Browsing by Subject "Aristotle"
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A Study of Aristotelian Demands for Some Psychological Views of the Emotions
(2009)This dissertation identifies 5 mayor demands regarding the role of the emotions in Aristotelian virtue theories and examines how well some contemporary psychological views of the emotions deal with these issues. The discussion ... -
Hanging Together: A Liberal Democratic Theory of Political Friendship for Troubled Times
(2019)This book addresses the polarization and the erosion of liberal democratic norms and institutions that increasingly define contemporary liberal democratic politics. More specifically, it aims to address the question of ... -
Makarios Now: Plundering Athens and Hippo
(2016)A Christian doctrine of happiness differs greatly from contemporary and pseudo-Christian conceptions of happiness, which are measured subjectively and by the accumulation of external goods. In order to develop a fresh account ... -
St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability & Profound Cognitive Impairment
(2012-05-07)St Thomas Aquinas on Disability and Profound Cogntive Imapirment (Abstract) This dissertation raises a question regarding the relationship between the condition of the body, moral virtue, and human flourishing. Our main ... -
The End of the Age of Miracles: Substance and Accident in the English Renaissance
(2009)This dissertation argues that the 'realist' ontology implicit in Renaissance allegory is both Aristotelian and neoplatonic, stemming from the need to talk about transcendence in material terms in order to make it comprehensible ... -
What the Wise Only Know: The Unrealizability of Ethical Demonstration
(2013-11-21)The motivation for my honors thesis springs from our often irresolvable disagreements about moral and political issues in the public square: issues ranging from educational and economic reform to health care and immigration ...
