Relevant Courses: ● Ethics● Social and Political Philosophy● Philosophy of Law● Philosophy of Race and Gender Introduction: In the fall of 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard two cases, one which was filed against Harvard University and the other against the University of North… Read More »Primer: The Ethics of Affirmative Action
This primer describes one way of bringing philosophical content to life by integrating podcasts with curriculum. Audio is a way to expand the range of voices, styles and genres that students encounter in philosophy; as an option, students create audio as well. This lends itself… Read More »Primer: Philosophical Podcasting
The philosophical thought of the Maya people of Central America in the period before Spanish contact in the 16th century is extremely rich. With advances in the last 50 years in decipherment of the Classic Maya glyphs, it has become possible to reconstruct early Maya… Read More »Primer: Precolumbian Mayan Philosophy
The Deviant Philosopher provides individual primers for particular schools of early Chinese philosophy. However, there are basic questions someone new to teaching any of these materials may have. The purpose of this more global primer is address some of these general questions and additionally provide… Read More »Primer: Early Chinese Philosophy
Care ethicists do ethical theory with special attention to human connection and relationships of care. These relationships have ethical dimensions that other ethical traditions tend not to address, are poorly placed to speak to, or both. Care ethics is, thus, (at least) an important supplement… Read More »Primer: Care Ethics
Early Confucianism is typically identified with the Confucian philosophers active during the period leading up to and during the Warring States era in China (6th – 3rd century BCE). The most familiar and discussed figures in this period are Confucius himself, Mengzi, and Xunzi. The… Read More »Primer: Early Confucianism