This dissertation aims to demonstrate that the writings of G.W.F. Hegel afford us timely and generative resources for diagnosing, understanding, and addressing ethical and political …
"The Sacred Commons: Reconstructing Hegel, Religion, and National Memory" turns to a new interpretation of Hegel in order to understand two "sacred" sites constructed by …
This study examines the history and constructive prospects of a movement in modern thought and practice known as "personalism." Concerning its history, I argue that …
"'Inflamed by Daily Practices': John Cassian and Ethical Formation" is the first inter-disciplinary treatment of the ethical program fostered by the fifth-century Christian ascetic John …
This dissertation is a detailed study of ethics in the second-century BCE text Huainanzi, and its implications for our understanding of classical Daoist ethics in …
Interpreters of Thomas Hobbes take two distinctive approaches to his views on religion, either rendering God foundational to his vision or giving primacy to human …