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On recognizing the real: Beauty and affliction in Simone Weil

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract If the guiding question of ethics is “how should I live?,” then the guiding question of aesthetics might be “what is beauty?” For Simone Weil, these two questions have intertwined answers that turn on a like conceptual apparatus. Focussing on Weil's foremost ethical problem, the plight of the afflicted (malheur), this article offers an account
Christopher Thomas
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Respublica Noumenon: Kant, Rousseau, and Plato's Republic

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the philosophical sources for Kant's interpretation of Plato's Republic and its impact on his conception of the ideal state. I argue that Kant's knowledge of Plato was not derived from Plato's writings, but from secondary accounts.
Michael Kryluk
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Preparing for the worst: The irrationality of emotionally recalcitrant reasoning

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract The question of what exactly is irrational about recalcitrant emotions—those that occur in tension or conflict with our beliefs—has been widely debated. Sabine Döring claims that such irrationality only emerges if we act on our recalcitrant emotion or engage in emotion‐relevant reasoning in light of it.
Ed Armitage
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Meaning, anti‐alienation, and fulfillment

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract One intuition that motivates subjectivist theories about meaning in life is the anti‐alienation intuition, that is, for a life to be meaningful it must engage with the person whose life it is. This article contends that the anti‐alienation and subjectivist theories it motivates are best understood as tracking fulfillment in life; this is an ...
Chad Mason Stevenson
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Public deaths and negotiation opportunities: Cats, dogs and people in COVID China

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Under the extraordinary circumstances of COVID, some health workers in China ruthlessly killed pet dogs and cats, which were thought to be dangerous virus vectors. Heart‐wrenching images circulated widely on social media, where some social media commentators used them as a basis to make accusations about generalised Chinese brutality towards ...
Chenyu Zong
wiley   +1 more source

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