Last night, on the eve of Saint Valentine’s Day, I had the pleasure of attending a colloquium featuring the distinguished professor William LaFleur (University of Pennsylvania). He visited the University of North Florida and gave a guest lecture on the “Desires of the Dying: Japanese Qualms about the Bioethics of our Time”.
Archive for the ‘Asian Philosophy’ Category
On Organs and the Mighty $$.
Posted in Asian Philosophy, Bioethics, Business Ethics, Ethics, General Interest on February 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
More Coming Attractions
Posted in Asian Philosophy, News & Notes on August 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Along with our hosting of the Philosophers’ Carnival and our interview with Manuel Vargas (U. San Francisco), we will be holding our first ‘virtual colloquium’ later this fall. The focus of the colloquium will be a paper by John Maraldo (UNF): “‘Non-Western Philosophy’ — Is There Such a Thing?” The commentator will be Eric [...]
Minding the Body
Posted in Aesthetics, Asian Philosophy, Conferences, News & Notes, Philosophy of Mind on March 28, 2007 | No Comments »
… the inaugural conference of the Center for Mind, Body, and Culture will take place March 29-30. Check out the site for details.
- Rico Vitz
An Interview with Richard Shusterman
Posted in Aesthetics, Asian Philosophy, Conferences, Continental Philosophy, Interviews, News & Notes, Philosophy of Mind on March 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Our good fortune continues. Today, we are very pleased to welcome Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University) to our blog for a brief interview related to the opening of the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture and its inaugural conference, which will take place this week.
FSPB: Richard, thank you for joining us. Congratulations to [...]
New Podcasts on Buddhism
Posted in Asian Philosophy, Buddhism on February 28, 2007 | No Comments »
… on the Four Noble Truths and on Not-Self (Anatta) are available from our friends at R-P-E.
- Rico Vitz
Podcast: Buddhism
Posted in Asian Philosophy, Buddhism on February 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Those interested in Buddhism may want to check out this podcast, compliments of our friends at R-P-E.
- Rico Vitz
Compassion
Posted in Asian Philosophy, Buddhism, Christianity, Ethics, Moral Psychology on February 2, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Compassion. What does it mean exactly? Dictionary.com defines it as ‘a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.’ The Dalai Lama, in The Art of Happiness, defines compassion as ‘a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It [...]
