Department of Philosophy

We’re sorry to announce that this Friday’s History of Philosophy Workshop with Sean Greenberg has been canceled. We’ll share information about any future date when available.

Céline Leboeuf (A.B. '07, Ph.D. '16) is an associate professor of philosophy and affiliate faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida International University. Her current research discusses the ways in which social identities such as...

Abstract: In the final (1790) edition of his Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith adds a striking reading recommendation to his discussion of how we learn the hard lessons of morality, claiming that literary authors—he mentions Racine and Voltaire...