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52Friendship 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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24Parental 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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