George R Lucas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1694424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George R Lucas |
| GIVEN NAMES | George R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lucas |
| SIGNATURE | LUCAS G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies
The Ordering of Time
Explores how we can think with – as opposed to thinking about – the history of philosophy Outlines a new historico-philosophical methodology termed reflective historical engagement Employs this methodology in forging dramatic and moving reinterpretations of the recent history of philosophy Offers original analyses of the works of Hegel, Whitehead, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Heidegger and other foundational figures, alongside the many forgotten…
Military Ethics
NSA Management Directive #424
Whatever else one might say concerning the legality, morality, and prudence of his actions, Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, is right about the notion of publicity and informed consent, which together constitute the hallmark of democratic public policy. In order to be morally justifiable, any strategy or policy involving the body politic must be one to which it would voluntarily assent when fully informed…
The Strategy of Graceful Decline
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Ethics and the ‘Human Terrain’
Against the backdrop of the current ethics controversy within the American Anthropological Association over the U.S. Army's Human Terrain Systems project, this article evaluates the moral obligations of scholars and academics asked by their governments to contribute their unique expertise toward the waging or ending of wars of which those scholars morally disapprove. Citing the examples of moral dilemmas occasioned by conflicts between duties of …
Chapter 6 “Anthropologists without Borders”
Anthropologists in Arms
Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of 'military anthropology'—particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lucas traces the troubled history of social scientists collaborating with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and shows how these complex and frequently misunderstood historical concerns contribute to t…
Is hermeneutics ‘philosophy’? Interpretation and overinterpretation of the past
Contrairement a ce qu'affirmait Gadamer, l'A. montre qu'a de nombreux egards la philosophie n'est pas l'hermeneutique. Il etudie tout d'abord trois tableaux de Monet sur le pont Waterloo a Londres, qui lui permettent de degager trois types d'hermeneutique: esthetique, politique et philosophique. Des lors, il analyse ces trois types d'interpretation en soulignant que l'etre n'est pas le signifie
The Rise of neo-Kantianism
Edited Excerpts from a Smithsonian Seminar Series
In this excerpt from a series of seminars on knowledge generation in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, scholars of philosophy, history, and anthropology eaplore the meaning of collaboration in their respective fields. The seminars, held at the Smithsonian Institution during 1991, compared the goals, techniques, and myths of creative and scholarly collaboration
Whitehead's Metaphysics of Creativity. Friedrich Rapp , Reiner Wiehl
Anthropologists in Arms
Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of 'military anthropology'—particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lucas traces the troubled history of social scientists collaborating with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and shows how these complex and frequently misunderstood historical concerns contribute to t…
NSA Management Directive #424
Whatever else one might say concerning the legality, morality, and prudence of his actions, Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, is right about the notion of publicity and informed consent, which together constitute the hallmark of democratic public policy. In order to be morally justifiable, any strategy or policy involving the body politic must be one to which it would voluntarily assent when fully informed…
The Strategy of Graceful Decline
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Edited Excerpts from a Smithsonian Seminar Series
In this excerpt from a series of seminars on knowledge generation in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, scholars of philosophy, history, and anthropology eaplore the meaning of collaboration in their respective fields. The seminars, held at the Smithsonian Institution during 1991, compared the goals, techniques, and myths of creative and scholarly collaboration
Whitehead's Metaphysics of Creativity. Friedrich Rapp , Reiner Wiehl
The Rise of neo-Kantianism
Is hermeneutics ‘philosophy’? Interpretation and overinterpretation of the past
Contrairement a ce qu'affirmait Gadamer, l'A. montre qu'a de nombreux egards la philosophie n'est pas l'hermeneutique. Il etudie tout d'abord trois tableaux de Monet sur le pont Waterloo a Londres, qui lui permettent de degager trois types d'hermeneutique: esthetique, politique et philosophique. Des lors, il analyse ces trois types d'interpretation en soulignant que l'etre n'est pas le signifie
Chapter 6 “Anthropologists without Borders”
Anthropologists in Arms
Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of 'military anthropology'—particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lucas traces the troubled history of social scientists collaborating with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and shows how these complex and frequently misunderstood historical concerns contribute to t…
Ethics and the ‘Human Terrain’
Against the backdrop of the current ethics controversy within the American Anthropological Association over the U.S. Army's Human Terrain Systems project, this article evaluates the moral obligations of scholars and academics asked by their governments to contribute their unique expertise toward the waging or ending of wars of which those scholars morally disapprove. Citing the examples of moral dilemmas occasioned by conflicts between duties of …
The Strategy of Graceful Decline
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
NSA Management Directive #424
Whatever else one might say concerning the legality, morality, and prudence of his actions, Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, is right about the notion of publicity and informed consent, which together constitute the hallmark of democratic public policy. In order to be morally justifiable, any strategy or policy involving the body politic must be one to which it would voluntarily assent when fully informed…
Military Ethics
The Ordering of Time
Explores how we can think with – as opposed to thinking about – the history of philosophy Outlines a new historico-philosophical methodology termed reflective historical engagement Employs this methodology in forging dramatic and moving reinterpretations of the recent history of philosophy Offers original analyses of the works of Hegel, Whitehead, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Heidegger and other foundational figures, alongside the many forgotten…
Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies
Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity (2 works)