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Stubborn realities, shared humanity : the state of humanitarian ethics today
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
This paper explores the current standing of humanitarian ethics from two different, and yet interrelated perspectives. The first argues that shortcomings of humanitarianism are symptoms of deeper social and political ...
(Re)Vitalizing Philanthropy: The Emergence of Indigenous Philanthropy and its Implications for Civil Society throughout the Developing World
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2011)
As developing countries have become more integrated within the global economy, new, developing world-based economic elites have emerged as important philanthropists and development actors. The burgeoning trend of indigenous ...
"The nothing that is" : An Ethics of Absence Within the Poetry of Wallace Stevens
(2012-07-05)
Cette thèse se concentre sur ce que j'appelle «l’espace négatif» de la représentation dans la poésie de Stevens comme étant un véritable espace d'engagement politique, une interprétation qui se distingue de la plus grande ...
Caring for structural vulnerabilities : Can we hear all voices?
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this essay, I argue that care ethics faces a fundamental challenge in addressing structural vulnerabilities. I argue that one of its main strengths – its focus on alleviating individuals’ material needs – also generates ...
Rethinking a defense of sweatshops
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this paper, I criticize Benjamin Powell’s alleged comprehensive moral defense of sweatshops in his book Out of Poverty: Sweatshops and the Global Economy New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. I argue that his book ...
Agency, participation, and self-determination for indigenous peoples in Canada : foundational, structural, and epistemic injustices
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
In this paper, I discuss accounts of agency, participation, and self-determination by David Crocker and Stacy Kosko because they acknowledge that relationships of power can determine who gets to participate and when. Kosko ...
An alliance beyond the human realm for ecological justice
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2019-06-25)
This paper proposes to argue that ecological justice that is rooted in an ecocentric approach to nature is the key to achieving integral human development which goes beyond ‘development that is only worth our while’. ...
A (dis)play of traces : trauma, witnessing, and the poetics of implication
(2012-08-03)
Cette thèse se propose de fournir une analyse comparative de la poétique de la rétrospective traumatique et les dispositifs littéraires que trois textes - Fugitive Pieces d’Anne Michaels, Solar Storms de Linda Hogan, et ...
Heidegger and Gadamer's appropriation of Aristotelian Phronesis
(2021-07-14)
La présente étude se veut un examen de l’interprétation de la phronesis chez deux grands penseurs allemands du vingtième siècle, soit Martin Heidegger et Hans-Georg Gadamer. La motivation de ce projet découle d’un intérêt ...
Moral responsibility (of the person) : positive response to the degradation of nature operated by man
(2018-06-19)
Dans le cadre d’un projet de mémoire court, l’objectif de ce travail de recherche consiste à présenter une étude critique approfondie du principe de responsabilité dans l’œuvre de Hans Jonas afin de mieux mesurer sa portée ...