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304The Eudaimonian Question: On the Tragedy of Humanism (Ethics, Education and the Common Good)Selected Papers From the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. 2018.
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256Richard Dawkins. The God Delusion. First Mariner Books, 2008. / Michael Martin . The Cambridge Companion to Atheism. Cambridge University Press, 2007. / Louise M. Antony . Philosophers without Gods. Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life. Oxford University Press, 2007 (review)European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (1): 157-176. 2009.
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82Neuroscience, Virtues, Ethics, Compassion and the Question of CharacterReimagining the University. 2015.There has been much debate recently about the meaning, place and function of “character” and “character traits” in Virtue Ethics. For example, a number of philosophers have argued recently that Virtue Ethics would be strengthened as a theory by the omission of talk of character traits; recent neuroscientific studies have suggested that there is scope for scepticism about the existence of such traits. I will argue that both approaches are flawed and unconvincing: in brief, the first approach tend…Read more
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65The Eudaimonian Question: Virtue, Ethics, Neuroscience and Higher EducationEducation and Philosophies of Engagement. 2014.Many philosophies of engagement build upon pedagogical, metaphysical, epistemological and ethical frameworks, particularly Virtue Ethics frameworks. However, a glance at the literature suggests that there are many debates about the nature, meaning, value and application of such things. In this paper, I will look at some recent empirical work (particularly in neuroscience) on virtues. I will argue that not only do such (empirical) studies enrich and deepen our understanding of virtues and indeed …Read more
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49Patrick McNamara: The Neuroscience of Religious Experience. Cambridge University Press 2009European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 9 (1): 229--238. 2017.A critical analysis and evaluation of McNamara's book, "The Neuroscience of Religious Experience".
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39Against method, against science? On logic, order and analogy in the sciencesIn Jeremy Horne (ed.), Philosophical Perceptions on Logic and Order, Igi Global. pp. 270-282. 2017.
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38Virtues, Ethics and the ‘Moral Tragedy’ of Climate ChangeATINER Selected Papers (E-Archive). 2017.
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36On Thinking (and measurement)In R. Scott Webster Steven A. Stolz (ed.), Measuring up in education, Pesa. pp. 255-267. 2013.We do indeed “live and work in a time when the issues facing education, many of which have been with us for a considerable period, are being approached primarilythrough measurement – classroom assessment, research methods, standardized testing, international comparisons”. It is also true that “we do not often stop to consider what counts – and alternatively, what doesn’t count – in a climate where measuring up to a standard is the name of the game. At a deeper level, we rarely raise questions ab…Read more
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26Heidegger Philosophy & Politics: On the Heidelberg Conference (Gadamer, Heidegger, Derrida and Lacoue- Labarthe)Phenomenological Reviews (November ). 2017.Critical evaluation of Heidegger on philosophy & politics (with particular emphasis on the Heidelberg Conference featuring Gadamer, Derrida and Lacoue- Labarthe)
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16Condemned to be free: Sartre, Existentialism and humanismPhilosopher: revue pour tous 1 (2): 22-30. 1995.
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16These Ultimate Springs and Principles: Science, Religion and the Limits of ReasonForum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 15 (2): 317-334. 2010.The question of the limits of reason, not just within philosophy but also in the modern sciences, is arguably more important than ever given numerous recent commentaries on “life,” “reality,” meaning, purpose, pointlessness and so on, emanating not from philosophers or metaphysicians, but rather from physicists and biologists such as Steven Weinberg and Richard Dawkins. It will be argued that such commentaries concerning the “pointlessness” of the universe, or the purpose of “life,” and other su…Read more
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14On the ethical life (edited book)Cambridge Scholars Press. 2009.The question of the ethical life is arguably one of the most compelling, and urgent, questions of our time. As Peter Singer, among others, has pointed out, almost 10 million children die each year due to poverty, some of whom would not die if the amount of aid that we now offer increases significantly. As Singer has also pointed out, the exploitation of human beings and other animals is a major ethical and practical concern. There can be little reasonable doubt that pain and suffering abound, in…Read more
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14Education at the Crossroads? (On the Tragedy of "Humanism")Selected Papers From the 2018 International ACERP Conference (IAFOR). 2018.A critical account of "Humanism" and some of its extreme forms and manifestations; reflection on some of the important challenges these raise in relation to higher education in the 21st century.
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5On the Ontology of the Sacred (and the Profane)Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington). 2020.This book examines and clarifies the nature, meaning, significance, richness and vitality of the sacred, and several key theories of the sacred, in the context of science and religion, and philosophical ontology.
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4Russell on Science and ReligionIn Peter Stone (ed.), Bertrand Russell’s Life and Legacy, Vernon Press. pp. 143-157. 2016.A critical account of Russell's understanding of the relationship between science and religion.
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3What is ethics?In Angus Brook (ed.), An Introduction to Philosophy and Theology, Mcgraw-hill. pp. 109-118. 2014.
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3Review of Soule, Michael E., Lease, Gary, eds., Reinventing Nature. Responses to Postmodern Deconstruction (review)Ethics and the Environment 2 (2): 203-206. 1997.
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2Science Religion and the Limits of ReasonForum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 15 (2): 317-335. 2010.
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2Etopia, Or, After the Illuminist Imaginaries of ModernityColloquy 14 81-89. 2007.The links between utopian and dystopian imaginaries, computer mediated communication technologies and the digital divide, in its numerous forms, as well as the links between these things and science fiction, are relatively under-researched. It will be argued here that the tendency to view the internet in terms of utopian or dystopian imaginaries is problematic on a number of levels; it will also be argued that science fiction films which are framed in terms of informatics and computer mediated…Read more
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1The Age of the Advent of Technologism and the End of Communication?In Hersey Leigh Nanney (ed.), Returning to Interpersonal Dialogue and Understanding Human Communication in the Digital Age, . pp. 69-93. 2019.There can be little doubt that informatics and communication technologies have transformed, and some would say rendered problematic, not just such ways of thinking about relations and authenticity between human subjects, but also the very question of the possibility of such relations, especially given the global phenomenon of simulation, social media, avatars, and technologically mediated communication at almost every point of our personal, interpersonal and professional relationships in the dig…Read more
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1On the Intellectual VirtuesIn Angus Brook (ed.), An Introduction to Philosophy and Theology, Mcgraw-hill. pp. 280-288. 2014.
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1Demythologising, Deconstruction, Scientia and LogosIn Raymond Aaron Younis, Michael Griffith, James Tulip, Ross Keating & Elaine Lindsay (eds.), Religion Literature and the Arts, Rla. pp. 111-120. 1996.
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Raymond Aaron Younis
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