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Being Good in a World of Need, Larry S. Temkin. Oxford University Press, 2022, 432 pages (review)Economics and Philosophy 39 (3): 516-521. 2023.
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Arresting Time's Arrow: Death, Loss, and the Preservation of Real UnionIn Natan Elgabsi & Bennett Gilbert (eds.), Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach, Bloomsbury. 2023.In this chapter, I argue that the loss of loved ones requires a revised vision of our relationship to past persons. In particular, I argue that relating to deceased loved ones as points on an ordered, forward-moving timeline—on which they grow more distant from us by the moment—has a distorting and damaging effect on our own identity. If we detach ourselves completely from those who sustain important aspects of our identity, this will cause a jagged break in our narrative where a new self must b…Read more
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University of Arkansas, Little RockVisiting assistant professor
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
General Philosophy of Science |
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Linguistics |