As editor of Arete, the student-produced
academic journal, Clayton Shoppa enjoys seeing
what topics students in other disciplines are
pursuing. Philosophy, he believes, has applications
in many of these fields. He also finds significant
value in practicing philosophy, naming the desire
for truth as a necessary ingredient in a person’s
flourishing. For Shoppa, a member of the Honors
Program, this desire is “more centrally
significant to the value of philosophy than
any claim of its mere utility.” When he’s
not pondering philosophical questions, he’s
reading modern literature and listening to experimental
hip-hop music. But it’s philosophy that
he loves. In his classes, he delights in the
free flow of new ideas as well as exposure to
enduring ones. After graduation he plans to
pursue an advanced degree in Philosophy. “One
great thing about studying philosophy is that
there is no shortage of intellectual heroes.” |
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"Engelhardt's
Foundations and Epistemic Plurality"
Professor Engelhardt's Foundations of Bioethics is
as controversial as it is influential. Once his premises
are established, the conclusions and applications
that follow are sufficiently coherent in their congruity
with the premises. My intention here is not to offer
any blanket critical remarks about his conclusions
but instead to evaluate some dimension of the premises,
to prevent and dispel some common misunderstandings
of the structural ethic Engelhardt proposes, and to
examine and evaluate the character of the reality
to which his argument is a response. Read more. (pdf
format)
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