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Welcome to the Moravian Department of Philosophy!
The Department of Philosophy provides students, through a wide variety of courses and programs, with opportunities to explore questions of fundamental significance to human life and to develop skills in critical thinking, reasoning, writing and reading. Students will explore issues such as what is justice? How should we live? What is valuable? Can God exist given the existence of evil in the world? What is the relationship between faith and reason? What is reality? What can we know? How do we know that we know? What meaning is there to life? What is race? What is ethnicity? What acts are right and wrong? What is truth?Through training students to think, discuss, and write cogently
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matters of fundamental significance, the department provides students
with an intellectual foundation from which to examine their own beliefs,
academic interests, and personal concerns. The philosophy program
enriches students' academic experience by providing a variety of intellectually
challenging extracurricular activities such as undergraduate research; honors
program; participation in the prestigious philosophy honor society, Phi
Sigma Tau; philosophy club; intercollegiate debate
team (Ethics Bowl); writing work shops; and departmental Lecture
Series.
Philosophy Majors
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DEPARTMENT NEWSNew Ethics MinorThe Department of Philosophy offers a new Minor in Ethics that consists of 5 course units. See the curriclum webpage for more details:____________________________STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMSPAINMay 24-June 7, 2013 Costs $1,500 + Airfare For more information please click here! Pictures 2011Pictures 2010___________________________________Moravian College Undergraduate Philosophy ConferenceMoravian College is proud to present their third undergraduate philosophy conference. We invite undergraduate students and professors of Lehigh Valley colleges and universities to submit papers of general philosophical topics to be presented at the conference scheduled for March 16th, 2013 hosted at View the conference website and register online. Pictures 2012__________________________________________ PRIZESWinner of the 2012 Douglas Anderson Prize in Philosophy is Armando Chapelliquen! $200 Winner of the 2012 Fredrick McConnell Prize in Moral Philosophy is Armando Chapelliquen! $250_ Professor Fred McConnell(1921-2010) _____________________________________________________________ STUDENT NEWSPHILOSOPHY CLUB MEETING The Philosophy Club meets every Tuesday in the Rec Room from 11:45 AM-12:45 PM. Any one interested in participating in stimulating philosophical discussions is welcome to join us! Meetings are still Tuesdays 11:45-1:00Student Colloquium SeriesFACULTY NEWSCarol Moeller, Ph.D.Dr. Moeller has the following articles forthcoming: “Minoritized Thought: Open Questions of Latino/a and Latin-American Identities,” American Philosophical Association, Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Fall 2009 and “Competing Conceptions of Self and World: Alcoff’s Visible Identities,” American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, forthcoming, Fall 2009. Dr. Moeller is currently working on “Knowing Bodies, Embodying Knowledge: Thinking Through Disabilities and Social Justice,” for inclusion in a book edited by Tobin Siebers; and on a manuscript, Learning from Minoritized Thought: Philosophies for Common Good. Arash Naraghi, Ph.D.Dr. Naraghi is currently working on a book chapter entitled "Religion and Politics in Post-Revolotionary Iran" for Prospects of Democracy in Iran, eds. By Larry Diamond, Mike McFaul, and Abbad Milani (Stanford University Press); "The Ethics of Human Rights (a collectioin of articles), Negah-e no publishing, (forthcoming, Tehran, May 2009); "The Logic of Tragic Dilemmas"; " Human Virtues and Dielmmatic Situations"; "Contemporary Shiism and the Challenge of Human Rights"; and on a manuscrpt entitled An Introduction to Philosophy of Rights. Dr. Naraghi has presented “Outlaw States and moral responsibilities of international community”, at a conference on “The Campaign to Fight Crimes Against Humanity in Ira”, Riverside Church, New York on September 26, 2009; “Two Arguments for Totalitarianism: The Iran Case”, at a Conference on “Berkeley in Solidarity with Iran”, UC Berkeley on October 22, 2009; "Toleration in Islam”, delivered at The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California- Oakland on October 23, 2009; “The moral foundation of Humanitarian Intervention”, at a Conference on “Transition to Democracy in Iran”, University of Maryland, College Park on 10/31/09; and “Ethics and Politics in Post-revolutionary Iran”, One hour TV interview with Voice of America(VOA) on October 17, 2009. Bernie Cantens, Ph.D.Dr. Cantens edited a special issue on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Fall 2009. The Newsletter can be accessed online at apanewsletter.org Dr. Cantens has publsihed “Ultimate Reality in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce: To Want To Learn The Truth” Ultimate Reality and Meaning, 29 (4) 2(2006): 229-243; “Forgiveness and it importance in Post-War Ethics” Journal of Religion, Disability and Health, 12 (3) (2008): 251-266; and “On the Metaphysics of Cultural Identity: A Darwinian Account” Latino Studies 7 (2) (2009): 167-196;“Comments on Jaime Nubiola’s “Charles Peirce and the Hispanic World” APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues: Special Topic on Hispanic and American Philosophy, Spring 200; “Dewey’s Pragmatism and Social-Political Philosophy: Comments on Rosa Mayorga’s CONTACT US!
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