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671Why Jim Joyce Wasn’t Wrong: Baseball and the Euthyphro DilemmaJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 42 (3): 327-348. 2015.In 2010, pitcher Armando Galarraga was denied a perfect game when umpire Jim Joyce called Jason Donald safe at first with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. In the numerous media discussions that followed, Joyce’s ‘blown’ call was commonly referred to as ‘mistaken’, ‘wrong’, or otherwise erroneous. However, this use of language makes some not uncontroversial ontological assumptions. It claims that the fact that a runner is safe or out has nothing to do with the ruling of the umpire himself, but …Read more
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54“In Accordance with the Law”: Reconciling Divine and Civil Law in AbelardAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 81 (2): 307-321. 2007.In the "Ethics", Abelard discusses the example of a judge who knowingly convicts an innocent defendant. He claims that this judge does rightly when he punishes the innocent man to the full extent of the law. Yet this claim seems counterintuitive, and, at first glance, contrary to Abelard’s own ethical system. Nevertheless, I argue that Abelard’s ethical system cannot be viewed as completely subjective, since the rightness of an individual act of consent is grounded in objective standards establi…Read more
Amber L. Griffioen
Duke Kunshan University
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Duke Kunshan UniversityVisiting Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Value Theory |
History of Western Philosophy |