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56Kitsch and Bullshit as Cases of Aesthetic and Epistemic TransgressionSouthwest Philosophy Review 34 (1): 59-67. 2018.
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19Comment on “Solving the Puzzle of Aesthetic Assertion” by Andrew MorganSouthwest Philosophy Review 33 (2): 39-42. 2017.
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62Hume, Halos, and Rough Heroes: Moral and Aesthetic Defects in Works of FictionPhilosophy and Literature 41 (1): 91-102. 2017.The starting point of this paper is a recent exchange in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism1 that pits moderate moralism against robust immoralism and has Humean antecedents. I will proceed by agreeing in part with both, but fully with neither, thereby annoying as many people as possible in one go. I believe, with Anne Eaton, the proponent of robust immoralism, that fictions which valorize what she calls "rough heroes" can arouse both aesthetically compelling and morally troubling react…Read more
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Fetal Pain Legislation and the Abortion Debate Presidential AddressSouthwest Philosophy Review 28 (1): 1-13. 2012.
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3When Complementarianism becomes Gender Apartheid: Feminist Philosophers’ Objections to the Christian RightSouthwest Philosophy Review 30 (1): 195-203. 2014.
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1Literature, Ethical Thought Experiments, and Moral KnowledgeSouthwest Philosophy Review 29 (1): 195-209. 2013.
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20Rights of Passage: The Ethics of Disability Passing and Repercussions for IdentityRes Philosophica 93 (4): 951-969. 2016.This article responds to two ethical conundrums associated with the practice of disability passing. One of these problems is the question of whether or not passing as abled is morally wrong in that it constitutes deception. The other, related difficulty arises from the tendency of the able-bodied in contemporary society to reinforce the activity of passing despite its frequent condemnation as a form of pretense or fraud. We draw upon recent scholarship on transgender and disability passing to cr…Read more
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53Comment on “Standing Conditions and Blame” by Amy McKiernanSouthwest Philosophy Review 32 (2): 49-52. 2016.
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25WAXLER, ROBERT P. The Risk of Reading: How Literature Helps Us to Understand Ourselves and the World. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014, vii + 191 pp., $77.00 cloth (review)Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 74 (3): 310-311. 2016.
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40Fictional Objects, Future Objectives: Why Existence Matters Less Than You ThinkPhilosophy and Literature 39 (1A): 1-15. 2015.Beatrice. Jane Tennison. Elizabeth Bennett. Arya Stark. Katniss Everdeen. None of them is real. All of them appear not only to engage our interest but also to move us. Some of them might even be thought to affect us further—to inspire us to do things, or at least to regard things in a different light. The set of problems typically grouped under the designation “paradox of fiction” raises questions about an apparent contradiction, about our responding emotionally to entities and events in the exi…Read more
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22When Complementarianism becomes Gender Apartheid: Feminist Philosophers’ Objections to the Christian RightSouthwest Philosophy Review 30 (1): 195-203. 2014.
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96Ink, Art and Expression: Philosophical Questions about TattoosPhilosophy Compass 10 (11): 739-753. 2015.This essay offers an overview of the reasons why tattoos are philosophically interesting. Considered here will be a partial survey of potential areas of philosophical interest with respect to tattoos, fortified by a little historical context. Claims about the ethical significance of tattoos and about the significance of tattoos for self-expression and as expressions of identity will be canvassed in the first two sections, as will questions about what they express or signify, how they might do so…Read more
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40Mirrors to One Another: Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David HumeWiley-Blackwell. 2009.A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen’s literary themes and characters with David Hume’s views on morality and human nature. Argues that the normative perspectives endorsed in Jane Austen's novels are best characterized in terms of a Humean approach, and that the merits of Hume's account of ethical, aesthetic and epistemic virtue are vividly illustrated by Austen's writing. Illustrates how Hume and Austen complement one another, each providing a lens that allows us to expand…Read more
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24Thinking Hypothetically about Hypothesis-Testing in the HumanitiesSouthwest Philosophy Review 31 (1): 21-28. 2015.
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20Comment on James Rocha, “Forced to Listen to the Heart”Southwest Philosophy Review 30 (2): 51-54. 2014.
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25Form Affects Content: Reading Jane AustenPhilosophy and Literature 32 (2): 315-329. 2008.What does it mean to hold that the significant aspects of a literary passage cannot be captured in a paraphrase? Does a change in the description of an act "risk producing a different act" from the one described? Using Jane Austen as an example, we'll consider whether her use of metaphor and symbol really amounts to calling someone a prick, whether her narrative voice changes what it is that is expressed, and whether comedy can hold just as much significance as tragedy without all the heavy brea…Read more
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20Fetal Pain Legislation and the Abortion Debate Presidential AddressSouthwest Philosophy Review 28 (1): 1-13. 2012.
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23Comment on “Still in Hot Water” by Duncan PurvesSouthwest Philosophy Review 27 (2): 57-61. 2011.
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17The pleasures of tragedyIn James Anthony Harris (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Oxford University Press Uk. pp. 450. 2013.There is a resurgence of Aristotelian concerns in philosophical approaches to tragedy in the eighteenth century. The philosophical literature of the period is rife with proposed solutions to the problem of the delightfulness of imitations of undelightful things and to the more specific problem of tragic pleasure. The latter include attempts to identify different objects of our pleasure and uneasiness as well as distinct attempts to explain how it is that pleasure can depend on such uneasiness. T…Read more
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124Literature, Ethical Thought Experiments, and Moral KnowledgeSouthwest Philosophy Review 29 (1): 195-209. 2013.
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103Not Moderately Moral: Why Hume Is Not a "Moderate Moralist"Philosophy and Literature 37 (2): 330-342. 2013.If philosophers held popularity contests, David Hume would be a perennial winner. Witty, a bon vivant, and champion of reason over bigotry and superstition, it is not surprising that many contemporary thinkers want to recruit him as an ally or claim his views as precursors to their own. In the debate over the moral content of artworks and its possible relevance for artistic and aesthetic value, the group whose views are known variously as “ethicism,” “moralism,” or “moderate moralism” has claime…Read more
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17A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature edited by hagberg, garry l. and walter jostJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 70 (2): 237-239. 2012.
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