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53Friendship and Teaching Philosophy in Nicomachean Ethics IX.1Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 87 271-283. 2013.In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses the relation between teachers and students during his treatment of “non-uniform friends.” These friends exchange goods differing in kind . Such friendships depend on the needs of the friends, and we are invited to ask whether some need induces a philosopher to teach a not-yet-philosophical student. In this paper I argue that the philosophical teacher does not approach his pupil out of need nor as he would approach a contemplative friend who is an equal.…Read more
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25Parental Love and Prenatal DiagnosisThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 1 (4): 519-526. 2001.
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47Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX (review)Review of Metaphysics 54 (2): 411-412. 2000.
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14Friendship and Teaching Philosophy in Nicomachean Ethics IX.1Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 87 271-283. 2013.In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses the relation between teachers and students during his treatment of “non-uniform friends.” These friends exchange goods differing in kind. Such friendships depend on the needs of the friends, and we are invited to ask whether some need induces a philosopher to teach a not-yet-philosophical student. In this paper I argue that the philosophical teacher does not approach his pupil out of need nor as he would approach a contemplative friend who is an equal. …Read more
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69Vaccines, Abortion, and Moral CoherenceThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 2 (1): 51-67. 2002.
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22Biotechnology: Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens edited by Sean D. Sutton (review)The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 10 (4): 827-830. 2010.
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28Informed Consent, Proxy Consent, and Catholic Bioethics: For the Good of the Subject by Grzegorz Mazur (review)The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13 (2): 374-377. 2013.
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556Aristotle on Mathematical and Eidetic NumberHermathena 190 29-51. 2011.The article examines Greek philosopher Aristotle's understanding of mathematical numbers as pluralities of discreet units and the relations of unity and multiplicity. Topics discussed include Aristotle's view that a mathematical number has determinate properties, a contrast between Aristotle and French philosopher René Descartes in terms of their understanding of number and Aristotle's description of ways to understand eidetic numbers
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