I am Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York City. My interests in philosophy are as follows:
The philosophical implications of moral diversity and conflicts within moral viewpoints and across cultures and traditions. Hence: issues pertaining to moral pluralism, incommensurability, dilemmas, disagreements, relativism, skepticism, objectivity and the like.
Contemporary normative moral philosophies, especially but not only those rooted in the Aristotelian and Kantian traditions, and theories of happiness and well-being related to these.
Ancient philosophical/spiritual traditions that understand and promote the atta…
I am Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York City. My interests in philosophy are as follows:
The philosophical implications of moral diversity and conflicts within moral viewpoints and across cultures and traditions. Hence: issues pertaining to moral pluralism, incommensurability, dilemmas, disagreements, relativism, skepticism, objectivity and the like.
Contemporary normative moral philosophies, especially but not only those rooted in the Aristotelian and Kantian traditions, and theories of happiness and well-being related to these.
Ancient philosophical/spiritual traditions that understand and promote the attainment of well-being as a whole comprising wisdom, virtue and tranquility (primarily Hellenistic, Indian and Chinese perspectives): the affinities and divergences among these outlooks, and what they can, and cannot, offer us today.
Buddhist philosophy in all its aspects, but especially those pertaining to ethical thought in the South Asian (Indian) schools and their progeny in the Theravadin and Tibetan traditions.