by Ethan Kovnat It was summer of 1949, and the Cornell University Philosophy Club was gathered in a small room in Goldwin Smith Hall. This group, an assorted collection of professors and graduate students, had gathered to discuss a paper by the eminent faculty-member Professor Gregory Vlastos on Kant’s ethics.¹ … More Wittgenstein at Cornell: 75 Years Later
Wittgenstein at Cornell: 75 Years Later
A Subliminal Substitution: Beauty vs. the Sublime
by Christopher Tang Abstract The land ethic is a philosophical framework posited by Aldo Lepold that extends moral consideration to the land and all biotic creatures who inhabit it. This holistic approach designates the whole land as the overarching entity of moral concern. Interestingly, Leopold’s defining moral maxim includes beauty … More A Subliminal Substitution: Beauty vs. the Sublime