Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusThe Ethics of EvolutionEvolutionary development has exhibited some obvious contribution to the development of moral beliefs held, yet this does not simply mean…Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusEvolutionary Progress?Although many biologists formally disavow the notion of progressive evolution, there remains an implicit sense in which there is a…Sep 29, 20231Sep 29, 20231
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusWhy be Moral?Glaucon and Adeimantus in Plato’s Republic offer an injunction against Plato’s fidelity to morality: Why should one be moral? This raises…Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusCognitivism and IdeologyAlthough non-cognitivism appears to be a plausible account of ‘postmodern’ moral discourse, this makes practical moral life untenable in…Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusHegel and Kant on EthicsKant offers the Categorical Imperative as the ‘Supreme Principle of Morality’, the ultimate test of the moral permissibility of actions…Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
Melvin A. KivinenA Hegelian Theory of SpeciesWhat makes a set of organisms a species, and what makes a particular organism a member of a species? To answer these questions philosophy…Aug 21, 2023Aug 21, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusGender, Sex, and JouissanceThrough a consideration of sex and love in its historical, social, psychological totality, gender is something which cannot be reduced to…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusThe Ethics of SexSex appears as something which challenges the moral law, in which people satisfy impulses without shame, and engage in acts otherwise…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusFoucault’s GenealogyDrawing from Nietzsche, Foucault develops ‘genealogy’ as something which positions itself as something which can not only better deal with…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Melvin A. KivineninCircuitusFreedom and Consciousness in SartreSartre’s conception of consciousness is irrevocably tied up with the project of freedom. This relation can be understood in regards to two…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
