By Jude V. Nixon Dean, School of Arts and Sciences The essays appearing in this issue of ASpect, different and distinct as they are, coalesce nicely around the value of the humanities and a liberal arts education. There has been no shortage of essays and books in the last year coming to the defense of [...]

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By Michael Mulnix Philosophy Department Michael Mulnix One commonly held belief in the study of ethics takes moral claims to be somehow dependent upon social and individual circumstance, wherein the moral status of an action is a function of the environment in which it is carried out. The position of ‘moral particularism,’ however, uses this [...]

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