Susan E Babbitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1076320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan E Babbitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Babbitt |
| SIGNATURE | BABBITT S E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
José Martí, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and Global Development Ethics
This book argues that the overlooked ideas of José Martí and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alte
José Martí, Ernesto Che Guevara, and Global Development Ethics: The Battle for Ideas
Humanism and Embodiment: Remarks on Cause and Effect
I understand humanism to be the meta‐ethical view that there exist discoverable (nonmoral) truths about the human condition, that is, about what it means to be human. We might think that as long as I believe I am realizing my unique human potential, I cannot be reasonably contradicted. Yet when we consider systemic oppression, this is unlikely. Systemic oppression makes dehumanizing conditions and treatment seem reasonable. In this paper, I consi…
Secularism, Ethics, Philosophy: A Case for Epistemic Humility
Secularists have aimed to make reason the motor of human progress to counter the supposed rigidity, absolutism, and condescending superiority of religious thought. I argue that reason cannot play this role, at least not as reason is most popularly conceived. In a world with a single dominant ideology, it is not religion but instead a certain arrogant approach to both reason and philosophy that should be the target of secularists desiring human fr…
Stories from the South: A Question of Logic
In this paper, I argue that stories about difference do not promote critical self and social understanding; rather, on the contrary, it is the way we understand ourselves that makes some stories relevantly different. I discuss the uncritical reception of a story about homosexuality in Cuba, urging attention to generalizations explaining judgments of importance. I suggest that some stories from the South will never be relevant to discussions about…
Reasons, Explanation, and Saramago's Bell
In this essay, I suggest that significant insights of recent feminist philosophy lead, among other things, to the thought that it is not always better to choose than to be compelled to do what one might have done otherwise. However, few feminists, if any, would defend such a suggestion. I ask why it is difficult to consider certain ideas that, while challenging in theory, are, nonetheless, rather unproblematic in practice. I suggest that some que…
Reasons, Explanation, and Saramago's Bell
In this essay, I suggest that significant insights of recent feminist philosophy lead, among other things, to the thought that it is not always better to choose than to be compelled to do what one might have done otherwise. However, few feminists, if any, would defend such a suggestion. I ask why it is difficult to consider certain ideas that, while challenging in theory, are, nonetheless, rather unproblematic in practice. I suggest that some que…
Stories from the South: A Question of Logic
In this paper, I argue that stories about difference do not promote critical self and social understanding; rather, on the contrary, it is the way we understand ourselves that makes some stories relevantly different. I discuss the uncritical reception of a story about homosexuality in Cuba, urging attention to generalizations explaining judgments of importance. I suggest that some stories from the South will never be relevant to discussions about…
Racism and Philosophy
By definitively establishing that racism has broad implications for how the entire field of philosophy is practiced—and by whom—this powerful and convincing book puts all members of the discipline on notice that racism concerns them. It simultaneously demonstrates to race theorists the significance of philosophy for their work.A distinguished cast of authors takes a stand on the importance of race, focusing on the insights that analyses of race a…
Impossible Dreams: Rationality, Integrity, and Moral Imagination
Personal Integrity, Politics, and Moral Imagination
Radical Philosophy: Tradition, Counter-Tradition, Politics
Preface: About Richard Schmitt Introduction: Dimensions of Radical Philosophy - Roger S. Gottlieb Part I: Tradition 1. Does Reason Have a Gender? - Ann Ferguson 2. Ethnocentrism in Grand Theory - Linda Nicholson 3. How is Epistemology Political? - Linda Alcoff 4. Varieties of Moral Conflict, Varieties of Resolutions - Amelie Oksenberg Rorty Part II: Counter-Tradition 5. A Democratic Theory of Economic Exploitation Dialectically Developed - David …
Identity, Knowledge, and Toni Morrison's Beloved: Questions about Understanding Racism
In discussing Drucilla Cornell's remarks about Toni Morrison's Beloved, I consider epistemological questions raised by the acquiring of understanding of racism, particularly the deep-rooted racism embodied in social norms and values. I suggest that questions about understanding racism are, in part, questions about personal and political identities and that questions about personal and political identities are often, importantly, epistemological q…
Stories from the South: A Question of Logic
