Philosophy of Peace Peace is notoriously difficult to define, and this poses a special challenge for articulating any comprehensive philosophy of peace. Any discussion on what might constitute a comprehensive philosophy of peace invariably overlaps with wider questions of the meaning and purpose of human existence. The definitional problem is, paradoxically, a key to understanding what is involved in articulating a philosophy of peace. In

Josiah Royce (1855-1916): Panoramica Josiah Royce è stato uno dei filosofi più influenti del periodo della filosofia classica americana, dalla fine del XIX secolo fino agli inizi del XX secolo. Anche se spesso identificato come esponente dell'idealismo assoluto, che è una visione filosofica esplorata da Royce in particolare nelle sue Gifford Lectures, Royce era un pensatore con interessi e talenti molto diversi. Ha dato importanti contributi

The American Environmental Justice Movement The origin of the American environmental justice movement can be traced back to the emergence of the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and more specifically to the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964. The movement reached a new level with the emergence of Robert Bullard’s work entitled Dumping in Dixie in the 1990’s, which constituted a clarion call

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) Elizabeth Cady Stanton fu una delle figure pubbliche più influenti nell'America del diciannovesimo secolo. È stata una delle prime teoriche femministe della nazione e sicuramente una delle sue attiviste più produttive. Era nella tradizione di Abigail Adams, che implorò suo marito John di "ricordare le donne" mentre aiutava a formare la nuova nazione americana. Insieme a Susan B. Antonio,

Desiderius Erasmus (1468?—1536) Desiderius Erasmus was one of the leading activists and thinkers of the European Renaissance. His main activity was to write letters to the leading statesmen, humanists, printers, and theologians of the first three and a half decades of the sixteenth century. Erasmus was an indefatigable correspondent, controversialist, self-publicist, satirist, translator, commentator, editore, and provocateur of Renaissance culture. He was perhaps above all

The Hard Problem of Consciousness The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than nonconscious. It is the problem of explaining why there is “something it is like” for a subject in conscious experience, why conscious mental states “light up” and directly appear to the subject. The usual methods of science involve explanation of functional, dynamical,