meaning of life and educationEducational Philosophy and Theory 50 (14): 1539-1540. 2018.
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73What's Old in Derrida?Philosophy 69 (269). 1994.Revolutions often retain more characteristics of the pre-revolutionary state than their makers like to admit. Characterizing the pre-revolutionary state as bad , and wishing to accentuate the greatness of their doings, revolutionaries like to stress the differences between the previous state of affairs and the new one, and prefer to see the similarities as few and insignificant. They are frequently wrong. 1
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58Smuts, Aaron. Welfare, Meaning and Worth. New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. 168. $140.00Ethics 129 (1): 140-144. 2018.
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250An argument for marriagePhilosophy 79 (3): 475-481. 2004.This paper replies to two arguments against marriage presented by Dan Moller (Philosophy 78, 2003: 79–91). One of Moller's arguments examines several ways in which the marriage promise could be explained, and shows that none of them is viable. The other argument suggests that marriage may not be a worthwhile enterprise since marriages frequently fail, in that they become loveless or end up in divorce. I argue that the marriage promise can be explained in a way unconsidered by Moller, which rende…Read more
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117Are You Entitled to Affirmative Action?International Journal of Applied Philosophy 11 (2): 17-22. 1997.
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123An Answer of Behalf of GuaniloPhilosophy and Theology 7 (1): 81-96. 1992.The ontological proof is wrong because it can be used to prove not only the existence of God, but also of imaginary entities such as spirits of stones and trees. etc. It is faulty because it proves too much; it can be used to prove not only the existence of God, but also the existence of a vast number of imaginary entities to the existence of which theists would not like to commit themselves.
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196Benatar on the Badness of All Human LivesPhilosophia 49 (1): 333-345. 2020.This paper presents a critique of David Benatar’s arguments on the badness of all human lives. I argue that even if Benatar is right that there is an asymmetry between the good and the bad in life so that each “unit” of bad is indeed more effective than each “unit” of good, lives in which there is a lot of good and only little bad are still overall good. Even if there are more unfulfilled than fulfilled desires in life, a distinction should be drawn between desires to fulfill important goals and…Read more
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103The Paradox of the EndPhilosophy 70 (274). 1995.We set ourselves ends and strive to achieve them. We hope that their attainment will improve our condition. The closer we get to our goals, the happier we feel. Paradoxically, however, when we finally do achieve them our joy is sometimes diminished. We have a sense of insignificance and emptiness, and we feel that in attaining our goal we have lost the meaningfulness and balance we experienced while we were striving towards it. In some ways, it seems to us, the struggle is more gratifying than t…Read more
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University of HaifaProfessor
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Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
The Meaning of Life |
Topics in Feminist Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Value Theory |
The Meaning of Life |
Feminist Philosophy |