In this paper, I argue that stories about difference do not promote critical self and social understanding; rather, on the contrary, it is the way we understand ourselves that makes some stories relevantly different. I discuss the uncritical reception of a story about homosexuality in Cuba, urging attention to generalizations explaining judgments of importance. I suggest that some stories from the South will never be relevant to discussions about…
Identity, Knowledge, and Toni Morrison's Beloved: Questions about Understanding Racism
In discussing Drucilla Cornell's remarks about Toni Morrison's Beloved, I consider epistemological questions raised by the acquiring of understanding of racism, particularly the deep-rooted racism embodied in social norms and values. I suggest that questions about understanding racism are, in part, questions about personal and political identities and that questions about personal and political identities are often, importantly, epistemological q…
Radical Philosophy: Tradition, Counter-Tradition, Politics
Preface: About Richard Schmitt Introduction: Dimensions of Radical Philosophy - Roger S. Gottlieb Part I: Tradition 1. Does Reason Have a Gender? - Ann Ferguson 2. Ethnocentrism in Grand Theory - Linda Nicholson 3. How is Epistemology Political? - Linda Alcoff 4. Varieties of Moral Conflict, Varieties of Resolutions - Amelie Oksenberg Rorty Part II: Counter-Tradition 5. A Democratic Theory of Economic Exploitation Dialectically Developed - David …
Personal Integrity, Politics, and Moral Imagination
Impossible Dreams: Rationality, Integrity, and Moral Imagination
Racism and Philosophy
By definitively establishing that racism has broad implications for how the entire field of philosophy is practiced—and by whom—this powerful and convincing book puts all members of the discipline on notice that racism concerns them. It simultaneously demonstrates to race theorists the significance of philosophy for their work.A distinguished cast of authors takes a stand on the importance of race, focusing on the insights that analyses of race a…
Stories from the South: A Question of Logic
In this paper, I argue that stories about difference do not promote critical self and social understanding; rather, on the contrary, it is the way we understand ourselves that makes some stories relevantly different. I discuss the uncritical reception of a story about homosexuality in Cuba, urging attention to generalizations explaining judgments of importance. I suggest that some stories from the South will never be relevant to discussions about…
Reasons, Explanation, and Saramago's Bell
In this essay, I suggest that significant insights of recent feminist philosophy lead, among other things, to the thought that it is not always better to choose than to be compelled to do what one might have done otherwise. However, few feminists, if any, would defend such a suggestion. I ask why it is difficult to consider certain ideas that, while challenging in theory, are, nonetheless, rather unproblematic in practice. I suggest that some que…
Reasons, Explanation, and Saramago's Bell
In this essay, I suggest that significant insights of recent feminist philosophy lead, among other things, to the thought that it is not always better to choose than to be compelled to do what one might have done otherwise. However, few feminists, if any, would defend such a suggestion. I ask why it is difficult to consider certain ideas that, while challenging in theory, are, nonetheless, rather unproblematic in practice. I suggest that some que…
Stories from the South: A Question of Logic
In this paper, I argue that stories about difference do not promote critical self and social understanding; rather, on the contrary, it is the way we understand ourselves that makes some stories relevantly different. I discuss the uncritical reception of a story about homosexuality in Cuba, urging attention to generalizations explaining judgments of importance. I suggest that some stories from the South will never be relevant to discussions about…
Secularism, Ethics, Philosophy: A Case for Epistemic Humility
Secularists have aimed to make reason the motor of human progress to counter the supposed rigidity, absolutism, and condescending superiority of religious thought. I argue that reason cannot play this role, at least not as reason is most popularly conceived. In a world with a single dominant ideology, it is not religion but instead a certain arrogant approach to both reason and philosophy that should be the target of secularists desiring human fr…
Humanism and Embodiment: Remarks on Cause and Effect
I understand humanism to be the meta‐ethical view that there exist discoverable (nonmoral) truths about the human condition, that is, about what it means to be human. We might think that as long as I believe I am realizing my unique human potential, I cannot be reasonably contradicted. Yet when we consider systemic oppression, this is unlikely. Systemic oppression makes dehumanizing conditions and treatment seem reasonable. In this paper, I consi…
José Martí, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and Global Development Ethics
This book argues that the overlooked ideas of José Martí and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alte
José Martí, Ernesto Che Guevara, and Global Development Ethics: The Battle for Ideas
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)